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NEWS ABOUT: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens stories: 5 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Motion-Capture 
 Christmas Carol 
 Hits Wrong Notes 

Spirit's there, but critics split on wow-factor of evolving tech

Nov 6, 09 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Most critics express a hearty "humbug" for Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey. A sampling:
  • "It's a heartwarmer that doesn't have much of a heart itself," Michael O'Sullivan writes in the Washington Post, "populated by figures that are halfway between
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film • animation • movie review • Charles Dickens • Jim Carrey • motion capture • Robert Zemeckis

OPINION

 Holiday Classics Yule Love 

Warm up the DVD player with It's a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, more

Dec 25, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Rather stay home than risk more bad weather today? Make a quick trip to the video store so you can hunker down with the New York Daily News' favorite Yule flicks:
  1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946): Didn't see that one coming, did you? Jimmy Stewart. 'Nuff said.
  2. A
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Charles Dickens • A Christmas Carol • movies • A Christmas Story • Macaulay Culkin • Tim Allen • Scrooge • Jimmy Stewart

 The Best All-Time Beards 

These guys have the most notable chin hairs in history

Nov 15, 08 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - To celebrate the public premiere of Charles Darwin's beard (or at least hair from it his great, great grandson found in a small leather box) at the British Natural History Museum, the London Times lists the best all-time chin hairs:
  1. Karl Marx. The collapse of the Soviet Union may
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Charles Darwin • Charles Dickens • Karl Marx • Jesus Christ • beard • facial hair • Rasputin

Docs Try to Diagnose Tiny Tim

Dickens gave scant evidence, but the web is full of theories

Dec 23, 07 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Armchair physicians across the web are trying to solve one of literature’s greatest mysteries: what the heck was wrong with Tiny Tim? All we know is that Dickens’ wretch was a small, sick, crutch-wielder, who was prone to weakness and doomed unless ol’ Ebeneezer loosened his purse strings. It’... More »

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Charles Dickens • Christmas • kidney disease • Tiny Tim • Rickets • A Christmas Carol • Bob Cratchit

Chinese Follies Are All
Too Familiar

US exhibited capitalist lapses once upon
a time

Aug 27, 07 9:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before Americans get on their high horse about China’s recent lapses into substandard products—not to mention those fake Harry Potter translations—they should look long and hard at their own history, the Boston Globe suggests. In the 19th century, it was the US that was considered the nation... More »

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China • Harry Potter • exports • capitalism • contamination • knockoff • Charles Dickens

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