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Two years ago<\/a>, I posted an item on Ultraviolet<\/i> and several other movies which had not been screened for critics in the first two months of 2006; and then, as the year progressed and the ranks of such movies swelled, I posted updates to that original post.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then kept a similar list<\/a> for 2007 \u2014 and now that 2008 is upon us, it is time to start a list for this year, too. Already, and as I noted here three weeks ago, there is one film opening this week without any advance screenings \u2014 except for a late-night invitational screening mere hours before the movie opens to the public, which for the purposes of these lists \u201cdoesn\u2019t count\u201d. (It is<\/i> a preview of sorts, but it\u2019s still too late for newspaper deadlines, etc.)<\/p>\n

There will be more such films in the year ahead, I\u2019m sure; I\u2019ll post updates as they come, and link to those updates from here.<\/p>\n

January 4: One Missed Call<\/a><\/i>.
January 11: The Pirates Who Don\u2019t Do Anything<\/a><\/i>, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale<\/a><\/i>.
January 25: Rambo<\/a><\/i>, Meet the Spartans<\/a><\/i>.
February 1: The Eye<\/a><\/i>, Strange Wilderness<\/a><\/i>, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour<\/a><\/i>.
February 22: Witless Protection<\/a><\/i>.
March 14: Doomsday<\/a><\/i>.
March 21: Shutter<\/a><\/i>, Tyler Perry\u2019s Meet the Browns<\/a><\/i>.
March 28: Superhero Movie<\/a><\/i>.
April 4: The Ruins<\/a><\/i>.
April 11: Prom Night<\/a><\/i>.
June 13: The Happening<\/a><\/i>.
August 15: Mirrors<\/a><\/i>.
August 29: Babylon A.D.<\/a><\/i>, College<\/a><\/i>, Disaster Movie<\/a><\/i>.
September 5: Bangkok Dangerous<\/a><\/i>.
September 12: Tyler Perry\u2019s The Family That Preys<\/a><\/i>.
September 19: My Best Friend\u2019s Girl<\/a><\/i>.
September 26: Fireproof<\/a><\/i>.
October 3: An American Carol<\/a><\/i>.
October 10: Quarantine<\/a><\/i>.
October 24: Saw V<\/a><\/i>.
October 31: The Haunting of Molly Hartley<\/a><\/i>.
December 12: Delgo<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"