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If you, like me, are addicted to Comedy Central's Reno 911! and simply cannot wait till Reno 911: Miami hits theaters on February 23, then you may have a chance to see the film early (like, today) for free. As part of MySpace's Black Carpet Screening Series, Reno 911!: Miami has officially arrived in Boston, Phoenix and Seattle for one showing tonight at 7:00PM. Yes, it's only a few hours away, but if you've got nothing to do and you live even remotely close to these theaters, why not waste a few hours laughing your ass off?

Of course, there's one catch -- you must have a MySpace page, because your admission ticket is a print-out of your MySpace page. "But Erik, I don't have any friends, and so I never signed up for a MySpace page." It's cool, don't worry, I have a MySpace page and I don't have any friends -- simply sign up for one (it's free!) and print that sucker out. If a free screening to a movie that's not coming out for another month isn't enough incentive to skip another round of exciting American Idol auditions tonight, then you should also be aware that, supposedly, a member of the cast will be stationed at each screening. Free advanced screening. A member of the cast in attendance. And all you have to do is hit the print button at the top of your computer screen? Seriously, why are you still reading this -- go now! Get on down there ... remember, it shall be first come, first serve. Oh, and definitely let us know what you thought about the film afterward.

A list of participating theaters is waiting for you after the jump.

We're still accepting RSVPs for our free screening of Cavite in New York City this upcoming Monday. The film has won numerous awards since debuting at Rotterdam last year, including the Someone to Watch Independent Spirit Award. I saw it again last night for the first time in awhile, and I'm all the more excited about this event. Cavite is, ostensibly, a low-budget thriller, about a Filipino-American who is called back to the home country and forced to capitulate to the cell-phone-call demands of a terrorist who claims to be holding his mother and sister hostage. It's an effective nail-biter, but at some point watching it last night I realized that the film is almost Antonionian in the way it  insistently anthropomorphizes the landscape of the city in which it takes place. Cavite is much faster paced than, say, Red Desert, and it seemingly has very different politics -- but there's a dreamlike quality that the films have in common which fundamentally sets Cavite apart from any other video-shot, single-actor thriller I've ever seen.

I'll be talking about all of that stuff, as well as the film's shoestring production and the filmmakers' struggles with distribution, with writers/directors/producers/actors/sound editors/cameramen Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana on Monday night after the screening. Wanna come? Send me an email at karina AT weblogsinc DOT com, with your name and plus one info, and I'll let you know when/where it's all going down. If it's within your power to be in New York City on Monday night, you do not want to miss this.

As far as I can tell, there are three (possibly very small) groups of people who will pay to see Take the Lead (trailer): 1)Antonio Banderas fans; 2)people who love, love, love them some dancing; 3)those obsessed enough with America's Next Top Model to go see a movie because a former contestant is in it. (Not that I know anything about the latter, of course.) If you fall outside of these three categories, live in one of the following cities, and have an idle interested in the movie, here's your big chance to see it, while simultaneously denying New Line your hard-earned cash. All screenings are April 4 at 7:30pm.

• New York
• Los Angeles
• Chicago
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco
• Boston
• Dallas
• Washington, DC
• Detroit
• Atlanta
• Houston
• Seattle
• Minneapolis
• San Diego
• Cleveland
• Orlando
• Phoenix
• Denver
• Sacramento
• Miami
• Portland, OR
• Las Vegas
• Baltimore
  

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As you perhaps have noticed, winter is a very, VERY slow time when it comes to free screenings. Apparently studios only careabout us during the summer, when people are so bored, and so desperate for air condition, that they'll sit through anything. However, thanks to JoBlo, who unearthed this Final Destination 3 screening, we've got a nice, popcorn sequel for your mid-winter view pleasure.

All of the screenings are on February 8 at 7pm; the links below will get you a ticket. Whether you get a seat depends on how early you're willing to show up to stand in line.

• Atlanta
• Boston
• Chicago
• Cleveland
• Dallas
• Denver
• Detroit
• Houston
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• New York
• Orlando
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• Portland, OR
• Sacramento
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Washington DC