Podcasts about John McClane

Hosted by Dr. Pamela Gay. A gentle fancy for the Christmas Season—an oft-told tale with a wistful twistful of Something that left the Earth with a wing and a prayer.   Earlier today, I had the stark realization that at the core of many Christmas stories is a core of sorrow or longing that must somehow be transformed into joy. Scrouge must learn charity. Ralphie longs for a bb gun and is betrayed by his joy. George is on the brink of suicide when his Guardian Angel intercedes. John McClane just needs to keep his wife alive (yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie). Over and over, the holiday spirit can only enter on the wings of struggle.    This realization came to me as I looked for an old school (aka public domain) science fiction story to narrate for tomorrow's episode of 365 Days of Astronomy. The first story I came across (which I'll personally share tomorrow), was Arthur C Clarke's, "The Star" and it was too dark for that family-friendly podcast. Instead, I read "Second Landing," by Floyd Wallace. This story originally appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories.  Read it here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/24958/pg24958-images.html   Written in 1960 by Floyd L. Wallace, this story is weirdly timeless and felt utterly necessary for this moment. Aliens learn of Earth from our broadcasts, and they fear we are on the verge of destroying ourselves with the bomb. To say more would be to reveal the plot.    I invite you to listen here and find hope in a world of too much darkness. Merry Christmas.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

To get into the spirit, Jack and Jeremy recall some of their favorite holiday movies and recast some of the parts with baseball players and personalities. Which player can play Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, who can pull off John McClane from Die Hard - why are there so many Irish Christmas movie characters?!? Find out this week on Rain Delay Theater! And Happy Holidays from Jack and Jeremy!

Summer Brooks & Ethan Weeks joke with the podcast crew for this minisode about Action-Mystery films by Bruce Willis/Shane Black/Joel Silver that could've easily been a DIE HARD sequel.   Why is THE LAST BOY SCOUT mainly a LETHAL WEAPON movie co-starring John McClane?   Why is THE COLOR OF NIGHT a Giallo Erotic Thriller Mystery with a brief McClane car chase?   Plus, we also get to joke about other roles he did that are mainly Willis still in MOONLIGHTING mode!     FILMS DISCUSSED: The Last Boy Scout, The Player (especially that end movie parody sequence!), Striking Distance, Color of Night, Mercury Rising, Hostage (2005) & 16 Blocks

Die Hard (1988)Directed By: John McTiernanStarring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Karl WinslowIn our final Christmas episode of 2025, we're settling the age old debate if Die Hard is a Christmas Movie or not. We think most people have seen this movie, and you probably should if you're into this show because we're just gonna give it all away. IMDB.com describe Die Hard as: "A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California."We Also Talked About:Blowout (Tubi)Eyes Wide Shut (Tubi)One Battle After Another (Amazon)Co-Defendents - Live from Red Lion (Youtube)Chesky (From Co-Defendents) (Spotify)The Grinch that Stole B*tches (Tubi)A Meowy Christmas (Tubi)Like what you hear here? We're on the youtubes now with our entire new back catalog and some upcoming exclusive content available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@deweypodmonster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(Some of the above links are affiliate links, if you purchase through these affiliate links we do get a small kickback, and it's the best way to support this show!).Rate and Review us on the podcast platform of your choice!As always, remember, you can always find the latest goings on at our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Crap.Town⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our fellow podcast network members at https://⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yourunpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠

It's Die Hard 2 Review time, and because it's Christmas Eve, lightning has apparently decided to strike twice. After saving Nakatomi Plaza barefoot and bleeding in 1988, John McClane is back in 1990, this time trading skyscrapers for snowstorms, terrorists, and one very inconvenient airport. Die Hard 2: Die Harder had massive shoes to fill, and the big question is simple: Did it deliver, or did it just repeat the formula louder?In this episode of Born to Watch, Whitey, Damo, and Dan reunite for a festive breakdown of one of the most debated action sequels of all time. Expectations were sky-high after the original Die Hard rewrote the action rulebook, and Die Hard 2 wastes no time reminding us of that pressure. Bigger explosions, more moving parts, and a whole airport at stake instead of one building. On paper, it should work perfectly.What follows is a classic Born to Watch deep dive. From nude Tai Chi villains with suspiciously zero side-dick continuity to John McClane apparently teleporting between airport locations, nothing escapes scrutiny. The boys unpack the strange creative choices, including the baffling need for a full SWAT team that exists solely to be wiped out, the world's loudest baggage-area shootout that nobody hears, and the endless Basil Exposition dialogue that explains things we can already see happening on screen.William Sadler's villain, Stuart, comes under the microscope, a tough gig when you're following one of cinema's all-time great bad guys. Is he intimidating, forgettable, or just unfairly compared to Hans Gruber? Meanwhile, William Atherton's return as Dick Thornburg raises serious questions about whether this character needed to exist at all, beyond being professionally annoying.The conversation drifts exactly where you'd expect, into airport etiquette, old-school plane phones that cost more than the flight itself, snowmobiles that definitely don't work on water, and the absolute insanity of an airport runway having a convenient metal grate in the middle of it. There's also love for Renny Harlin's maximalist direction, acknowledging that while Die Hard 2 may not be subtle, it is relentlessly committed to spectacle.As always, the episode isn't just about what doesn't work. The lads give Die Hard 2 its flowers where deserved, recognising the impossible task of following a cultural phenomenon and the genuine effort to recreate the tone, humour, and pacing of the original. There are discussions around box office success, audience expectations, and why some sequels are remembered more harshly than they deserve.The episode rounds out with the full Born to Watch experience, sleepers, duds, snorbs reports, random 1990 nostalgia, and side tangents that spiral into Ford Fairlane, Chuck Norris, and the best movie years of all time. It's chaotic, opinionated, and exactly how Die Hard 2 should be discussed, loudly, critically, and with mates.If Die Hard is a perfect Christmas miracle, Die Hard 2 is the messy, over-decorated sequel that still shows up to the party. Strap in, because this one absolutely earns the Die Harder title.JOIN THE CONVERSATION Is Die Hard 2 unfairly judged because of the original? Is this still a Christmas movie, or just airport chaos? What's the most ridiculous moment you'll always defend?Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or at BornToWatch.com.au#DieHard2Review #BornToWatch #DieHarder #BruceWillis #ActionMovies #90sAction #MoviePodcast #ChristmasMovies #ActionSequels #FilmReview

