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I loved the new Robert Zemeckis/Jim Carrey version of A Christmas Carol -- it is toasty, dazzling, touching, and spirited; rousingly old-fashioned and, at the same time, eye-tickingly fresh -- yet every time I remind myself that the movie is being released this weekend, I have to do a double take. A big, lavish, holiday-cheer Christmas movie coming out the first week of November? Sorry, but that just seems too early. Memo to Disney: It's not Christmas yet! I do realize that movie release patterns are forever changing. The summer movie season, which a long time ago used to start in, »
- Owen Gleiberman
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