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Zemeckis: 'Carol had to be set in UK'
A Christmas Carol director Robert Zemeckis has said that he never considered setting his adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic story outside the UK.
Michael J. Fox named most influential expat
Michael J. Fox addresses the media and introduces his Parkinson's disease foundation at the MaRS Centre in Toronto Ont.
Movie review: - Christmas Carol' has no spirit
Wow! We've already got a big Christmas turkey, and it's not even close to Thanksgiving.
Disney's A Christmas Carol Bah to the Future: Robert Zemeckis, still willing to ruin his tone just to show off.
'Christmas Carol' unconvincing
You cannot ruin the essence of A Christmas Carol . The example of a man who learns that wealth is not happiness, but happiness is wealth, is surely eternal.
Dickens's Victorian London Goes Digital
FOR more than 100 years, movies have been made in the same basic way: you put actors in front of a camera and photograph them.
Spirits of the season: Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol
It didn't hurt that Jim Carrey has a rubber face while Robert Zemeckis was shooting the stop-animation version of A Christmas Carol.
What's opening in theaters next week
THE BOX : After the spectacular failure of his ambitious second film "Southland Tales," writer-director Richard Kelly goes the simpler, high-concept route with this thriller adapted from a tiny Richard Matheson short story, about a married couple given a wooden box.
Back to the Future - Lloyd Pulls Out of Grinch
Caption: Back to the Future Universal Studios inaugurates their newest attraction 'The Universal Experience' where the audience can go behind the scenes of Universal's film legacy in this interactive exhibit featuring authentic props, wardrobe and artifacts from past, present and upcoming Universal productions Universal City, California .... BACK ...
The Science of Time Travel is Explored at the Connecticut Science Center
The Science of Time Travel...It's About Time! Almost 25 years ago, the American public was captivated by a teenager who traveled in time, via a stylish DeLorean sports car.
Phoenix Lake home host to Hollywood set
An East Sonora home owned by Bonnie Parris has seen various famous faces over the years, including Michael J. Fox and Gary Cooper.
Airman To Fly With Zemeckis and Disney
I'm not entirely sure what happened in his career, whether he was looking for a new type of film making or he just fell in love with the technology, but Robert Zemeckis quickly transformed from the director of Back to the Future to the guy who likes to play chicken with the uncanny valley.
Jamestown Show Biz House Arson: Case Closed
A state prison inmate pleaded guilty this week to burglary, arson and escape charges, ending a 15-month ordeal for a Tuolumne County family.
Disney's Christmas Story Uses Performance Capture Technology to Tell Beloved Dickens' Classic
Disney has decided once again to take a crack at Charles Dickins' 1843 classic. This time using the big name voice talents of Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman, in addition to a variety of other actors.
A Christmas Carol Featurette with Jim Carrey & Robert Zemeckis
Yesterday a new Japanese trailer for Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol hit the web.
Movies are one of my passions. My father sat me down at the age of about ten and told me to watch this movie with him.
Children's Book Adaptations That Failed
Warner Bros. is holding critics' screenings of Where the Wild Things Are way late: in New York, for instance, it won't screen until Wednesday night, barely 24 hours before midnight screenings start the next night.
You're a Reverand Jim one, Mr Grinch
Now there's a cool one-two punch for the holidays. And we don't mean spiked. Or, in this case, maybe we do.
DOCTORS write scripts all the time. When Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis wrote the science fiction story Back to the Future, they were hardly contemplating a script for fixing Australia's public hospitals.
Lea Thompson coming to George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
Crispin Glover, from left, Lea Thompson and Michael J. Fox star in the " Back to the Future." Actress Lea Thompson of the "Back to the Future" trilogy will appear at the 2010 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival in Florence, festival organizers have announced.
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