Hey—we turned Christmas chaos into a game: randomized character matchups, stupid weapons, weird locations, and even a drunk Santa cameo. Think Buddy the Elf vs. Turbo Man, Frosty vs. Scrooge, and John McClane in a toy factory. It's chaotic, dumb, and hilarious. Pour yourself something warm, press play, and listen to us argue, trash-talk, and pick winners like you're sitting on the couch with your weirdest friends.

CREDO, QUE DELÍCIA, ouvinte radiofobético! Chegamos ao finalzinho do ano, época das festas e reuniões entre amigos e família para celebrar (ou lamentar) o ano que passou e receber de braços abertos (ou cruzados) o novo ano! Para o nosso tradicional episódio de fim de ano, Leo Lopes, Jéssica Dalcin, Thaís Boccia, Júlio Macoggi, Victor Estácio e Rafael Felipe convidaram Andreia Pazos e Agatha Ottoni - as verdadeiras donas do Jovem Nerd - para um crossover mais que especial com o podcast Caneca de Mamicas, MEU AMOOOORR! Não deixe de interagir com a gente nas redes sociais, dar seu feedback sobre o papo e sugerir temas e convidados para as próximas edições do nosso podcast, além de deixar seu comentário no post, ok? Você também pode mandar sua cartinha para a Caixa Postal 279 - CEP 13930-970 - Serra Negra - SP, e seu e-mail para podcast@radiofobia.com.br! Arte do episódio: Sandro Hojo Links citados no episódio:- ouça a Rádiofobia Webradio- enfeite de Natal do John McClane na árvore de Natal da Agatha- Jogo Quem Disse Isso?- O Jogo dos Sons Links citados nas Cartinhas do Totô:- matricule-se já no Curso de Podcast para garantir DESCONTO e BÔNUS ESPECIAIS para a PRIMEIRA TURMA- garanta o livro Curso de Podcast - Guia Básico em PDF e na Amazon para o seu Kindle- Podcast Store - a loja de produtos exclusivos da podosfera brasileira- Instituto Amargen- clique para assinar e ouvir o podcast Acepipes e Birinaites Links que indicamos sempre:- ouça o Ineditados Podcast- Acesse o novo site e ouça a RÁDIO 24h NO AR do Rádiofobia Classics!- assine o canal do Curso de Podcast no YouTube- siga @ocursodepodcast no Instagram- participe do grupo de produtores, apresentadores e ouvintes dos podcasts da Rádiofobia Podcast Network no Telegram Ouça o Rádiofobia Podcast nos principais agregadores:- Spotify- Apple Podcasts- Amazon Music- Deezer- PocketCasts Publicidade:Entre em contato e saiba como anunciar sua marca, produto ou serviço em nossos podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Christmas episode, we break down DIE HARD — the action movie that quietly became the blueprint for the entire genre & the greatest christmas movie ever made. We analyze why John McClane works so well as an everyman hero, how the confined setting of Nakatomi Plaza creates relentless tension, and why the movie's pacing is nearly flawless. We also dive into Alan Rickman's iconic performance as Hans Gruber, the sharp writing, and how Die Hard balances action, humor, and character better than almost any film before or since. Whether you watch it as a Christmas movie or the ultimate action classic, Die Hard remains one of the most perfectly constructed movies ever made — and we break down exactly why.   Chapters: 00:00 It's a Christmas movie 6:57 What makes John McClane a great character? 13:43 Everyone who was supposed to be John McClane 22:20 Alan Rickman almost refused to do this movie 25:47 What makes Hans a great villain 33:26 The movie is actually hilarious 39:51 How to perfectly do action 44:46 Cool facts about the filming location 48:59 Perfect exposition 55:24 Bruce Willis fake feet 56:35 A delightful detail you may have missed 58:14 Gray's theory on Al being a liar 59:59 Fun facts 1:08:28 Our official rating & final thoughts 1:14:04 Cue the music

