Remember, 20 years or so ago, when Robert Zemeckis was interested in stories rather than playing around with cinematic technology? The tragic part is that Zemeckis actually does so many things right.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is an image from an official clip for “The Muppet Christmas Carol” distributed by Disney.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you love Christmas movies, you may have noticed; there are a lot of versions of A Christmas Carol. Scrooge has been played by Jim Carrey. He's met the Muppets. He's done ...

As trite as the expression “bigger isn’t always better” seems, it’s an apt description of this year’s Trinity Repertory Company production of “A Christmas Carol,” which loses some of its charm ...

Jim Carrey puts his extraordinary physical chops to motion-capture use as a CGI Ebenezer Scrooge in Robert Zemeckis' adaptation. But he doesn’t stop at Scrooge; Carrey also plays all three ghosts — ...