Baltimore

This page is designed to compile all known ways to attend a free advanced movie screening, both online and offline. If you live in Baltimore and know of other providers or offers in your area, please leave a comment and help us out.

General Providers

When you attend enough advanced screenings, you start to notice that the same providers keep sponsoring them. So it's in your interest to find out more about these providers.

1. Local Radio

Generally, local radio stations can give out screening passes six ways:

• Listen to win: "Our 29th caller gets tickets for two to see.."
  
• Pass pick-up: "Drop by our station office and pick up passes..."
• Expo or festival: "Stop by our booth and be sure to grab tix..."
• Follow the van: "Our wacky afternoon DJ has driven the prize van over to some local business and is giving away free hot dogs and movie passes!"
• Point system: "Join our listeners club, and when you earn enough points..."
  
• Online contests: "Enter by Monday. We'll select five winners then to attend..."

There are contest pages at Free FM, Lite FM, Jack FM, and Mix 106.5. But you may have better luck with these and other radio stations offline.

Feel free to find other local stations by using Radio Locator or your favorite Internet search engine.

2. Local Print

The Baltimore Sun might list up to 6 movies at any time on its contest page. The newspaper has a related Sun Plus page that contains only a blank registration form, with no context of what movies or prizes are involved. (You may have to look into this further to find out how it works.)

You should also look for any weekly or community papers that you might find in libraries or in colorful boxes along city sidewalks. The Jewish Times offers a different movie on its screening contest page every Thursday.

The Baltimore City Paper activates its contest page for 24 hours each Wednesday, from midnight to 11:59pm. (Because of this short window, its offers won't appear at the bottom of this page.) If there are multiple movies, you have to choose one for your entry form. By Thursday, the page disappears and won't appear until the following week.

Don't forget to check the print edition to see if any additional movies are offered there.

3. Local TV

No luck online. NBC 11 has movie-related prizes, but no screenings. And you can periodically check the contest pages of ABC 2, CBS 13, FOX 45, and The CW.

4. Local Internet

Metromix is a city guide that has a Free Stuff section near the bottom right corner. Look for the occasional movie contest when it updates every Monday.

Press Box is a sports site that has included movie screenings in its Contests & Games page.

5. Regional and National Internet

Sign up for a free membership in the Landmark Theatres Film Club and receive notices about screenings by e-mail.

Film Metro has gone national and may offer screenings just about anywhere. Take a look and see if your city is included.

Be sure to check the national forums at Fat Wallet and Slick Deals as well. THE MOVIE OUTSIDER has a representative that posts offers on each of those forums, and compiles a list of screenings by city that links back to here. More importantly, other members in the forums will relay info about multi-city screenings sponsored by the movie studios and PR firms. Use these sites in tandem, and you'll get about as much publicly available information as possible.

Specific Offers

27 DRESSES (otherwise opens January 11)

Baltimore Sun screening
Date, time, and location unknown

THE BUCKET LIST (already in limited release)

Film Metro screening
Tuesday, Jan. 8, time and location unknown

CASSANDRA'S DREAM (limited release January 18)

Baltimore Sun screening
Date, time, and location unknown

CLOVERFIELD (otherwise opens January 18)

Baltimore Sun screening
Date, time, and location unknown

MAD MONEY (otherwise opens January 18)

Baltimore Sun screening
Date, time, and location unknown

Jewish Times screening
Date, time, and location unknown