CREDO, QUE DELÍCIA, ouvinte radiofobético! Chegamos ao finalzinho do ano, época das festas e reuniões entre amigos e família para celebrar (ou lamentar) o ano que passou e receber de braços abertos (ou cruzados) o novo ano! Para o nosso tradicional episódio de fim de ano, Leo Lopes, Jéssica Dalcin, Thaís Boccia, Júlio Macoggi, Victor Estácio e Rafael Felipe convidaram Andreia Pazos e Agatha Ottoni - as verdadeiras donas do Jovem Nerd - para um crossover mais que especial com o podcast Caneca de Mamicas, MEU AMOOOORR! Não deixe de interagir com a gente nas redes sociais, dar seu feedback sobre o papo e sugerir temas e convidados para as próximas edições do nosso podcast, além de deixar seu comentário no post, ok? Você também pode mandar sua cartinha para a Caixa Postal 279 - CEP 13930-970 - Serra Negra - SP, e seu e-mail para podcast@radiofobia.com.br! Arte do episódio: Sandro Hojo Links citados no episódio:- ouça a Rádiofobia Webradio- enfeite de Natal do John McClane na árvore de Natal da Agatha- Jogo Quem Disse Isso?- O Jogo dos Sons Links citados nas Cartinhas do Totô:- matricule-se já no Curso de Podcast para garantir DESCONTO e BÔNUS ESPECIAIS para a PRIMEIRA TURMA- garanta o livro Curso de Podcast - Guia Básico em PDF e na Amazon para o seu Kindle- Podcast Store - a loja de produtos exclusivos da podosfera brasileira- Instituto Amargen- clique para assinar e ouvir o podcast Acepipes e Birinaites Links que indicamos sempre:- ouça o Ineditados Podcast- Acesse o novo site e ouça a RÁDIO 24h NO AR do Rádiofobia Classics!- assine o canal do Curso de Podcast no YouTube- siga @ocursodepodcast no Instagram- participe do grupo de produtores, apresentadores e ouvintes dos podcasts da Rádiofobia Podcast Network no Telegram Ouça o Rádiofobia Podcast nos principais agregadores:- Spotify- Apple Podcasts- Amazon Music- Deezer- PocketCasts Publicidade:Entre em contato e saiba como anunciar sua marca, produto ou serviço em nossos podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Llega el esperado programa Especial de Navidad: cine, cultura pop y trivial hasta que suenen las campanadas de Nochevieja ¡DOWN! En Cine de barra la Navidad no se celebra con villancicos ni con discursos solemnes, sino como debe ser: repasando lo mejor del año, discutiendo sin razón aparente y jugando a trivials imposibles mientras alguien grita “¡COMEBOLSAS! ¡NEGREIRA!”. Nuestro Especial de Navidad vuelve puntual para despedir 2025 como más nos gusta: entre risas, nostalgia y referencias que solo entendemos nosotros… y tú. En este episodio hacemos balance de lo que más nos ha marcado durante el año en series, películas y documentales, con un pequeño desvío hacia el territorio de los videojuegos y los libros, porque sí, también leemos (a veces). Recomendaciones, descubrimientos inesperados, obsesiones pasajeras y alguna que otra decepción se mezclan en una charla navideña que va tan desordenada como una sobremesa con polvorones y anís. Pero como todo especial de Navidad que se precie, aquí no solo se habla: se juega. Vuelven los trivials marca de la casa, con juegos como el concurso de parentescos imposibles entre actores, directores, presentadores y cantantes famosos. También ponemos a prueba nuestros conocimientos sobre excentricidades del cine, porque siempre hay alguien que se deja un pastizal en objetos raros, rodaba sin saberse el texto o era amenazado por una tribu indígena. La cultura pop campa a sus anchas, con preguntas sobre las campanadas de Nochevieja, debates eternos sobre Ramón García y su capa y, por supuesto, un trivial especial de La Jungla de cristal, porque si no se habla de John McClane en Navidad, ¿para qué estamos aquí? Y para cerrar el círculo del viaje en el tiempo, llega uno de los momentos más celebrados: Luigi Vercotti nos trae un CQNHSV en formato concurso sobre las canciones más escuchadas por año de las décadas de los 80 y 90, donde la nostalgia pega más fuerte que las palabras de tu suegra. Un episodio en el que han participado Luigi Vercotti, Raúl Senko, Plissken y Benalmadelman, hecho para escuchar con manta, bebida caliente (o no tanto) y ganas de pasarlo bien. Porque si algo tenemos claro en Cine de barra, es que la Navidad también se celebra hablando de cine… y fallando trivials con dignidad.

Weihnachten, Schnee, ein Flughafen im Ausnahmezustand und John McClane mittendrin. In Stirb langsam 2 wird aus dem Hochhaus ein Airport und aus Terroristen eine militärisch organisierte Bedrohung. Bruce Willis ist wieder zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort und genau deshalb der einzige, der den Laden noch retten kann. Wir sprechen über Eskalation statt Wiederholung, über größere Action, mehr Explosionen und darüber, warum Teil 2 oft unterschätzt wird.Mit Spike Waldmeier vom CinéSwiss-Podcast.Besprechung: Stirb Langsam (1988)Besprechung: Die Stirb Langsam-Formel: Die Hard und seine Rip-OffsÜber Spike Waldmeier⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ CinéSwiss-Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠Actionkult auf den sozialen Medien⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Das Actionkult-Intro ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"Cracked Shell" by Furlong ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Furlong auf den Sozialen Medien⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Über Actionkult: Früher wurde über Filme geschrieben (kult.ch), heute wird darüber gesprochen. Meine Gäste und ich freuen uns immer über Feedback oder sonstige Anmerkungen und Ideen. Kontaktieren könnt ihr uns auf Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads - oder herrlich old school via E-Mail: actionkult@gmail.com.

