They do not come in peace. This year's holiday movies include apocalyptic visions such as "The Road," featuring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee, based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulizter Prize-winning novel.
No peace on earth: Holiday films go to battle
Holiday movie preview: Viggo Mortensen isn't roasting chestnuts but trying to keep from getting roasted in the cannibal-crazy "The Road."
Earthlings aren't exactly welcome when they visit Smurf-colored aliens
in James Cameron's "Avatar." Even Daniel Day-Lewis can't find any peace
in "Nine." Hopefully for Hollywood all this strife will result in what they
really want under their collective Christmas trees: A big box of envelopes that say: "And the nominees are ..."