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Saturday 19th January 2008

Familia rodante (aka Rolling Family) (2004, IMdB 6.5) - The Independent
Directed by Pablo Trapero
Starring Graciana Chironi, Nicolás López, Liliana Capurro

Pablo Trapero is unable to live up to the expectations created by Crane World and El Bonaerense in this stalling trans-Argentinian road movie. The odyssey begins promisingly, as 80-something Graciana Chironi and her family cram into a rickety camper van to attend a wedding on the Brazilian border. However, their archetypally dysfunctional crises soon begin to grate and it becomes difficult to identify with either the middle-aged siblings unable to forgive a past indiscretion, the teenage mother avoiding her violent biker boyfriend, or the adolescents intent on more than cousinly kissing. The desire to show how today's unbearable trials become tomorrow's cherished memories is laudable and shrewd. But despite some spirited performances and Guillermo Nieto's naturalistic cinematography, Trapero's execution is disappointingly flat.
More Info:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359254/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rolling_family/

Thanks to quoia!

Sunday 20th January 2008

Land and Freedom (2004, IMdB 7.5) - The Independent on Sunday
Directed by Ken Loach
Starring Ian Hart

While the oft-romanticised Spanish Civil War seemed an obvious choice of subject for the defiantly Old Left Ken Loach, it was also quite a stretch in terms of action and scale after such domestic dramas as Family Life and Raining Stones. That he handles the combat scenes and period detail here with such confidence adds to his reputation as one of Britain's most vital film-makers. To ground the story, screenwriter Jim Allen uses Ian Hart's fallible unemployed Liverpudlian as our guide to the conflict as he signs up to fight against Franco. Some have criticised the film for speechmaking and didacticism, but this is all part of Loach's bid to open up the sometimes awkward politics of the time. The full-bodied performances and courage to question make this a rich, thought-provoking war movie.
More Info:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359254/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/land_and_freedom/

Thanks to quoia!

Best answers:

• Today's Sun has voucher for a Tommy Cooper DVD, voucher redeemable in Woolies. Tomorrow it's a Frankie Howerd DVD.
• IMHO this, if sticky, would be better placed on the freebies board.
• Should it be moved? IMHO freebies forum is for a "no spend required" freebie, where as these DVDs are only free if you purchase a newspaper.
  Rufus.
• yes, you're right, RufusA. Freebies is only for "no spend required" freebies so this doesn't fit into the criteria of that board. I think it was suggested at some point that these should be put in Shop but don't drop but they never seem to be.
  However, the thread won't be made a sticky as the stickies on this board are official/information ones only. Bargain offer posts have to take their chances along with all the others
  If a thread is popular it will stay near the top of the board anyway
• Yes, this obviously shouldn't be in the "no spend required" freebies section.
  If this thread can't be made sticky, then I would be happy to keep updating the first post of this thread to reflect good things that get suggested to make it easy to see in one place what is currently on offer.
• Don't forget your free DVDs this weekend !
• I dont think there should be a sticky for this or people wont see them, they are only one day offers to they soon move down once over.
  The only reason to have a sticky is if there was a problem with too many posts and there is not.
• I take your point.
  As there seem to be giveaway DVDs on an almost weekly basis, I wanted to start a thread that was kept alive by people adding DVDs that they hear about. Then I will keep an eye out for such posts and keep the original first post uptodate by editing it myself so that it's easy to see what is free that particular week.
  So all I ask is for people to go to this thread and add what they find, and I will do the rest. How does that sound?
• Hi white_were_wolf
  Thanks for the offer, sounds good to me. I keep missing out on recent free DVDs.
  I posted about Wings of Desire earlier this week and that's on page 3 now!
  I was thanked 4 times so mustn't grumble.
  Allan
• Last Saturday I got Cabaret from the Times, Bob the Builder from the Mail and East is East from the Guardian. Tomorrow I'm expecting The Last Emperor through my letterbox with the Times, I can't take up the Mail offers because they have to be exchanged in store and I live over ten miles from a Smiths or a Woolworths, but what's the Guardian got on offer? Anybody know?
  BUMP, BUMP, BUMP
• did anyone ever get their free dvd from the sun a few months ago?
  I think you had to send 20 or 40p along with a coupon and they sent you 2 dvd's in return. One was will smith cant remember te others.
  I sent my one in the same day and have heard nothing since.
  Did anyone get them?
  I cant find the original thread
• Yes I think most people have now got the SUN DVDS. It did take a while though. I got mine (two copies of black beauty and Treasure Island) about 6 weeks ago.
  There was a discussion on it not to long ago. It may be worthwhile emailing them or phoning.
  Heres the number: Email custserv@the-sun.co.uk
  "Thanks for your email regarding the Kids Movie Magic promotion, please be advised that all DVD films should be despatched by 19th August 2005. If after this date you are still waiting please call:
  0845 130 7778
  Kind Regards"
• Yeah there is loads of these now, good idea for a thread never really thought of it. I work on a checkout at the weekend and we get told almost every weekend to ask for ID for one paper or another because it's got a fifteen DVD in it or something!!!
• Couldn't see this posted before so...saw an advert tonight, The Daily Express are giving away a FREE DVD of "Whistle Down The Wind" with Saturday's edition (15 October 2005)
  "He's not Jesus...he killed my cat"
• There's no DVD in Saturdays Express, not in the South anyway, but there's a CD of the 'Swinging Sixties'
• Updated my main post with Whistle Down the Wind - thanks magnolia & Tharweb
• Just to say please DON'T make this thread a sticky.
  If it's valuable (which I am sure it is) then people posting the latest offers will keep it visible. Look at the Tesco misprice thread as an example. Need to keep the number of stickies to a minimum in my opinion.
• JCL - this has been already agreed (read the other posts), but unfortunately I am unable to change the title of my original post.
  @redfox - if you are able, I would be happy for you to rename the subject line of my original post to just say "Free Giveaway DVDs"