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Joe Leydon says in his review for Variety<\/a><\/i> that the remake of Black Christmas<\/a><\/i> \u201copened Dec. 25 without press previews\u201d, and at his blog<\/a>, he comments on the experience of catching this movie\u2019s first matinee on Christmas Day with \u201ctwo dozen or so\u201d actual paying customers. But while the movie might not have been screened for critics<\/a> in the States, it was<\/i> screened for critics in Canada. (FWIW, this is one of the half-dozen or more previews that I missed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"