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"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.

The problem with 'A Christmas Carol,' in its latest film retelling, is that too much Carrey and Zemeckis eventually overshadows Dickens.

In the movie "Patton", George C. Scott shouts a memorable line as the American forces are taking apart General Rommel's Afrika Corps like a set of cheap, knock off Legos.

Thirty years ago, Paul Schrader made Hardcore , a bold, highly charged reworking of John Ford's The Searchers starring George C Scott as a Midwestern Calvinist making a nightmare journey through the sexual sewers of southern California in search of a missing daughter drawn into the world of porn movies.

TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save the Tiger" , which starred Jack Lemmon in a tale of mobsters and reality in the.... TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save ...

This week it did not seem we played fair on Page One with the gubernatorial race.

The Lamar Public Library Movie Madness for Friday, October 30 will be The Changeling, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas and Jean Marsh.

Fremont A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Charles B. Aycock Birthplace will include a free screening of the movie, "Anatomy of a Murder," on Oct.

An Underrated "Haunted House" Gem! I first saw "The Changeling" roughly a decade ago, borrowing it on a whim from the local library.

George C. Scotta TMs two memorable general roles a ' Patton and Turgidson. The great actor George C. Scott died on this date 10 years ago.

Casting director Caro Jones, who cast more than 1,000 TV shows and films including "Rocky," died of multiple myloma on Sept.

BASE, COMMON & POPULAR "Sir, no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson Hallelujah! Last night I came across this website by complete accident.

On March 23, 1943, an overconfident Afrika Korps ran into a well prepared ambush at El Guettar, Tunisia.

There is a scene early on in the movie Patton , where the feisty general watches the forces under his command do battle with those led by the legendary German Panzer leader, Erwin Rommel.

There is a scene early on in the movie Patton , where the feisty general watches the forces under his command do battle with those led by the legendary German Panzer leader, Erwin Rommel.

No go: Paramount won't show critics 'G.I. Joe' Adam Sandler's 'Funny People' wins weekend with $23.4 million More Entertainment Headlines >> 'Dr. Strangelove' to be shown at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque by Joanna Connors/Plain Dealer Reporter Monday August 03, 2009, 5:57 PM Peter Sellers as Dr.

"You Will Be Afraid" Millions of people have seen the movie Patton , which begins with a view of the general standing before a giant American flag giving a speech to his troops.