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BUTTERFIELD 8 Theatre Company once again re-imagined its versatile space at Cue Productions Live with a sensual production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It," adapted by assistant artistic director Maureen-Theresa Williams.

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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.

Ebenezer Scrooge looked up from his bowl of gruel as the bells rang, the chains clanged, and Jacob Marley's ghost came wafting through the door.

"Please, sir, I want some more." -- Oliver Twist Apparently, so does much of America.

The frost is hardly off the pumpkin before the Christmas movies begin. I have a friend who has a holiday embargo: no talking about Halloween before Oct.

THE immensely talented Bridgwater Amateur Operatic Society will be lighting up the town hall with its rendition of Scrooge - The Musical.

Jim Carrey joins the legions of actors who have played Ebenezer Scrooge. In honor of the latest version of "A Christmas Carol," we offer a quiz to test your smarts about this classic.

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.

It has been staged, animated, turned into a musical, incorporated in "Sesame Street" and made with Muppets.

"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.

Jim Carr ey , Steve Valentine , Gary Oldman RUNNING TIME: 96 MINUTES TAIWAN RELEASE: TODAY 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.

When journalists propose a story, their editors ask them: Why this? and Why now? The same demands might be made of Robert Zemeckis' choice of a new film.

By Robin Bansal, New Delh, Nov 7 : Charles Dickens' classic character Ebenezer Scrooge, the mean ill-tempered and miserly protagonist of 'A Christmas Carol', is being reprised on screen by Hollywood funnyman Jim Carrey in his latest outing.

SUNDAY: Film: Robert Zemeckis on his 'Christmas Carol' Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 13:02 Before adapting the beloved children's book in 2004, Zemeckis had such diverse films to his credit as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and the Tom Hanks tours de force, "Forrest Gump" and "Cast Away." Then came "The Polar Express," which incorporated Hanks ...

Getting Scrooged: Special effects overshadow story, characters in Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' CAROL CLING MORE COLUMNS Review "A Christmas Carol" 96 minutes PG; scary sequences and images Grade: C at multiple locations; in 3-D and IMAX 3-D at select locations Deja View From Mickey Mouse to Mr.

He did it for the money. An indebted Charles Dickens dashed off A Christmas Carol in six weeks and saw it published, with opportune timing, six days before Christmas, in 1843.

Scrooge has been very generous to Hollywood, but every movie made about the cranky old cheapskate also has to give something back.

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash? While Zemeckis loves Alastair Sim's 1951 'A Christmas Carol,' he said previous adaptations never captured the full impact of Dickens' ...

In this film publicity image released by Disney, Bob Cratchit carries Tiny Tim, both characters voiced by Gary Oldman, in a scene from "A Christmas Carol." Lionel Barrymore.