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According to iDMb, I, Daniel Blake did not have any preview screenings. However it was featured in many film festivals. While The Lego Batman Movie had one preview screening in the United Kingdom on the 4th of February.

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Newspaper or film magazine reviews - IDB

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en Loach's latest Palme d'Or winner, his second after 2006's The Wind that Shakes the Barley, packs a hefty punch, both personal and political. On one level, it is a polemical indictment of a faceless benefits bureaucracy that strips claimants of their humanity by reducing them to mere numbers - neoliberal 1984 meets uncaring, capitalist Catch-22. On another, it is a celebration of the decency and kinship of (extra)ordinary people who look out for each other when the state abandons its duty of care.

For all its raw anger at the impersonal mistreatment of a single mother and an ailing widower in depressed but resilient Newcastle, Paul Laverty's brilliantly insightful script finds much that is moving (and often surprisingly funny) in the unbreakable social bonds of so-called "broken Britain". Blessed with exceptional lead performances from Dave Johns and Hayley Squires, Loach crafts a gut-wrenching tragicomic drama (about "a monumental farce") that blends the timeless humanity of the Dardenne brothers' finest works with the contemporary urgency of Loach's own 1966 masterpiece Cathy Come Home.

We open with the sound of 59-year-old Geordie joiner Daniel Blake (standup comic Johns) answering automaton-like questions from a "healthcare professional". Having suffered a heart attack at work, Daniel has been instructed by doctors to rest. Yet since he is able to walk 50 metres and "raise either arm as if to put something in your top pocket", he is deemed ineligible for employment and support allowance, scoring a meaningless 12 points rather than the requisite 15. Instead, he must apply for jobseeker's allowance and perform the Sisyphean tasks of attending CV workshops and pounding the pavements in search of nonexistent jobs that he can't take anyway.

Meanwhile, Squires's mother-of-two Katie is similarly being given the runaround, rehoused hundreds of miles from her friends and family in London after spending two years in a hostel. "I'll make this a home if it's the last thing I do," she tells Daniel, who takes her under his wing, fixing up her flat and impressed by her resolve to go "back to the books" with the Open University. Both are doing all they can to make the best of a bleak situation, retaining their hope and dignity in the face of insurmountable odds. Yet both are falling through the cracks of a cruel system that pushes those caught up in its cogs to breaking point.

"We're digital by default" is the mantra of this impersonal new world, to which carpenter Daniel pointedly replies, "Yeah? Well I'm pencil by default." Scenes of Blake struggling with a computer cursor ("fucking apt name for it!") raise a wry chuckle, but there's real outrage at the way this obligatory online form-filling has effectively written people like him out of existence. Yet still Daniel supports - and is supported by - those around him; from Kema Sikazwe's street-smart China, a neighbour who is forging entrepreneurial links online (the internet may alienate Daniel, but it also unites young workers of the world), to Katie's kids, Daisy and Dylan - the latter coaxed from habitual isolation ("no one listens to him so why should he listen to them?") by the hands-on magic of woodwork. Having lost a wife who loved hearing Sailing By, the theme for Radio 4's Shipping Forecast, and whose mind was "like the ocean", Daniel carves beautiful fish mobiles that turn the kids' rooms into an aquatic playground. Meanwhile, their mother is gradually going under.

A scene in a food bank in which the starving Katie, on the verge of collapse, finds herself grasping a meagre tin of beans is one of the most profoundly moving film sequences I have ever seen. Shot at a respectful distance by cinematographer Robbie Ryan, the scene displays both an exquisite empathy for Katie's trembling plight and a pure rage that anyone should be reduced to such humiliation. Having seen I, Daniel Blake twice, I have both times been left a shivering wreck by this sequence, awash with tears, aghast with anger, overwhelmed by the sheer force of its all-but-silent scream.

"They'll fuck you around," China tells Daniel, "make it as miserable as possible - that's the plan." For Loach and Laverty, this is the dark heart of their drama, the use of what Loach calls the "intentional inefficiency of bureaucracy as a political weapon", a way of intimidating people in a manner that is anything but accidental. "When you lose your self-respect you're done for," says Daniel, whose act of graffitied defiance becomes an "I'm Spartacus!" battle cry that resonates far beyond the confines of the movie theatre. Expect to see it spray-painted on the walls of a jobcentre near you soon.

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I, Daniel Blake review - a battle cry for the dispossessed

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en Loach's latest Palme d'Or winner, his second after 2006's The Wind that Shakes the Barley , packs a hefty punch, both personal and political. On one level, it is a polemical indictment of a faceless benefits bureaucracy that strips claimants of their humanity by reducing them to mere numbers - neoliberal 1984 meets uncaring, capitalist Catch-22.

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Ken Loach's Palme d'Or-winning film I, Daniel Blake tells the story of a man who is denied disability benefit after a heart attack and who is then subsequently caught in a bureaucratic nightmare - along with Katie, a young woman with two children to protect. Loach, scriptwriter Paul Laverty and the Newcastle-set film's two lead actors, Dave Johns and Hayley Squires, talk about the iniquities of the system

*I, Daniel Blake is released on 21 October in the UK, 17 November in Australia, and 23 December in the US

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Ken Loach on I, Daniel Blake: 'The climate of fear is unacceptable' - video interview

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Ken Loach's Palme d'Or-winning film I, Daniel Blake tells the story of a man who is denied disability benefit after a heart attack and who is then subsequently caught in a bureaucratic nightmare - along with Katie, a young woman with two children to protect.

