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'A Christmas Carol' * 3 1/2 out of 5 stars There hasn't been a worldwide clamoring for another rendition of 'A Christmas Carol,' much less a groundswell of support for an animated version starring rubber-faced Jim Carrey.

For every Coraline or The Iron Giant , there's a rash of beloved children's stories that lost their charm en route to the big screen.

It's been quite the year for iconic children's books. Eric Carle 's The Very Hungry Caterpillar recently munched its way to age 40 , and now The Polar Express is celebrating 25 years of enchanting readers with its mildly creepy brand of Christmas whimsy.

By Mark Kenney MOVIE REVIEWED: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Rating: 3 out of 5The newest version of Charles Dickensa classic tale, A Christmas Carol, has some interesting visual effects, which I am sure would have been stunning in 3D.

Robert Zemeckis' latest CGI feature, A Christmas Carol , is currently playing and seems to be bringing in the cash , as expected.

Pretty much everyone knows the timeless tale of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It's a time-honored classic, endlessly retold and endlessly parodied.

Like medieval alchemists struggling to transmute lead into gold, filmmakers seem determined to create a 100 percent believable animated human character.

I AM very pleased to report that Disney's new adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol is really rather good actually.

We're almost halfway through November and, with Christmas fast approaching, festive film releases are starting to hit cinemas to get us in the spirit.

Christmas came early at the box office this year, but not for the studio that expected it.

"A Christmas Carol," Walt Disney Studios' latest animated tribute to Christmas has beat Sony's feature-length documentary depicting the late pop icon Michael Jackson's rehearsal "This Is It," and rose atop the North America box office over the weekend, projected statistics show Sunday.

The holiday season starts early this weekend, as Disney opens director Robert Zemeckis' 3D animated feature "A Christmas Carol." The industry dates the holiday box office season from the weekend before Thanksgiving , but Disney executives believe "Carol" will play strongly well past Turkey Day.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Zemeckis wants Starr and McCartney for Yellow Submarine remake SHOWBIZ Saturday November 7,2009 Moviemaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS wants surviving BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY and RINGO STARR to play themselves in his planned remake of the Fab Four's animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE.

Robert Zemeckis may just be the father of the performance-capture, 3-D mania sweeping through Hollywood.

CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING Technology Shackles the Heart of "Disney's A Christmas Carol" Christa Banister Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Release Date: November 6, 2009 Rating: PG Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Christmas Run Time: 96 min.

Film Review: A Christmas Carol Over the last century there have been more than three score film versions of A Christmas Carol, from 1901's one-reel Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost to Matthew McConaughey in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

Halloween is already a distant memory, but not enough to scare away the upcoming romantic vampire thriller "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," one of the most anticipated movies to hit the big screen this holiday movie-going season.

It's a megadose of Jim Carrey in Disney's version of "A Christmas Carol". He plays not only Ebenezer Scrooge, but also the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future.

November 4, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Representatives from the IMAX 3D Theatre Myrtle Beach today announced that "The Polar Express" will premier at the theatre this Friday, November 6, at 5:00 p.m. Additional showings will occur daily throughout the holiday season.

It's been 15 years since Robin Wright Penn first worked with visionary director Robert Zemeckis on the fantastical Oscar-winning drama "Forrest Gump" -- but time has hardly diminished the sense of wonder she has about the filmmaker who continues to revolutionize the movie industry.