Free Redbox Movies till June 30
Rent two movies at Redbox and get another one night’s movie rental completely free – you can use this rent-two-movies-get-one-free promo code offer as many times as you like till June 30. Bring on the film fest…
Here’s how the Redbox free night’s movie rental deal works:
- Rent two regular price movies from any Redbox kiosk in ONE transaction
- After paying with your card, enter your email address when prompted at the checkout
- Within 72 hours, they’ll email you a code to use for a free one-night DVD rental
- The code is valid for 7 days
That’s it! You can take up the offer as many times as you wish during June 2010, as long as you rent two movies in a SINGLE transaction – don’t get ‘em out separately or it’s no deal.
Also, you can only earn one free rental a day, so if you rent four movies at once, you still only get a code for ONE free movie. What I’m saying here, people, is rent Redbox movies two at a time, on different days, for maximum freebiosity!
Blu-ray and DVD movie rentals both qualify you for the promotion (not games) – the promo code you’ll get is only for movie DVDs (not Blu-ray, sorry!)
And remember, use the promo code within 7 days of receipt, and it’s valid for one night’s free rental, so make sure you return your movie on time to avoid additional charges.
The Redbox rent-two-movies-get-one-free offer is not available online, only at Redbox kiosks. Find the nearest Albuquerque Redbox. Then get the popcorn in….
Thanks to our film-fan-friends at Wichita on the Cheap for the tip!
–Tania
Free Tickets to Movie Screening: May 6
A giveaway of 50 free passes for two people to a screening of the new movie Babies this Thursday May 6.
Babies is a new film that follows four babies in different countries – including the USA – from first breath to first steps. There’s been a lot of buzz about this documentary in advance of its opening, and the Today Show said the trailer for Babies “makes hearts melt…. just under 3 minutes of pure pleasure.” See what they mean: watch the Babies trailer yourself!
The film opens in theaters over Mother’s Day weekend, BUT you can see a screening free this Thursday at 7 pm at the Winrock 6!
Albuquerque Birth Network is giving away 50 free passes to Babies, and each pass is for 2 people. It’s first come, first served :
- How to get your free tickets for two pass: Email your name and phone number to info@albuquerquebirthnetwork.org They’ll confirm back.
- Tickets must be picked up: On Tuesday from 9 am to 3pm or on Wednesday from 6 to 8pm, from Albuquerque Birth Network, 123 Wellesley SE, on the corner of Silver.
- Screening Time: Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 7 pm
- Screening Place: Winrock 6, Winrock Center NE
Albuquerque Birth Network is giving away the free movie passes from today, until they run out!
–Tania
Free Events: Celebrate! The Jewish Experience in Spanish-Speaking Countries
Here’s a big, unique event that mixes free and paid activities and takes place in multiple venues in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos from November 5 (2009) through the 15th.
¡Celébrate! The Jewish Experience in Spanish-Speaking Countries is “[a]n unprecedented week of film, music, art, theater, food, exhibits and lectures highlighting the extraordinary historic and contemporary journey of the Jewish people after their expulsion from Spain in 1492.” Organized by the New Mexico Anti-Defamation League, with major funding by the Isaac Liberman Foundation, the event is the first of its kind in New Mexico and looks to have some fascinating components. We’re choosing to highlight the free events, but we highly recommend you read the flyer for other, paid events that might be of interest.