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Festival de Cannes - Official website / Corporate

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The Lego Batman Movie even produced an app which allows children and parents to interact a lot more with the film

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The Lego Batman Movie's social media:

- Twitter:
https://twitter.com/legobatmanmovie
- Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LEGOBatmanOfficialUK/
- Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/legobatmanmovie/

I, Daniel Blake social media:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/idanielblake
- Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/IDanielBlake/

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I, DANIEL BLAKE  - OFFICIAL UK TRAILER [HD]

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The new film by British filmmaker Ken Loach, I Daniel Blake won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Daniel Blake (59) has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State.

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There were a few promotions for The Lego Batman Movie but for I, Daniel Blake there were no kinds of exhibitor promotions.

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Gosh, I can't believe it's LEGO Batman Movie day already. If you're like me and haven't bought your tickets yet, you should be aware of a couple of promotions that are going in at various theater chains. The attractiveness of each offer runs the gamut in my opinion, so without further ado here they are from best to worst:

Cinemark

Kiss Kiss Tuxedo Batman: This here be a keychain but out of the three offers, is the best one in my opinion. So depending on your own individual predilection of keychains, this may be right up your alley. It's rare that LEGO would ever make a keychain that does not have a regular minifigure counterpart, but there's always a first for everything. With more sets coming out over the year, I'm hoping we will see regular minifig version of Kiss Kiss Tuxedo Batman, but right now this is the only way to get this figure. You need to be a Cinemark Connections member and purchase a ticket for a RealD 3D showing of the movie to get it. There's no end date for this promotion, it's a "while supplies last" kind of a thing, but I doubt supplies will last for very long.

AMC Theaters

30522 Batman in the Phantom Zone: AMC is giving away a polybag set, 30522 Batman in the Phantom Zone. This isn't quite exclusive as the polybag is currently available at Target in the Valentine's seasonal section for $3.99. Like the Cinemark promotion, you'll need to purchase a ticket for a RealD 3D viewing to get it. Offer is valid until February 12th or while supplies last.

Regal Entertainment Group

Collectible Movie Ticket: And finally, we have Regal Cinemas offering a collectible movie ticket if you watch the movie in IMAX. There are rumors of a poster giveaway as well but I can't seem to confirm that at this moment. I wouldn't want the poster anyway since I'd have to hold while watching the movie. Can't put it on the ground and risk having lie in a puddle of theater floor juice. And the ticket isn't really all that collectible. It would have been cool if you can get different images but if it's just the one of Batman then it's an easy pass. You'll need to purchase a ticket to an IMAX screening to get it and is valid until February 12th.

After writing this post, I may bypass the promotions altogether. There is a Regal theater two minutes away from my house that doesn't have IMAX and I don't feel like making the effort for any of the above. Convenience wins out this time but that being said, I can't wait to see it.

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Various Theater Giveaway Promotions For The LEGO Batman Movie

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Gosh, I can't believe it's LEGO Batman Movie day already. If you're like me and haven't bought your tickets yet, you should be aware of a couple of promotions that are going in at various theater chains.

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For the Lego Batman Movie, in order to promote the film, there's a merchandise deal with Lego, so kids can collect the Lego sets that relate to the film. This can be bought at almost any Lego store or even online. However, for I, Daniel Blake there is no merchandise deal due to the small budget.

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Growing inexorably in awesomeness, the Lego movie empire delivers another fantastically funny and highly sophisticated pop culture adventure, though with only a hint of the first film's existential angst. (Gotham City is said to be built on thin planks over a void that smells of "dirty laundry". Like a kid's bedroom, maybe?) The Lego Batman Movie might even rescue DC's battered reputation and persuade audiences to feel good about Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn and the idea of Batman fighting Superman. In a world made of Lego bricks, Batman - voiced with basso profundo severity by Will Arnett - is a super-successful crime fighter who battles terrible loneliness back at Wayne Manor: superb scenes of poignant emptiness. This film incidentally has the most devastating use of Harry Nilsson's One (Is the Loneliest Number) since Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) is wounded by Batman's refusal to commit to an exclusive hero-villain combat relationship: Batman hurtfully says that he prefers to "fight around" with Bane, Superman and the like. So Joker devises a wicked plan that forces Batman to swallow his loner pride and ask for crime-fighting help from his stepson Dick Grayson (Michael Cera), butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) and new Commissioner Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson). It's packed with gags and smart allusions. Why can't non-Lego movies be as funny, exciting and weirdly moving as this?
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The Lego Batman Movie review - funny, exciting and packed with gags

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Growing inexorably in awesomeness, the Lego movie empire delivers another fantastically funny and highly sophisticated pop culture adventure, though with only a hint of the first film's existential angst. (Gotham City is said to be built on thin planks over a void that smells of "dirty laundry". Like a kid's bedroom, maybe?)

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Will Arnett Exclusive THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Interview (JoBlo.com) 2017

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Will Arnett Exclusive THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Interview (JoBlo.com) 2017 SUBSCRIBE for more Movie Trailers HERE: https://goo.gl/Yr3O86 PLOT: Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted.

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For I, Daniel Blake there were multiple premieres which occurred in various locations over a long time period of dates. (Between May 2016 to April 2017)
While for The Lego Batman Movie, there were very few premieres (1st February 2017 in Paris)

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The LEGO® Batman Movie - Audi Dublin International Film Festival

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Audi Dublin International Film Festival is Irelands premier feature film festival taking place each year in February.

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The LEGO Batman Movie Awards and Nominations

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For The Lego Batman Movie, considering it's a collaboration between Lego and DC comics, it makes sense to create a publicity package. However for I, Daniel Blake which is on a smaller budget and didn't have many ideas put through to marketing, there's nothing to really promote it.

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The Lego Batman Movie has their own website: http://www.legobatman.com/ which is much more interactive than the I, Daniel Blake website: http://www.idanielblake.co.uk/

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A playlist filled with teasers and trailers made by Warner Bros on YouTube.

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THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE - Now Playing in Theaters - YouTube

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