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Film review: A Christmas Carol

Robert Zemeckis gives the Polar Express treatment to the seasonal perennial, says Peter Bradshaw How many adaptations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol do we actually need? Well, here's another one, and just as newsreaders...

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Holiday Film Guide

The leaves are turning, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s are looming. The holiday season is upon us! Hollywood hopes you will take a break during your endless holiday shopping in the coming weeks to stop by the...

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Weekend Forecast: Staring at the Precious Evening Sun

Opening in wide release: The Men Who Stare at Goats. Mixed festival reviews and a tepid trailer that looked like Coen light cooled my interest in this otherwise promising sounding comedy about real US military experiments in...

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Film Weekly at Sheffield Doc/Fest and Doha Tribeca

This week's edition ranges across the world, with a portrait of a West Yorkshire market town taking centre stage at Sheffield Doc/Fest, a report from the inaugural Doha Tribeca film festival, and a magic ride across the...

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A Christmas Carol premieres in London

LONDON: The premiere of A Christmas Carol took place in London's festive West End tonight. Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Colin Firth all turned up to promote the movie at the star-studded premiere in Leicester Square. Alice...

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Movies Opening Here

The Box: An unhappily married couple receive a small wooden box on their doorstep. Running Time 1 hr. 33 min. Rated R for language, some drug content and brief nudity. Rated: PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror,...

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Pageant, Prejean declare a cease-fire

Pageant and Prejean declare a cease-fire LOS ANGELES — The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over. A joint statement released Tuesday says Prejean and the organizers of the...

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Jim Carrey switches on lights

London's Oxford Street and Regent Street Christmas lights have been switched on at precisely the same time. Actor Jim Carrey flicked the switch on the Oxford Street lights, themed around the work of Charles Dickens' A Christmas...

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Bah Humbug

Pauline McLean | 12:50 UK time, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 I choked on my popcorn when i saw the trailer for the new Disney version of A Christmas Carol. "You've never seen anything like this before!" it proudly declared. Errr,...

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Blockbusters and breakthroughs: this weekend's US film releases -- Clooney and Carrey eye the top...

In November, releases for the holiday season heat up with schedules filled with big films vying for Oscar consideration and holiday audiences before the end of the year. Big stars with box office appeal and unknowns are set to...

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