Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of
the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a
Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But
he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are
trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to
welcome them!
The
comic misadventures of the beleaguered Griswold family continue in this latest
"Vacation" outing, the third and most successful of the series. This
time America's most dedicated dad (Chevy Chase) is determined to stay at home
to create "the most fun-filled old fashioned family Christmas ever"
-- but life has a particular way of throwing wet logs on Clark Griswold's fire.
The
new "Harold & Kumar" comedy picks up six years after the duo's
last adventure. After years of growing apart, Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar
Patel (Kal Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing
for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package
mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it
to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents—and Harold's
father-in-law's prize Christmas tree— going up in smoke. Reluctantly embarking
on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search
for the perfect tree almost blows Christmas Eve sky high.
Seeking a
unique gift for his son an erstwhile inventor (Hoyt Axton) purchases a cute,
fuzzy little "Mogwai" from a Chinatown shopkeeper's (Keye Luke)
grandson (John Louie), who dispenses the above-mentioned warning before closing
the deal. Meanwhile, young bank clerk Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) must suffer
such antagonists as rich-bitch Mrs. Deagle (Polly Holliday) and priggish Gerald
(Judge Reinhold) while pursuing his romance with Kate (Phoebe Cates). These and
a variety of other plot strands are tied together when the lovable mogwai
(named Gizmo) is exposed to bright light and gotten wet. In short order, the
town is invaded by nasty, predatory Gremlins, who lay waste to everything in
sight as Billy and Kate try to contain the destruction.
When
one of Santa's elves learns that he's actually a human whom Santa inadvertently
brought back from an orphanage when he was a baby, he sets out for NYC to track
down his real father.
The Christmas
season just got a lot less joyous in this very dark comedy. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a con
man and a thief who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox), a midget, for a
very special scam each year during the holiday season. Willie gets a job as
Santa Claus at a shopping mall, his pal tags along as an elf, and they use
their employee status to crack mall security and rob stores blind just before
Christmas. However, there's one flaw to this plan -- Willie is a bitter,
foul-mouthed and perpetually grouchy alcoholic who doesn't care for kids, and
it's all he can do to keep himself from getting fired while on the job. The
mall's manager (John Ritter, in his last film appearance) is certain
something's wrong with the Santa he's hired, so he asks the mall's chief of
security (Bernie Mac) to do some research on Willie. Meanwhile, one of the kids
Willie is forced to talk to becomes a regular customer; overweight, awkward,
and the frequent target of bullies, the boy manages to arouse something like
sympathy from Willie, who tries to give him some advice and develops something
vaguely resembling Christmas sprit along the way.
Facing
Christmas 3,000 miles from his estranged wife and two children, New York
policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles bearing presents and
hoping to patch up his marriage. Stylish and cool Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is
in Los Angeles as well for the holiday season, but he's not there to give out
presents. He's there to take more than $600 million in negotiable bearer bonds
from the multinational Nakatomi Corporation, where McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie
Bedelia) is an executive. When the takeover becomes hostile, it's up to John
McClane to take on the terrorists with all the grit and determination he can
muster--but not without a sense of humor.
Bored
with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington longs
to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy
and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere!
When
his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned
and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive
spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil
intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday
icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured
family’s home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive.
Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Adam Scott (TV’s Parks and
Recreation), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Allison Tolman (TV’s Fargo)
and David Koechner (Anchorman).
Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie)
have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve
reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re
entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as
memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail
of Christmas parties.
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