Visually ornate ‘Carol’ still needs human touch

Rating: PG, for scary sequences and images Length: 1 hour, 36 minute Theater: Southwind Twelve, 3433 Iowa The new Disney “A Christmas Carol” is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the art form closer to photo-realism than “The Polar ...

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