festive cheer: half a good modern holiday rom-com
it’s streaming for free on certain subscription services transatlantically
Londoner Kate Winslet and Los Angeleno Cameron Diaz swap homes for Christmas in 2006’s The Holiday, finding love and amazing domestic interiors (this is a Nancy Meyers movie) across the pond from their usual haunts. The Diaz side of the tale is less than satisfying, even though she hooks up with a dishy Jude Law. But Winslet’s tale is delightful and hea…