Free DVD Giveaway: MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS

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Rachel Weisz. Natalie Portman. Norah Jones. Jude Law. This is definitely not a collection of unattractive people. This is the cast of […]

HANCOCK To Pay Your Mortgage?

In the world of movie marketing, this is definitely bigger than a Happy Meal. To promote Will Smith’s July 4th weekend release, Hancock, Columbia Pictures will pay off one family’s home mortgage.
The hook: The prize, up to $360,000, will go to a “deserving” family that writes a 200-word essay explaining why they should win. If they […]

Free DVD Giveaway: CASSANDRA’S DREAM

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One of the first news items we covered here at The Lobby was the Weinsteins’ acquisition of Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream. So […]

Free DVD Giveaway: THE GREAT DEBATERS

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You can hardly go a few months without coming across the movie genre we like to call “uplifters”. Remember the Titans. Glory Road. Pride. […]

Free DVD Giveaway: Todd Haynes’ I’M NOT THERE

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If you’ve seen Todd Haynes’ earlier films, you probably wouldn’t peg his work as “Oscar friendly.” The sexual shock of Poison, the […]

Win A Free Film Pass: Independent Film Festival of Boston

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If you live in Boston — or anywhere nearby — you can win a free Film Pass to the entire 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston. That’s six days of priority seating and top-flight festival fun, from Wednesday, April […]