Jan - Atonement (D), One Missed Call (B), The Bucket List (B+), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (C-), The Orphanage (B-), Cloverfield (B+), Mad Money (C+), There Will Be Blood (A-), Rambo (B+), Untraceable (D), Meet the Spartans (D-)

Feb - The Eye (C), Over Her Dead Body (C), The Savages (B), Fool's Gold (C), Jumper (B), Definitely, Maybe (A-), Charlie Bartlett (A-), The Signal (F), Spiderwick Chronicles (B+), Vantage Point (B), The Other Boleyn Girl (C+), Penelope (C), Semi-Pro (B-)

Mar - The Bank Job (A-), 10,000 B.C. (B-), Doomsday (B), Never Back Down (D+), Shutter (C+), Drillbit Taylor (D+), Look (A-), 21 (B-), Superhero Movie (B)

April - Nim's Island (C), The Ruins (A-), Meet Bill (B-), Prom Night (B-), Street Kings (C+), Smart People (B), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (D-), 88 Minutes (B-), Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (B), Baby Mama (C+), Deception (B+)

May - Iron Man (A-), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (D), Made of Honor (B-), Redbelt (C), What Happens in Vegas (B), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (B), The Strangers (D)

June - You Don't Mess with the Zohan (B+), The Incredible Hulk (B+), The Happening (C), The Love Guru (D), Get Smart (B+), Wall-E (A-), Wanted (D)

July - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (B-), Journey to the Center of the Earth (B+), Meet Dave (B), The Dark Knight (A-), Step Brothers (B), Hancock (B),

August - Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (B), Swing Vote (A-), Tropic Thunder (B+), Mirrors (B+), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (D), Death Race (B), The Rocker (B+), The House Bunny (B+), Disaster Movie (D), Hamlet 2 (C+), Bottle Shock (B), College (B+)

September - Traitor (A-), Bangkok Dangerous (B-), Babylon A.D. (D), Burn After Reading (C-), Righteous Kill (B), Ghost Town (A-), My Best Friend's Girl (C+), Lakeview Terrace (B+), Choke (C), Eagle Eye (A-), The Lucky Ones (B-)

October - Beverly Hills Chihuahua (C), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (B-), Appaloosa (C), An American Carol (C), Blindness (C), Flash of Genius (B), Sex Drive (A), Quarantine (C), Body of Lies (C+), Max Payne (B-), Saw V (C+), Pride & Glory (C), Zack & Miri Make a Porno (C), The Haunting of Molly Hartley (B-), Rocknrolla (C)

November - Role Models (A-), Rachel Getting Married (F), Soul Men (C+), House (D), Quantum of Solace (B+), Changeling (A-), Australia (C), Transporter 3 (B), Bolt (B), Four Christmases (B), Twilight (C)

December - Boy in the Striped Pajamas (A-), Punisher: War Zone (A), Nobel Son (C), The Day the Earth Stood Still (C), Cadillac Records (B), Yes Man (B+), Seven Pounds (B), Valkyrie (B), Bedtime Stories (C), The Spirit (D), Doubt (A), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (B), Marley & Me (C)

TOTAL = 126 movies seen theatrically in the year 2008 compared to 153 in 2007.


Notable 2008 releases I did not see in theaters for one reason or another:

January - First Sunday, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, 27 Dresses, How She Move (4)

Feb - Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour, Strange Wilderness, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Step Up 2 the Streets (5)

March - College Road Trip, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Run Fat Boy Run, Stop-Loss (5)

April - Leatherheads, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Forbidden Kingdom (3)

May - Speed Racer, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Sex and the City (3)

June - Kung Fu Panda, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2)

July - Space Chimps, Mamma Mia, The X-Files: I Want to Believe (3)

Aug - Pineapple Express, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fly Me to the Moon, The Longshots (5)

Sept - Proud American, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, The Women, Fireproof, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe (6)

Oct - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Express, City of Ember, The Duchess, W, Secret Life of Bees, High School Musical 3: Senior Year (7)

Nov - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk (3)

Dec - Delgo, Nothing Like the Holidays, Frost/Nixon, The Tale of Despereaux (4)

TOTAL = 50 (Still might see Slumdog and the other expanding awards contenders on the list)

