Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

...yet it's possible to wrap Charles Dickens' entrancing story in layers of humbug that diminish it. The odious Matthew McConaughey romcom "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" made viewers hold their heads and moan like Jacob Marley. Still, the...

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...been more than three score film versions of A Christmas Carol, from 1901's one-reel Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost to Matthew McConaughey in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Charles Dickens' classic yuletide tale has proven particularly popular with...

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...that Warner Bros. conducted with Comcast in Atlanta. In a first for a major studio, Warner Bros. released two films - Observe and Report and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - on VOD for cable subscribers several days before they were put out on...

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...Gold" and made an appearance in "Tropic Thunder", two films that made over $180 million. Last year he starred in another romantic comedy "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" that made $76 million. He thrives in the romantic comedy business but he...

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...Body')." WATCH! Kams - "Worst performance by an actor in a leading role: Nicolas Cage, 'Knowing' and Matthew McConaughey, 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.'" Puxzkkx - "I predict an 'Obsessed' sweep." Photo: Beyonce Knowles in...

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Having drunkenly railed against the institution of marriage on the night before his brother's wedding, Matthew McConaughey's Lothario is taken on a whistle-stop tour of his past and future love life by three spooks who concentrate on his...

In this article: Matthew McConaughey, DVD, and Jennifer Garner

...what some might call a "make-over". I like them because they give you a new perspective or sometimes even make the old, new again. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past took the skeleton of the popular tale A Christmas Carol and applied it to a romantic...

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On DVD: "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" Browse > Home / Movies / On DVD: "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" On DVD: "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" Ghosts of Girlfriends Past came out on DVD yesterday. The film stars Matthew McConaughey as Conner...

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Matthew McConaughey is a cad and a bounder in this update of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and here's where things gets interesting. He curdles his cuteness, a risky thing for an actor who depends on it. His loathsome Connor Mead uses...

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...Blu-ray, $35.99 The idea of remaking "A Christmas Carol" as a romantic comedy is a fine one, but not much else goes right with "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," an overbearing, obvious movie, weighed down by Matthew McConaughey's unctuous...

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