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96 min • Animation/Drama/Family/Fantasy • Rated PG
A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)

The initial “gee, whillikers” reaction to Zemeckis’ motion-capture rendition of the Dickens classic eventually turns to “bah, humbug” as the film’s technological novelty gives way to narrative mundanity. So absent is any emotional content that it’s as though Dickens’ ultimate cautionary tale is a mere afterthought onto which Zemeckis can drape his live-action/computer-animated visual hybrid that he has now used on his third sequential movie (following Beowulf and The Polar Express). Scrooge is still the same miserly old coot we know him to be, but instead of the transformative effect of Scrooge’s glimpses into his past, present, and future, this film emphasizes the phantasmic elements of the ghosts and the pliable mechanics they use to show Scrooge such privileged viewpoints of his life. Carrey, never a slouch when it comes to his output, plays all three ghosts in addition to Scrooge. The actor sheds his usual silliness and adopts more of the tone and breeding of a British thespian. Reviewed by MB.

  • Maya Cinemas : 10:15am; 12:20; 2:30; 4:30; 6:55
  • Northridge Cinemas : 11:50am; 2:20; 4:50; 7:20

 

A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
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Century Cinemas Del Monte Center
1700 Del Monte Center, Monterey
373-8051
Golden State Theater
417 Alvarado St., Monterey
372-4555
Maya Cinemas
153 Main St., Salinas
757-Maya
A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
10:15am; 12:20; 2:30; 4:30; 6:55
A Christmas Carol (2009)
11:10am; 1:20; 3:30; 5:40; 7:50; 10:05
The Blind Side
12:15; 3:15; 6:15; 9:15
Michael Jackson's This is It
10:20am
2012
10:10am; 10:50am; 11:55am; 1:35; 2:00; 3:20; 5:05; 5:50; 7:05; 8:45; 9:20; 10:30
Planet 51
10:30am; 11:15am; 12:45; 1:30; 3:05; 3:50; 5:15; 6:05; 7:30; 8:10; 9:45
Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
7:20; 10:20
The Men Who Stare at Goats
12:10; 2:20; 4:50
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
10:00am; 10:45am; Noon; 1:00; 1:45; 3:00; 4:00; 4:45; 6:00; 7:00; 7:45; 9:00; 10:00; 10:35
The Fourth Kind
10:10pm
Northridge Cinemas
350 Northridge Shopping Center, Salinas
449-4168
A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
11:50am; 2:20; 4:50; 7:20
A Christmas Carol (2009)
12;45; 3:20; 5:45
Michael Jackson's This is It
6:35; 9:15
Paranormal Activity
8:15; 10:35
2012
11:40am; 12:50; 2:00; 5:30; 6:45; 7:55; 9:00
Astro Boy
11:35am; 1:55; 4:15
The Fourth Kind
Noon; 2:35; 5:00; 7:35
The Blind Side
11:25am; 1:00; 2:25; 4:00; 8:25; 10:00
Planet 51
11:45am; 12:55; 2:15; 3:25; 7:15; 8:20; 9:45; 10:45
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
11:30am; 12:30; 1:30; 4:30; 5:30; 6:30; 7:30; 10:30
Osio Cinemas
350 Alvarado St., Monterey
644-8171
New York, I Love You
12:20; 2:40; 5:00; 7:30; 9:50
Paranormal Activity
12:15; 2:15; 4:30; 7:00; 9:15
An Education
12:30; 2:45; 5;00; 7:15; 9:30
Amelia
Noon; 2:25; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40
A Serious Man
Noon; 2:20; 4:40; 7:00; 9:20
Coco Before Chanel
12:10; 2:35; 5:00; 7:25; 9:45
Cannery Row IMAX Theatre
640 Wave St., Monterey
372-4629
Sharks (3D)
11:00am; 2:00; 5:00
The Polar Express (IMAX)
Noon; 3:00; 6:00
Star Trek (IMAX)
8:00
Lighthouse Cinemas
525 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove
643-1333
Bright Star
10:20am (Sat and Sun only); 3:10; 8:00
Michael Jackson's This is It
12:45; 5:40; 10:30 (Sat and Sun only)
The Men Who Stare at Goats
9:45am (Sat and Sun only); 11:45am (Sat and Sun only); 1:45 (except Fri); 3:45 (except Fri); 5:45 (except Fri); 7:45; 9:45 (Fri and Sat only)
The Blind Side
11:30am (Sat and Sun only); 2:10; 4:50; 7:30; 10:15 (Fri and Sat only)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
10:30am (Sat and Sun only); 1:15; 4:15; 7:00; 10:00 (Fri and Sat only)

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