1. 01/03. Michael Clayton - B
2. 01/04. Khareg an el Kanoun - B-
3. 01/05. Hairspray - A-
4. 01/06. El Jazeera (second viewing) - B
5. 01/07. American Gangster - A-
6. 01/18. Alvin and the Chipmunks - C+
7. 01/19. Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem -C
8. 01/19. I Am Legend - B
9. 01/22. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - B
10. 01/27. Atonement - A
11. 02/01. Khaleej Naema - C
12. 02/01. Amaliyat Khasa - B-
13. 02/02. Bridge to Terabithia - B
14. 02/09. Rambo 4 - B+
15. 02/15. Klashinkov - F-
16. 02/15. Halloween - D-
17. 02/17. Tabakh el Raees - D+
18. 02/20. Room 707 - C-
19. 02/21. Hassan Tayara - C+ (X2)
20. 02/22. Caramel - A
21. 02/26. Enchanted - A
22. 02/29. Jumper - C+
23. 03/01. There Will be Blood - A-
24. 03/02. La Vie en Rose - B+
25. 03/07. The Mist - B
26. 03/07. Sharea 18 - B-
27. 03/08. Vantage Point - B+
28. 03/09. 27 Dresses - B-
29. 03/15. Cloverfield - C+
30. 03/19. Death Sentence - B
31. 03/20. 10,000 B.C. - D
32. 03/21. Lahazat Onoutha - C-
33. 03/23. 3:10 to Yuma - B+
34. 03/25. Kite Runner, The - C-
35. 03/28. Shoot 'Em Up - A
36. 03/29. Camp - F-
37. 03/31. Geninet el Asmak - B-
38. 04/02. No Country for Old Men - B+
39. 04/04. Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - A
40. 04/11. Bucket List, The - D
41. 04/12. Juno - B+
42. 04/15. Waraket Shafra - B+ (X2)
43. 04/16. 21 - B-
44. 04/19. Doomsday - A-
45. 04/28. Ehna Etkabilna Abl Keda - F
46. 05/03. Street Kings - C+
47. 05/04. Definitely, Maybe - B
48. 05/07. What Happens in Vegas - B (X2)
49. 05/10. Iron Man - A
50. 05/14. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - A+ (X2)
51. 05/16. Drillbit Taylor - B-
52. 05/17. Golden Compass - B-
53. 05/20. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - B
54. 05/22. Wedding Daze - C+
55. 05/30. El Ghaba - N/A
56. 05/31. Babydoll Night - C-
57. 06/07. Cabaret - B
58. 06/07. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - B
59. 06/10. Happening, The - B-
60. 06/13. El Rayes Omar Harb - B+
61. 06/14. Kung Fu Panda - B+
62. 06/20. Nems Bond - B
63. 06/21. Speed Racer - A-
64. 06/26. Made of Honor - D
65. 07/04. Hancock - B
66. 07/04. Incredible Hulk, The - B
67. 07/07. Across the Universe - C-
68. 07/12. Hassan and Morqos - B
69. 07/26. Dark Knight, The - A+ (X2)
70. 07/31. Asif ala el Ezaag - B
71. 08/05. Wanted - B-
72. 08/06. H Dabour - B-
73. 08/07. Wall-E - A (x2)
74. 08/14. Mafeesh Fayda - B-
75. 08/19. Get Smart - B-
76. 08/26. Tropic Thunder - B
77. 09/11. Strangers, The - B
78. 09/12. Baby Mama - B+
79. 10/04. Kobolat Masrouka - B-
80. 10/06. Zay el Naharda - B+
81. 10/15. Mamma Mia! - B+ (*2)
82. 10/17. House Bunny, The - B
83. 10/19. Hellboy: The Golden Army - B+
84. 10/22. Burn After Reading - B/B-
85. 10/25. Max Payne - C-
86. 10/29. Funny Games - A
87. 10/30. Love Guru, The - C
88. 11/08. El Zamahlawiya - D+
89. 11/11. Women, The - C
90. 11/13. Quantum of Solace - B
91. 11/15. Body of Lies - B-
92. 11/25. Orphanage, The - B-
93. 11/28. Ramy el Eatesami - C
94. 11/30. Disaster Movie - D-
95. 12/01. Babylon A.D. - B-
96. 12/05. El Dada Doudi - B-
97. 12/06. Death Race - B+
98. 12/06. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - B+
99. 12/09. Shaaban el Fares - B+
100. 12/25. Four Christmases - C
101. 12/26. Beirut Open City - C-
102. 12/27. Bedtime Stories - B
103. 12/28. The Punisher: War Zone - B/B+
104. 12/31. Eagle Eye - C+

New record

I usually see around 150 movies a year in theatres, but I believe in 2008 I saw a few less..