Holiday theater lineups include sentimental favorites and edgy, adult-only shows Nov 22, 2009
The Citi Wang Theatre, which has offered long runs of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Irving Berlin s White Christmas, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular in recent years, is offering a few concerts and a four-day run of The 101 Dalmatians Musical. And the collapse of North Shore Music Theatre means thousands of people who attended the Beverly theater s popular production of A Christmas Carol may be looking for entertainment elsewhere. (Boston Globe)
Neverending Xmas special Nov 22, 2009
Thirty-four years after CBS first aired legendary animator Chuck Jones 1966 TV take on the Dr Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas, director Ron Howard and Jim Carrey evidently decided that such a warm, witty redemption parable could only be improved by adapting it into an overlong live action abomination, stuffed with an insipid backstory and mandatory flatulence gags ... Thirty-four years after CBS first aired legendary animator Chuck Jones 1966 TV take on the Dr Seuss classic How the... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Maroons Web site gets a new facelift Nov 21, 2009
How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Polar Express. (The Maroon, LA)
Production Begins in Portland, Oregon on Untitled Gus Van Sant Project Nov 14, 2009
Other films include the big screen adaptation of the international bestsellers Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks; Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed play Frost / Nixon, directed by Ron Howard, which was nominated for 5 Oscar Awards; the Clint Eastwood directed suspense drama The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie; American Gangster; Inside Man; Flightplan; Cinderella Man; the Sundance acclaimed documentary INSIDE Deep Throat; Friday Night Lights; Blue Crush;... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Scrooge Scores at Box Office Nov 10, 2009
1 million opening for Carrey's previous holiday tale, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in 2000. Holiday-themed films tend to hold up well through the season, among them Disney's "The Santa Clause" comedies. (CBS News)
Another Disney studio executive exits Nov 10, 2009
1 million opening for "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the holiday classic voiced by Carrey in 2000. LOS ANGELES -- Another executive at The Walt Disney Co.'s movie studio is exiting hurriedly as the company's troubles continue at the box office with a weak opening for "A Christmas Carol.". (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Christmas Carol Tops Weekend Box Office Nov 9, 2009
1 million opening for Carrey's previous holiday tale, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in 2000. Latest Comments. (KWTX.com, TX)
MORE: This 'Carol' fits Dickens' vision Nov 5, 2009
Carrey is known for a flexible face that he can shape almost like clay, even under heavy prosthetics as in ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. But at the , where footage from A Christmas Carol was previewed, he said the performance-capture technology (which layers a digital coating over his movements and voice) liberated him from the constraints of makeup. (USA Today)
'Carol' captured for modern filmgoers Nov 5, 2009
He already starred as a Christmas curmudgeon in 2000 when he tormented "Whoville" as the Grinch in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas.". "The thing that's great about Jim is that he works with his entire body. Every muscle in his body transforms into the character that he's playing," says director Robert Zemeckis. (CNN)
'A Christmas Carol' Nov 3, 2009
"Scrooge is the ultimate example of self-loathing," Carrey says, noting that, after playing the title character in Ron Howard's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," he was merely "going to the source" in fleshing out Scrooge. "Beware the unloved, I always say," Carrey continues. (FOX59, IN)
Christmas Movies for Kids Nov 1, 2009
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). In the Christmas-crazed town of Whoville, one little girl, Cindy Lou Who, is questioning the materialism of Christmas. (Suite101.com)
Columnist: Film adaptations hit and miss Oct 22, 2009
Consider holiday favorite How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The children's book, written by Dr. Suess in 1957, is a simplistic tale with an important message about the meaning of holiday spirit. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Once more with feeling! Oct 18, 2009
Juliette Allen Angelo, 10, is one of the three girls playing Jane Banks in Mary Poppins, and explains she s been performing since she was 8, appearing in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Billy Elliot ... Juliette Allen Angelo, 10, is one of the three girls playing Jane Banks in Mary Poppins, and explains she s been performing since she was 8, appearing in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Billy Elliot. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Kids books face a rough path to the big screen Oct 15, 2009
Probably the worst example of this strategy can be found in Ron Howards big-screen take on How the Grinch Stole Christmas did anyone really care why the Grinch came to be so, well, Grinch-y. Learning about his unhappy childhood was akin to discovering that Jack Sprat and his wife were co-dependently enabling each others eating disorders or that Mary, Mary was quite contrary because she had unresolved mother issues. (MSNBC -- News)
No sweating the small stuff Oct 5, 2009
For decades when people mentioned "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (Random House, $15), you knew they were talking about either the lovely book by Dr. Seuss or the 1966 made-for-TV animated film it spawned ... And then in 2000 we got Ron Howard's live-action "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," that lumbering, joyless behemoth. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Where the wonder goes Oct 4, 2009
Ella reminded me too of the wholesale live-action pillaging of Dr. Seuss in Ron Howard s 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas - a hit but an ugly and obnoxious one - and the genuinely hateful 2003 The Cat in the Hat, in which Myers obliterates the good doctor s enlightened innocence with sniggers and ho jokes. Cat may in fact be the worst kiddie lit adaptation of all time, and it reportedly so horrified Audrey Geisel, the author s widow, that she put the kibosh on further ransacking of the canon... (Boston Globe)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 3, 2009
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas 7:30 p.m. (WAM). Jim Carrey in the title role of this lavish but inferior live-action version of the holiday tale. (Boston Globe)