¡Frikimalismo FM se emborracha de espíritu navideño (y de ponche)! En este especial repasamos la Navidad en el cine y la cultura pop: desde Kevin McCallister torturando ladrones con alma de psicópata, hasta John McClane demostrando que Jungla de Cristal SÍ es una peli de Navidad (no se discute). También hablamos de fantasmas caritativos, Elfos con exceso de cafeína y películas que solo recordamos porque las ponen cada año en Antena 3. Con Mon Suárez. Y los memes de @diamocasin. Con El Selenita a cargo de la creatividad digital. Y el Dictador Supremo Frikimalismo se meterá con vosotros por ver esta maravilla de programa y para recordaros que hay que mandar MX Dollars. Haz eso que no haces nunca de darle la LIKE y SUSCRIBIRTE. Twitter: @frikimalismofm Instagram: @frikimalismofm

The War On Christmas Movies: Die Hard: Christmas Classic or Not? Join the In League Podcast team as they dive into 'Die Hard,' debating whether this action-packed Bruce Willis classic is a Christmas movie. Hosts John, Matten, and special guest Clay Inferno, discuss everything from iconic lines, memorable characters, and behind-the-scenes trivia, to the film's impact on the action genre and pop culture. With humor and nostalgia, this episode features heated debates, personal anecdotes, and why 'Die Hard' remains a favorite for many. Don't miss this fun and festive exploration of an 80s classic!00:00 Introduction and Hosts' Banter01:36 Debating Die Hard as a Christmas Movie05:39 Bruce Willis and the Making of Die Hard13:43 Plot Breakdown: Die Hard Begins31:13 Argyle's Party and Terrorist Preparations32:10 John McClane's First Encounter34:06 Sending a Message to the Terrorists36:29 John McClane Calls for Help38:09 Al Powell Enters the Scene39:45 The Gunfight and Explosives01:04:35 Ellis Tries to Negotiate01:07:21 Ellis' Fatal Negotiation01:08:44 Hans' Fake Demands01:09:54 The FBI Arrives01:10:54 Hans and John Face Off01:13:47 John's Bloody Escape01:16:35 The Vault Opens01:19:34 Final Confrontation01:26:45 Hans' Fall01:28:12 Aftermath and Reflections01:31:37 Final Thoughts and Grades

Der letzte Spieltag im Kalenderjahr steht an. Der FC kommt aus einer weiteren "Derby"-Pleite, die Eintracht hat ein bisschen Glück und Ritsu Dōan, Mainz zeigt beim Unentschieden in München, dass Urs Fischer eigentlich John McClane ist und Schalke ist Herbstmeister. Wer hätte das gedacht? Es war weiß Gott keine langweilige Hinrunde so alles in allem bisher. Doch, wie gesagt, noch ist ein Spiel in 2025 zu spielen und die Erwartungshaltungen bei Axel und Basti sind fast identisch. Zu Hause gegen Union (der FC) bzw. Auswärts in Hamburg (die SGE), da muss was rausspringen. Naja, wir werden sehen. Dazu natürlich unsere Tipps und in der Küche steht Niko Backspin und kocht geduldig leckere Sachen. Wir machen eine kleine Winterpause, sind aber schnell wieder da. Schon am 09.01. geht's weiter. Feiert schön, kommt gut ins neue Jahr und stay tuned! Viel Spaß! Bei Wettbasis Predictor könnt Ihr Euch hier anmelden. Nutzt diesen link für unsere Liga. Code: T2KNPDVA Noch mehr Content findet Ihr bei YouTube, u.a. die wöchentlichen Shows Brutal Ehrlich und Beidfüßig mit Casrten Fuss. Aber auch noch jede Menge Stoff für den Wettsnack zwischendurch. Schaut da mal rein. Sportwetten können süchtig machen. Hilfe findest Du unter buwei.de check-dein-spiel.de und bzga.de

It's Zac's first ever trip to Nakatomi Plaza, but will it be as explosive for him as it was for the b'ys growing up? This Christmas, Your Generals watch DIE HARD Check out all General Nerdery Presents... podcasts at www.gnpresents.com Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com

