As much as many people like to complain about the holidays, their actual experience remains fairly mild and any mention of nightmares is largely metaphorical.
Eva , gives her a beautifully designed German advent calendar for Christmas.
But the advent calendar also exploits her bitter regrets and frustrations — it is those colleagues, not her disability, that have made her vulnerable to the temptations and delusions that her new possession feeds on.
Most of the film stays in the ’80s with young Jake , as he and his friends cook up incredibly elaborate schemes to procure that Nintendo.
The best part of the movie, at least for adult viewers, is a wonderful performance by Steve Zahn as the young Jake’s father, simultaneously cranky and warm, and with a welcome soupçon of almost unsettling unpredictability.
In the latest and sixth installment, available on Disney+, it’s the turn of Max to be mistakenly left behind by his family — this time as they leave for vacation in Japan.
A key narrative switch is that this film is mostly told from the perspective of the home invaders, the cash-strapped Jeff and Pam McKenzie , who try to retrieve a precious possession they think was stolen by Max.
As for the original forgotten kid, Kevin McCallister, we learn from his slovenly older brother Buzz that he now runs a home-security company and still likes pranks.
Trish always wins the annual Christmas home-decorating contest, thanks to the help of her best friend, the sweet-tempered artist Diana .
Accepting a parallel universe where a Vermont burg hosts insane displays of ostentatious wealth and folks brave December in shorts and a T-shirt without freezing to death will greatly improve your chances of enjoying this Peacock original.
The overall premise is that the title character .
Those with a low tolerance for Christmas tunes will be glad to hear that while the movie has its fair share of them, it also incorporates regular songs — Mary Steenburgen’s version of “Call Me Maybe” is a sweet highlight.