@ The Movies: Top Holiday DVD Picks Sep 19, 2009
Of course, there are several others on DVD that are worth mentioning, including the 1947 version of "Miracle on 34th Street," "The Polar Express" (2004), "Scrooged" (1988) and the perennial television classics, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1964), "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (1970), "Frosty the Snowman" (1969) and both the animated and feature film versions of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966 and 2000, respectively). And that's it for the recommendations for holiday... (KERO 23, CA)
On Demand movie picks Sep 11, 2009
DR. SEUSS HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. (Encore on Comcast) Jim Carrey peaks here. (Boston Globe)
Guess Who's Coming to Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def ... Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Aug 18, 2009
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ... Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ... Don't be a Grinch - share the holiday spirit with the $260 million box office hit: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Universal, Illumination pact for 'Lorax' Jul 29, 2009
Aside from being the Dr. Seuss brand back to the Universal fold--the 2000 release "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" grossed nearly $350 million worldwide--the deal allows Meledandri to continue a relationship with Geisel that began with Horton Hears a Who, the animated film that Meledandri put together when he ran Fox Animation. He left to form Illumination as a family film division for Universal. (Variety)
'ONION' WRITER: Nathan Rabin rewinds big-time for memoir Jul 7, 2009
Two movies that inspired "a fierce visceral loathing" in Rabin were Father of the Bride II, "which left me quaking with rage and righteous indignation over its sentimentality, phoniness and pandering," and 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. "My ex-girlfriend can vouch that I exited that one so furious I pretty much needed a sedative, if not a soothing bath and a few weeks at a spa, to get over the trauma. I don't know if they're objectively among the worst films ever made, but they're... (USA Today)
Obama asks men to be better fathers than his own Jun 22, 2009
The visit took a sour turn when Obama went to watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and his father made him shut off the TV, saying he watched too much. Obama slammed the bedroom door; a loud argument ensued among grown-ups. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
New York's First World-Class Exposition Center to Open in the Heart of Times Square Jun 5, 2009
Recent Running Subway projects include the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC now featuring "John Lennon: The New York Years," the world phenomenon - "Bodies...The Exhibition" now in its fourth year at the South Street Seaport, the smash Broadway hit Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The Musical, among others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
BACKSTAGE: Starlight issues appeal for funds May 30, 2009
Starlight Theatre issued a desperate appeal for funds on Friday afternoon, saying that if the Balboa Park theater company can not raise tens of thousands of dollars in donations quickly, it may not be able to open its 63rd season next week. We have a very family-oriented season planned and we want to continue bringing theater to San Diego. (North County Times)
Jim Carrey Had Everyone Fooled At The 1999 MTV Movie Awards May 27, 2009
From roles in "The Mask" to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Carrey is no stranger to disguises only this time, he didn't tell anyone about his plan. "I knew his car had arrived and I went looking for him and I couldn't find him in the green room," said Art Arellanes, an MTV talent manager at the time. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Sony Centre reopening delayed May 19, 2009
Last month, Dancap cancelled its November-December, 2009, run of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. because of delays in renovations of the Sony Centre. (Globe and Mail)
A teen, a toddler and two in between Apr 3, 2009
While we were all sitting around watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas before the holidays, the timeless words of Dr. Seuss seemed to ring true. It may not have happened as soon as we brought Claire home from the hospital the boys weren't sure about a new baby entering their lives but the hearts of everyone in our family have grown "three sizes" since that day. (Globe and Mail)
Animal Actors Mar 4, 2009
Max and the six different dogs who played the same role in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas also were shelter dogs. Morris the spokescat for the pet food giant 9Lives was also a stray. (Suite101.com)
Would you, could you, read a book Mar 3, 2009
His book How the Grinch Stole Christmas. was adapted for television in 1966 and has become an annual tradition for each generation. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Coming to a small screen near you: culture for adults Feb 27, 2009
These are the top-grossing films of this century: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the first Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Finding Nemo, Shrek 2, Star Wars 3, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Spider-Man 3, The Dark Knight. Female role models and political complexity seem irrelevant from this angle. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Experience the Oscars minus the bling Feb 18, 2009
The dilapidated Bates Motel filmed for Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated 1960 thriller "Psycho" looms near the wrecked 747 airplane from Steven Spielberg's 2005 film "War of the Worlds" and the snow-powdered town of Whoville in "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas.". The Universal Experience a recent addition to the theme park houses dozens of movie artifacts, from the silky dresses in "Atonement" to Gregory Peck's glasses in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the 1962 film that nabbed him... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Cheap Fun in Los Angeles During Oscar Season Feb 17, 2009
The dilapidated Bates Motel filmed for Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated 1960 thriller "Psycho" looms near the wrecked 747 airplane from Steven Spielberg's 2005 film "War of the Worlds" and the snow-powdered town of Whoville in "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas.". The Universal Experience, a recent addition to the theme park, houses dozens of movie artifacts, from the silky dresses in "Atonement" to Gregory Peck's glasses in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the 1962 film that nabbed him a best... (Fox News)
