Friday Matinee: The Holiday

December: Home for the Holidays

December 13  – The Holiday [2006]: PG-13, 136m

Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Soon enough, both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up.

December 20  – The Christmas Chronicle [2018]: PG, 104m

December 27 – The Family Man [2000]: PG-13, 125m