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'Precious' finds special place at box office

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:32:01 +0000

'Christmas Carol' tops charts with $31 million The specialty box office roared to life as Lionsgate's Precious: Based on the Novel Push' by Sapphire opened to $1.8 million from 18 locations for a record-breaking $100,000 per location average. Among new wide releases, however, the results were ...

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Movie Review - 'A Christmas Carol'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:20:48 +0000

A Christmas Carol Starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman Directed by Robert Zemeckis Rated PG There are two ways to perceive A Christmas Carol . You can either look at this film and see a brave new use of technology to bring a classic piece of literature into ...

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A Christmas Carol: Film Review

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:49:12 +0000

A clear step in the right direction for Zemeckis and his pet techno-project, the film nonetheless ultimately sabotages itself by prizing the hectic over the heartfelt. by Nick Schager

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Movie Review: A Christmas Carol (2009)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:53:51 +0000

Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol Photo: Walt Disney Pictures One thing's for certain with Robert Zemeckis's latest attempt at motion-capture CGI animation, kids need not apply. I have had conversations with fellow critics and the conclusion I've come to concerning ...

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A Christmas Carol Review – Not Quite Magical Yet!

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:21:49 +0000

Robert Zemeckis is so convinced by the creative merits of motion-capture technology he has abandoned live-action filmmaking. Forever. Or so he keeps telling anybody who will listen. The director would argue he has freed himself from the tyrannies of filmmaking and problems he could not ...

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‘A Christmas Carol’ leads the box office with $9 mil on Friday

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:02:53 +0000

Jim Carrey, or rather a performance-capture CGI version of the actor, delivered enough holiday spirit to snatch the top spot at the box office on Friday, according to early estimates. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, director Robert Zemeckis’ animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ...

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A Christmas Carol Review

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:53:51 +0000

Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday story “A Christmas Carol” gets the 3D treatment, and the result is a visually stunning big-screen experience I’m sure many cinema goers out there will enjoy to the fullest extent. As far as I’m concerned, my feelings about this one are mixed. The story ...

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Disney’s A Christmas Carol Movie Review

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:40:01 +0000

One of the things you really have to ask yourself at the outset is, “Why do people keep remaking Charles Dickens’ story?” The easy answer is that we need a decent helping of holiday fare at the theaters, but there are other things we could do, and even redo. It may ...

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS? NOT FOR STARS: Jim Carrey's & George Clooney's Movies Open Soft Friday

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:39:04 +0000

FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: If there's a Christmas-themed movie opening in November, then it's the official start of the holiday box office. (Hey, no studio waits for Thanksgiving anymore...) First up: Disney's A Christmas Carol. You may know it better as Charles Dickens' novel, but Disney had a ...

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A Christmas Carol: ‘Twas a Spiritless Affair, Indeed

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:03:11 +0000

Movies have supremely warped my conception of time. No longer do I judge the fragments of the year in terms of trite notions of spring, summer, fall and winter. Instead my calendar is notated with marketing strategies of major studios. For example, the beginning of the year is award season, ...

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Box Office - 'Christmas Carol' Takes Friday

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:00:11 +0000

A Christmas Carol is the widest-ever 3-D release and it again reinforces that studios are looking to capitalize on the new technology. A $9 million Friday won't hurt, although that shouldn't push the film above or even near most box office estimates for the weekend, anywhere between $37 - ...

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Review: A Christmas Carol

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:29:35 +0000

The fear many of us had when it was announced Jim Carrey would play Ebenezer Scrooge and other parts in Robert Zemeckis ' adaptation of A Christmas Carol was that Carrey's clowning would turn the story into a goofy farce. This fear turns out to have been unfounded. If anything, the ...

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Review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:07:26 +0000

My feelings towards Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have always been of two minds. I love the tale from the wit and greed-filled banter to the ghostly apparitions to the grand redemption at the end. The same goes for the multiple film and TV versions of the story. I’m partial ...

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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.06.09

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:34:36 +0000

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Studio: Disney Rated: PG for scary sequences and images. Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and Robin Wright Penn Directed by: Robert Zemeckis What it’s about: If you don’t know this by now, you should be barred from the holiday ...

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THE HOLLYWOOD LINKS - 11/6/09

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:05:00 +0000

- Some very valid questions about why the hell Robert Zemeckis keeps making these motion-capture films. At Hollywood-Elsewhere . - Interesting thoughts from David Poland on Precious . At The Hot Blog . - Drew McWeeny takes on the "Best Worst Movie," of all time, aka Troll 2 . At HitFix . - ...

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Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:11:37 +0000

November 05, 2009: Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints This week at the movies, we've got some modern-day Dickens (Disney's A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman); a button-pushing thriller (The Box, starring... More... November 04, 2009: Ho-ho-horror! ...

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Box office preview: ‘A Christmas Carol’ set to bring some cheer to the box office

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:30:08 +0000

Feeling merry? Disney and Robert Zemeckis sure hope so as they prepare to unload the technologically-obsessed filmmaker’s vision of Dickens’ classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, in over 3500 theaters (2000 of which will be 3-D.) Carol starring Jim Carrey may be Zemeckis’ ...

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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 139 – The Fat Kind

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:00:17 +0000

On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil say good-bye to scary movies (well, not really, considering two are released this week) and decide to ring in the Christmas season early. They stare at some goats, grumble about not being allowed to open a box, visit the uncanny valley and debate ...

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Download A Christmas Carol Movie

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:42:33 +0000

Its a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, ba

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EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Has Reached Out To Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr To Star In New 'Yellow Submarine'

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

For all his embrace of whiz-bang moviemaking technology, Robert Zemeckis remains loyal to his roots: once a Beatlemaniac, always a Beatlemaniac. More than three decades after his directorial debut, the Fab Four-obsessed comedy "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," the man is returning to the same musical ...

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