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Holiday movie guide: Here's something for everyone

For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts:

-For action/adventure junkies

More than any other film this holiday season, James Cameron's sci-fi opus "Avatar" (Dec. 18) has a huge buzz. For both good and bad reasons.

Coming this week on TV and at the movies

BIG SCREEN

Marley & Me (PG-13) -- Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star in director David Frankel's shot-in-South-Florida adaptation of John Grogan's bestseller about with the world's worst-behaved Labrador retriever.

Bedtime Stories (PG) -- Adam Sandler goes Disney with this kid-friendly tale of a man who discovers the outlandish tales he tells his niece and nephew each night are all coming true.

Fall movie preview: Summer winds to a close, Oscar race heats up

Although there are technically a couple of weeks of summer left, the films of fall are upon us. Now is when movies get serious, when Hollywood starts thinking about Oscar. You'll still find plenty of zombies and ninjas at the multiplex in the coming weeks, just not quite as many as you would have found in July.

Here is a list of movies scheduled for release between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Dates are subject to change.

SEPT. 4

Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

The latest version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" features Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Coming on Ebenezer's coattails will be everything from vampire romance ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and end-of-the-world stories ("2012," "The Road") to epic science fiction ("Avatar") and a new incarnation of the world's greatest detective ("Sherlock Holmes").

Presented in 3-D, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is the latest from Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump"), who presents Dickens' London with the same performance-capture technology he used on "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf."

Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

The latest version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" features Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Coming on Ebenezer's coattails will be everything from vampire romance ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and end-of-the-world stories ("2012," "The Road") to epic science fiction ("Avatar") and a new incarnation of the world's greatest detective ("Sherlock Holmes").

Presented in 3-D, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is the latest from Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump"), who presents Dickens' London with the same performance-capture technology he used on "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf."