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Family fun By David DicksteinPublished: November, 2009

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‘A Christmas Carol’ Opens Nov. 6, rated G disney.go.com/disneypictures/achristmascarol Charles Dickens’ yuletide classic has had more remakes than a leftover Christmas ham. Now it’s Jim Carrey’s turn to play the heartless miser who does a 180 after a tough-love lesson from four ghosts on Christmas Eve. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also directed the 2004 Tom Hanks film “Polar Express.” ‘Planet 51’ Opens Nov. 20, rated PG planet51.com This galactic animated adventure-comedy has man playing the alien creatures this time, much to the surprise of an American astronaut (voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). Attached is a groundbreaking computer-generated animated short, “Live Music,” created by 51 animators whose clips were voted in by thousands of Facebook users. ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Opens Nov. 25, rated G fantasticmrfoxmovie.com George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray are heard, but not seen, in this animated comedy pitting a fox and his furry friends against angry farmers tired of sharing their chickens. Much of the film focuses on an elaborate hen heist, and with Clooney in the title role, expect an animated homage to “Ocean’s 11.” NEXT PAGE >>>

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