Tonight we have a Christmas-themed triple feature of public-domain movies as heard from the projection booth: The Star of Bethlehem (1950), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948), and Scrooge (1935).We'll also be running trailers from three really bad Christmas movies: Die Hard 2, Santa Conquers the Martians, and Santa Claus (1985). Plus one trailer for a really good Christmas movie, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. Rounding things out will be favorite 1980s-ish Christmas commercials and other vintage theater messaging (and a random appliance warehouse ad bc I want it stuck in everyone else's head too).So — The Star of Bethlehem was the only work I was familiar with before beginning this week's episode. It's inclusion is a shout-out to my late father, for his insistence that we make it to the midnight service to hear this story told again and again and again. Miss you, Dad.Religiosity aside, it's an astonishingly beautiful work. I have a computer, and I couldn't dream of producing something this wonderful. If you gave me a time machine to the 1950s, my MacBook, and pitted me against the creative team of Lotte Reiniger and Carl Koch, I would lose every time.Reiniger created articulated paper figures from spare cardboard and other materials, and the team animated them on glass over painted backgrounds. (Preservationists studying her paper figures believe they can tell what she was eating during production, based on what material ended up in the dolls.) One of their rigs also looked like the best bunk bed ever — photo on wiki. Honestly, give me a time machine just so I can hang out with this crew, they seem cool.Rudolph (1948) feels lower-budget by comparison. This is not Rankin/Bass Rudolph, man. It's based on Robert L. May's 1939 story, not the song. And to steal an internet meme: this is Zack Snyder Rudolph. Hard times — you can feel them oozing out of that steely, cold color palette. Which makes sense: World War II had just ended when production began.Going further back in time brings us to our feature film Scrooge (1935). The acting is solid and includes an Ebenezer expert (Seymour Hicks) as the lead. Variety, literally said Hicks could play Ebenezer upside down in its December 11, 1935 issue. And that Hicks played Scrooge for more than a quarter century both onstage and in two films including a silent Scrooge in 1913.As for trailers:Die Hard 2 — which is just Die Hard with the melodrama turned all the way up and relocated to an airport. Also, I'm positive the airplane-eject scene for John McClane was later pilfered by the GoldenEye folks… and it's nowhere near as cool.Santa Conquers the Martians, which I briefly toyed with making the feature; is awful.And Santa Claus (1985)... Last year my family stumbled onto a smart tv Christmas-movie list, and I saw Santa '85 and said, “Hon, I have a movie that will blow your ****** mind. It's like Superman meets Kris Kringle and is still earnest. Everyone is acting out of their brains. It's like Shakespeare. Like if Frank Miller did Shakespeare doing Superman.”And then I hit play like I was firing a heat-seeking photon torpedo at General Chang.Three minutes later, we're watching Santa drown in snow. A few minutes after that: bizarre McDonald's product placement. A scene of people merrily eating Quarter Pounders while, through the window, an unhoused and hungry child stares lustfully at the food consumption. His face framed by the Golden Arches.The movie is bad. But awesome bad. See it for John Lithgow, as an evil toymaker who excels at selling extremely dangerous **** to children. And Dudley Moore is a charming mutinous elf that tries to outdo Santa by creating candy canes that make children float. Definitely see it.And happy holidays, y'all.PS: If you're looking for an uncommon ambience episode with a more modern Scrooge, check out last year's ⁠The Night the Reindeer Died⁠: Christmas Workshop Ambience. "Yule love it."

A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California.Shout out to ChrisIf you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but want to for some reason, here is the link to ThanksKilling: The Musical: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZVpVhYzt0UTwitter: @comicrundownInstagram: @comicbookrundownThreads: @comicbookrundownEmail: comicbookrundown@gmail.comHosted by Joe Janero, Ron Hanes and Charlie Shaw Edited by Joe JaneroTheme song provided by Cam Malidor Find our t-shirts at Redbubble and TeePublic https://www.redbubble.com/shop/comic+book+rundown?ref=search_boxhttp://tee.pub/lic/vBbIJZ4eLQ0

Welcome to another episode of Death Don't Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It's December, so that means it's time for our “Holidanger” series, where we cover holiday movies that put lives on the line! In this week's episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest K-Tron discuss the movie that's effectively Die Hard but John McClane is Santa Claus, 2022's Violent Night!Low-stakes parkour! Confrontational gift opening! a teenager named Bertrude! Die Hard 2 references! A snowmobile chase! Checkov's nutcrackers! Santa magic! Santa's thoughts on children swearing! Bickering with reindeer! Making fun of Mark Wahlberg! Impeccable action from the production team that brought you John Wick, The Fall Guy, and Nobody! Colorful villains and henchmen! Themes of greed, classism, and believing in others! A mini, R-rated Home Alone movie! Slasher movie-level kill scenes! Weaponized Christmas decorations and a deadly candy cane! David Harbour as a disturbingly hot Santa Claus, Beverly D'Angelo as a foulmouthed grandma, and John Leguizamo as the Christmas-hating villain! All that and more in this bloody action movie with sweet, holiday vibes that may be a new Holidanger classic for the whole family! Santa Claus is coming to town!In addition, K-Tron talks about the wonders of Christmas noirs like 1961's Blast of Silence and 1947's Lady in the Lake, while Alex shares his spoiler-free thoughts on Die My Love, Bugonia, 1984's This Is Spinal Tap, and Lucio Fulci's bizarre trip into action sci-fi, Warriors of the Year 2072 (aka, The New Gladiators)!You can find Death Don't Do Fiction on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. As always, if you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave us a positive rating, subscribe to the show, and tell your friends!The Death Don't Do Fiction podcast brings you the latest in movie news, reviews, and more! Hosted by supposed “industry vets,” Alex Harris and Tim Gardiner, the show gives you a peek behind the scenes from two filmmakers with oddly nonexistent filmographies. You can find Alex on Twitter, Bluesky, or Letterboxd @actionharris. You can follow K-Tron on Letterboxd @puddingtaco. Tim can't be found on social media because he doesn't exist. If you have any questions or suggestions for the Death Don't Do Fiction crew, they can be reached at aiptmoviespod@gmail.com, or you can find them on Twitter or Instagram @aiptmoviespod.Theme song is “We Got it Goin On” by Cobra Man.

A Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent Romans 15:4-13 by William Klock In our Epistle, in Romans 15:4, St. Paul writes, “Whatever was written ahead of time, you see, was written for us to learn from, so that through patience and through the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope.” Maybe more than any of our other Advent scripture lessons, that verse sums up what Advent is about.  There's a big story.  The story of God and his people and the world.  And the Christmas story is just one part of it.  A very importantly part, without a doubt, but still just one part.  Pull it out, try to make it stand on all on its own, and it ends up becoming something else.  And that's what secular culture has done.  Contrast how the world prepares us for Christmas and how the church prepares us.  Our commercialistic, materialistic, entertainment focused culture just starts shoving Christmas at us as soon as Halloween is over.  How do you get ready for Christmas?  You buy Christmas stuff.  You start listening to Christmas music.  You start watching all the Christmas movies on TV.  Our culture prepares for Christmas by doing Christmas.  And then Christmas comes and then it's suddenly over in a day…or maybe two, if you count Boxing Day.  And I hear it all the time: people are left wondering what happened, feeling like they missed something. It occurred to me that this is like trying to explain to someone that Die Hard is a Christmas movie by making them watch the scene of Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza…over and over and over.  It's an iconic scene.  It says Christmas almost as much as Baby Jesus in the manger.  But your friend will still have no idea what Die Hard is about, let alone why it's a Christmas movie.  He just knows it ends with a bad guy falling off a building into a big explosion.  If you want him to understand, you've got to start at the beginning.  He has to know the story all the way back to the opening with John McClane on the airplane.  Then your friend will get it…and maybe he'll even understand why it's the best Christmas movie ever.  And when the time comes for that scene, the grand crescendo of the movie, and Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower, he's gonna cheer, because it's not just a cool scene.  It's not just iconic.   It's the denouement of the story. And that is what the church does with Advent, Brothers and Sisters.  It takes us back into the story of Israel and Israel's God, it shows us the darkness of the world and the fallenness of humanity, it reminds us God's plan and his promises to set it all to rights, to make everything new again.  That's why our daily readings through Advent are taken from Isaiah.  And so, when Christmas comes, it's more than just an orgy of consumerism and it's more than just sentimental feelings about Baby Jesus in a manger, it's more than vague good thoughts about God.  No, when Christmas comes and we've been reading the promises in the scripture and singing the promises and songs of longing during Advent, we recognise the light and life that have been born into the midst of darkness and sin, we see God's saving Messiah, and most of all we're moved to give him glory because Christmas shows that he is faithful to his promises. And for Paul, that was kind of everything.  Because when you know what the story is all about and when you know where it's going, you realise that following Jesus isn't just about sentimental feelings, or about being good until you die so you can go to heaven, it's about the fact that in Jesus, God has sent his king to bring new creation into the midst of the old and to make us a part of it.  In fact, to make us the agents of that new creation and his saving work.  To be the stewards of his good news and his Spirit who carry his light and life into the darkness and death of the world in preparation for the day when Jesus' work is consummated.  When people don't know the story, they too often reduce Christianity to fire insurance, to a “Get out of hell free” card.  Christmas becomes a sentimental holiday about a baby.  But when you know the story, you that Christianity is all about is a vocation—to be the people of God for the sake of the world—and the baby in the manger shows us what our vocation looks like. And this is precisely why Paul writes what he does here in Romans 15.  Because when you forget the story, or when you forget where it's going, and especially when you stop living in hope of God's future, it becomes very, very easy to just go with the flow.  To take the path of least resistance.  To let the world and its values and ideas carry you away back into the darkness.  To give up on the vocation that the gospel and the Spirit have given us.  The big problem Paul saw in the Roman churches was that the Jewish believers in Jesus and the Gentile believers in Jesus were splitting up.  They were letting ethnicity define them instead of Jesus and because of that they were losing their gospel witness and letting the darkness and division of the world define who they were. And Brothers and Sisters, the same thing happens to us.  It still happens with churches dividing up over ethnicity and language and things like that, but it happens all sorts of other ways too.  We lose sight of our hope.  We lose sight of God's future.  And when we do, we lose our vocation and instead of being gospel people of light and life swimming upstream, we end up just going with the worldly flow.  Sometimes it happens without us even realising it.  Other times we knowingly give up because it seems like there's no other option.  I was talking with someone this week about politics in my country and he said, “Well, you have to be a Democrat or a Republican!  There's no other choice!”  And I kept saying, there is another choice.  You commit to doing the right thing, the kingdom thing, to following Jesus and being light and life.  These days that means saying no to the options that everyone else is making.  It means making a deliberate choice to lose, but you do so knowing that God's justice will win in the end—because the story shows us that God is always faithful to do what he's promised and to finish what he starts.  If you understand the cross, this shouldn't be a difficult concept. This is why Paul starts out with some of that scripture that was written in the past, some “Old Testament” as we call it.  In verse 3 he writes, “The Messiah, you see, didn't please himself.  Instead, as it was written, ‘The reproaches of those who reproached you are fallen on me.'”  In other words, Jesus took on himself a punishment he didn't deserve.  When David wrote that psalm he was thinking of his own situation.  It's Psalm 69.  He cries out to God because the flood waters are rising around him.  Because he feels like he's sinking in the mud with no footing to be found.  His enemies were surrounding him and kicking him when he was down.  