Free events:
- Thursday, November 5, 7:00pm: Opening night film and reception – El último Sefardí (The Last Sephardic Jew); National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque; free but tickets required*
- Saturday, November 7, 5:00 – 7:00pm: Art exhibit opening reception – “Unified Field: The Border”; El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe
- Sunday, November 8, 3:00pm: Film – Un Beso a Esta Tierra (A Kiss to This Land); National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque; free but tickets required*
- Tuesday, November 10, 5:30 – 7:00pm: History exhibit opening reception – “Voyages to Freedom: 500 Years of Jewish Life in Latin America and the Caribbean”; The Ronald Gardenswartz Jewish Community Center, Albuquerque
- Thursday, November 12, 1:00 – 5:00pm: Conference – Unlikely Neighbors? The Jewish Experience in the “New World”; light refreshments served; register through the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute website; Albuquerque
- Thursday, November 12, 7:00pm: Film – Adio Kerida (Good-bye My Love, The Jews of Cuba); National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque; free but tickets required*
- Friday, November 13, 8:00pm: Service – Sephardic Shabbat Service; Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Albuquerque
- Sunday, November 15, 4:00pm: Lecture – “The Jewish Experience in Latin America,” presented by Ilan Stavans, the world’s leading essayist on Jewish-Latino culture; National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque; free but tickets required*
*Tickets are available from the NHCC Box Office, 505-724-4771, or through Ticketmaster (but be forewarned that Ticketmaster may assess service charges).
–Elizabeth Hanes
Free: Made-in-New Mexico Film Retrospective
Normally, we don’t run “free with paid admission” items because…well, they’re not exactly “free” if you have to pay for admission, right?
But this one’s a little different.
The State Fair is offering a fabulous event for film buffs. In conjunction with the New Mexico Film Museum (wait, we have a state film museum?), the State Fair will present daily screenings of films made in New Mexico over the past 100 years. How cool is that?!
The schedule includes some of the most famous movies filmed here, like Independence Day and No Country for Old Men, but we’re more excited about the oldies: Ace in the Hole, The Left-Handed Gun, and, of course, the classic Salt of the Earth.
In all, 33 films will be screened during the fair, with three screenings per day at 10:30am, 2:00pm, and 7:00pm. All showings will be held in the 300-seat auditorium in the African American Performing Arts Center. The news release from the State Fair does not specify how seating will be handled. Presumably, it’s first-come, first-served, so get there early to nab the best seats.
If you take advantage of the Family 5-Pack ticket offer, you can attend three screenings in one day for a mere $4 admission fee. Not to mention experiencing everything else the fair has to offer.
The 2009 New Mexico State Fair begins September 11. The fairgrounds is located in the northeast heights, bounded by San Pedro, Central Ave, Louisiana, and Lomas Blvd.
–Elizabeth Hanes
FREE SHORT FILM SCREENING AND TALK
Enjoy a free screening of the short film Chimayo (Guero), followed by a discussion with screenwriter Art Corriveau, at 516 ARTS on Saturday, February 21, at 8:00pm.
This is not a documentary, but rather the narrative story of high school senior Justin, who loses his mother, winds up living in Chimayo with his estranged grandmother and ultimately has to choose between “the healing power of community and faith, and the annihilating abyss of drug addiction.” The film was produced through the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive and is being screened in conjunction with 516 ARTS’ current exhibition Chicana Badgirls: Las Hociconas.
516 ARTS is located, naturally enough, at 516 Central Ave SW in downtown Albuquerque. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm.
–Elizabeth Hanes
Free films: Oh, the horror!
Here’s something fun. The National Hispanic Cultural Center is hosting a mini-retrospective of Spanish horror films. The first offering is titled El cebo, starring Ladislao Vajda and produced in 1959. The NHCC describes it thusly: “A seemingly common and timid man hides a second pathological personality guilty of kidnapping and murdering little girls.”
The series is called “Vampiros, demonios y siniestros (Vampires, Demons and the Goth)” and includes Spanish horror films produced between 1929 and 2005. All films are presented in Spanish with English subtitles. The series showcases one film each Thursday throughout February. What a goulish antidote to all the syrupy Valentine’s Day stuff!
All films are free. Just pick up a ticket at the NHCC box office on the evening of the event. Each show starts at 7:00pm.
WHAT: Free Spanish horror films
WHEN: Thursdays, February 5, 12, 19, 26, at 7:00pm
WHERE: Bank of America Theatre, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, at the intersection of Avenida Cesar Chavez and 4th St
