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DON'T MISS: "Survivor: Samoa" finale - If by now you can't tell your Galu from a Foa Foa, you'll want nothing to do with this season's tropical smackdown.

Christmas week usually means repeats of shows you might have missed earlier this month, from specials like "Disney Prep & Landing" , "The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade" and " Carrie Underwood : An All-Star Holiday Special" to multiple repeat screenings of "The Polar Express" and the 1984 George C. Scott "A Christmas Carol" all the way to "It's a ...

Yet another version of 'Christmas Carol' By now, you must know that there's been another movie that retells the Charles Dickens' classic tale "A Christmas Carol." This one's in 3-D, animated, starring Jim Carrey.

I have a confession. I am married to a Christmas movie junkie. The nagging to break open the Christmas movie collection usually starts the day after Halloween.

I watched the 1980s "Mickey's Christmas Carol" with my kids last night. They've already seen the Robert Zemeckis motion catpure Carol, now in theaters.

Timothy Crowe as Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol'' at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence.

This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," December 2, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Shades of George C. Scott and The Flim-Flam Man or Redford and Newman in The Sting, three fine movie-actors portraying the penultimate in the lineup of con artists working their scams on the hapless "mark" about to be had.

There have been so many movies based on books. Here is my list of Ten great mystery movies.

What the Dickens is going on around here? North Coast Repertory Theatre in Eureka is currently staging a relatively faithful version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and this coming weekend Dell'Arte opens A Commedia Christmas Carol, while Ferndale Repertory Theatre opens Oliver! - the musical version of Dickens' Oliver Twist.

Charles Dickens' world famous novella, "A Christmas Carol," has been retold and remade time and time again throughout the years.

Robert Zemeckis's "A Christmas Carol" is yet another version of the beloved classic story by Charles Dickens.

George C. Scott, star of the movie "Patton," died of an aortic aneurysm when a large blood vessel in his belly burst.

Out of all of the movies based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" over the years, I like the newest one best.

It is a sad fact that every year Hollywood feels compelled to ruin another old family favourite - both books and films.

George C. Scott in the 1970 film 'Patton,' one of many Veteran's Day specials on TV Wednesday.

"Bah! Humbug!" To coin a phrase. I understand why Jim Carrey wanted to do Robert Zemeckis' lavish new computer graphic extravaganza on the much-filmed and classic tale by Charles Dickens.

Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott.

Every generation may get the "Christmas Carol'' it deserves, from the all-dancing, all-singing horrors of "Scrooge'' to the brash comic mugging of "Scrooged'' to the sleaze of the recent "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.'' How does Jim Carrey fit into this? The early 2000s are a time of relentless technical whizbangery - if Dickens were alive, he'd ...

There are seemingly hundreds of cinematic takes on Charles Dickens' tale. The most popular, year after year among our customers, are the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, the 1984 version starring George C. Scott and TNT's 1999 adaptation with Patrick Stewart.