But he knew the Lord and he knew his promises and he knew the Lord is faithful, so he cried out for justice and salvation.  And as he closes the psalm, he cries out with hope-filled praise.  God hadn't delivered him yet, but David still praises the Lord for his salvation—what he knows God will do. And this wasn't just David's story and vocation, it was the story and vocation of Israel and that meant that when Jesus came as the faithful Israelite to represent his people, it became his story and his vocation.  David knew, Israel knew, Jesus knew because it had been written, because they had God's word and because of that they had Gods' promises.  The way of God's people is the way of the servant who suffers.  It's the way of unjust suffering for the sake of others and for the sake of the whole world.  But through that suffering God has brought redemption and kingdom and new life. As the Mandalorian says, “This is the way.”  Looking to the good of others instead of our own good is the way of the cross.  Just as it was for Jesus the way to his throne, it is for us the way to his kingdom.  Jesus could have given in to the devil's temptation in the wilderness.  He could have bowed down to him and received his throne.  And he'd be king, but he'd be king of a people still enslaved to sin and death.  The world would still be dark and broken and fallen.  Think of our Gospel last week.  Jesus could have let the Palm Sunday crowd carry him into Jerusalem and seat him on a throne.  But again, he'd have his throne, but the primary mission would have failed.  He'd be king over a dead people.  Instead, he had to come as a humble servant, he had to face the rejection of his people, he had to face their jeers and their mocking, and he had to go to his death in a way so humiliating that polite people wouldn't even discuss it.  But through the cross, by letting all the forces of evil come together to do their worst in one place, Jesus defeated them and brought light and life back to God's good world.  And now, as Jesus said, he calls us to take up our cross and to follow him.  Not when it's expedient.  Not when the cross is light.  The point of a cross is that it's heavy!  It's our calling, no matter what.  But it's a joyful calling in the end, because we know the story and we have the promises of a God who faithful.  The lowly birth, the constant antagonism, the humiliating and painful death make possible the glory and the joy of the resurrection and new creation. So, Paul goes on writing in Romans 15:5, “May the God of patience and encouragement grant you to come to a common mind among yourselves, in accordance with Jesus the Messiah, so that, with one mind and one mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.” That's the mission, Brothers and Sisters: to glorify God.  And not just when we come to church and pray and praise and give thanks.  That's certainly one way we give him glory, but one of the things the story teaches us is that God is glorified when we respond to his faithfulness with faithfulness of our own—and especially when the watching world sees it, especially when it involves humility and even suffering.  God was glorified as the world watched Jesus go to the cross, trusting his Father's promises.  And God is glorified today as, trusting our Father's promises, we take up our crosses and follow him.  As we walk in faith, as we do good, as we live in hope, and as we do it without compromise, even it means trouble or loss.  Think of the apostles.  Think of all the Christians in the first centuries after Jesus who lived in hope of God's future and who trusted in his promises and refused to compromise their gospel life and witness and gave their lives for it.  At first it seemed like a pointless failure, but as the world watched, their gospel witness made a difference and eventually—not in a single generation, but eventually—their witness brought an entire empire to Jesus and taught it grace and mercy and lifted it up out of barbarism and sexual immorality the likes of which—even in light of the world today—we'd be hard-pressed to imagine.  And it happened because Jesus' people were united in him and faithful in hope and witness. That unity part is a major theme of Paul's letter to the Romans, because the unity of the church across the Jew-gentile divide was one of the most significant ways the early church broke with both Jewish and Greco-Roman culture and swam against the current.  We don't think about that nearly as often as we should.  Unity is essential to our Christian vocation.  It reveals that our identity is Jesus the Messiah.  Those early Christians showed the world what it looks like to find your identity, not in your ethnicity or language, not in your customs or biological kin, not in your social class, but in Jesus.  Jews and gentiles, rich and poor, slave and free came together as brothers and sisters in those churches and it shocked the world, Jews and Greeks alike.  It became a powerful witness to God's new creation.  It was that witness coupled with the proclamation that Jesus, crucified and risen, is the world's true lord, that brought the nations—a few at first, but eventually a whole empire—that's what moved them to give glory to the God of Israel.  Something absolutely unthinkable.  Romans giving glory to a loser God of a loser people.  But Jesus changes everything and the faithful witness of a servant church backed that truth up. So, going on in our Epistle, Paul says in verse 7: “Welcome one another!”  Don't let the values, identities, and prejudices of the world divide the church.  Paul says, instead, “Welcome one another as the Messiah has welcomed you, to God's glory.  Let me tell you why: the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised people in order to demonstrate the truthfulness of God—that is, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs, and to bring the nations to praise God for his mercy.” That was the plan all along.  This is the big story.  God called Abraham and through him created a people, a holy nation through whom he would eventually save the whole world.  Jesus was the culmination of that chapter of the story: the perfect, faithful Israelite, the humble Davidic king, who died the death his people deserved in order to deliver them.  In doing that, God fulfilled what he'd promised the patriarchs, what he'd promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, what he'd promised to David. The unity of the church, the bringing in of the gentiles into the covenant family, is a witness to the faithfulness of God, so Paul keeps hammering away at it.  These are the things, the scriptures, that were written in the past and that tell us the story.  And so Psalm 18:49.  It's the Psalmist celebrating the victory that the God of Israel has given him as he declares that he will praise him not just in Israel, but in the midst of the nations so that they hear of the glory of God, too.  He sings: “That is why I will praise you among the nations, and will sing to your name.”  And then, in verse 10 Paul quotes Deuteronomy 32:43: “Rejoice, you nations, with his people!”  This was the song of Moses celebrating God's victory over and just judgement on both rebellious Israel and the gentile nations and Moses calls those pagan nations, having seen the victory of Israel's God, to join in his praises.  And then, verse 11, Paul is back to the Psalms, to Psalm 117:1: “Praise the Lord, all nations, and let all the peoples sing his praise.”  Again, the Psalmist calls to the nations to come and praise the God of Israel with him.  And then, finally, the Prophet Isaiah: “There shall be the root of Jesse, the one who rises up to rule the nations; the nations shall hope in him.” The bit from Isaiah is important.  Because Paul's showing the Roman Christians (and he's showing us), that it was God's plan all along for the nations to join Israel in praising and glorifying Israel's God.  And in the days of Moses and the days of David, that was crazy talk.  People didn't glorify other people's gods.  The gods were the strength of their respective nations, so not only was it unpatriotic to give glory to a foreign god, it was sort of like inviting the defeat of your nation and your king.  But this was God's plan all along.  To bring the nations to him in faith.  And Paul's reminding the Roman Christians that this is exactly what's happened to them.  Pagan Romans heard the gospel and they saw the uncompromising witness of the believers there—probably mostly Jews—who believed Jesus was truly the Messiah.  And those pagans were moved to faith.  And in the early days of the church there, Jewish and Gentile believers were doing the unthinkable: they were worshipping the God of Israel side by side.  And that only served to witness the power of the gospel even more powerfully.  But things happened and those Christians started to go with the flow and the unity began to fall apart: Jews worshipping in that house and Gentiles in this one over here.  And so Paul reminds them how God has fulfilled his promises in Jesus.  The root of Jesse promised by Isaiah has come and he was raised up on the cross to the glory of God, and the nations have begun to come to him.  And Paul's saying: don't lose that that or you risk losing the whole gospel.  I know it's hard.  The gentile believers will be mocked by their friends and family for worshipping the God of the weirdo Jews, with weirdo Jews at their side, no less.  And the Jewish believers, they were going to be hassled by their Jewish family and friends for worshipping beside those unclean gentiles.  And Paul's saying, “Don't give in to the pressure from the world.  Keep witnessing the power of the gospel.  Remember that you worship the God who was born in humility as one of us and who went humble to a cross for our sake.  Live humbly for the sake of each other—and live humbly for the sake of the world.  Romans, you show your people that the God of Israel is faithful and full of mercy and grace and unlike any god your people have ever known.  And Jews, you show your people that in Jesus, your God has purified the gentiles and is fulfilling his promises.  And he wraps it up exhorting them, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”  Paul knew that persecution was coming and the temptation to fragment would be even strong, but the hope-filled joy that began with the birth of Jesus and that carries through the story to the cross, burst out of the tomb with joy on Easter—and that resurrection hope, that light and life, would keep them faithful to their calling.  Will keep us faithful to our calling. A people overflowing with hope.  Hope in the fulfilment of what God has promised and what he's revealed in Jesus: hope for a world where the darkness is gone, hope for a final end to sin and death, hope for the day when heaven and earth are brough back together and men and women live and serve in the presence of God as he created us in the beginning. And here's the thing, Brothers and Sisters, it's that gospel- and Spirit-filled hope that will make us the gospel force Jesus calls us to be.  It's that hope that makes us heaven-on-earth people even when it means swimming upstream, even when it means choosing the option that no one else will choose, even when it means that the world is angry with us, even when it means rejection—and in some cases even martyrdom.  It's that hope that will drive us to proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection; it's that hope that will give us the hearts of servants ready to humbly teach the world mercy and grace; it's that hope that will move us to love our enemies and even to die for them; it's that hope that will move us to take uncompromising stands against what is wrong and for what is right, even if it means losing in the short term.  Because our hope is sure and certain—that what God began in humility at the manger, he will surely one day bring to completion in an all-consuming burst of glory.  Let's close with our collect.  Think on that prayer and how it calls us, not just to read the scriptures, but to so immerse ourselves in them that they become a part of us. Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: help us so to hear them, to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word, we may embrace and for ever hold fast the hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Cozy up by the fire as Sebastian Aho brings you holiday tidings by sharing several Swedish Christmas traditions. Who knew Kevin McCallister and John McClane had such a grip on Swedish television networks!? Sebastian also talks about his life as a father, the sunlight (or lack thereof) in his hometown, and more!

DISPONIBLE EN VIDEO POR YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/iYrbfjKYPwQEn este episodio, nos pusimos festivos para hablar de dos clásicos de la década de 1980, GREMLINS (1984) y DIE HARD (1988), con el propósito de hacernos la siguiente pregunta: ¿son realmente películas navideñas o solo se desarrollan en Navidad?Acompáñanos para descubrirlo… con luces, caos y un toque de espíritu festivo poco tradicional mientras discutimos lo qué hace a estas películas festivas no convencionales, llenas de acción, humor oscuro y nostalgia ochentera, sigan presentes cada diciembre.Desde el heroísmo de John McClane en medio de villancicos hasta el desastre adorable, pero destructivo, de los Gremlins en plena víspera decembrina, analizamos su impacto cultural y por qué han logrado abrirse camino dentro del canon navideño.No olvides dejar tus comentarios sobre tu experiencia viendo estas películas, y síguenos en redes sociales para más contenido cinéfilo.SÍGUENOS EN REDES SOCIALES:- INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/duelodefilmotecas- TIKTOK: https://tiktok.com/@duelodefilmotecas- FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/duelodefilmotecas- X: https://twitter.com/duelofilmotecas

Send us a textWrong place, wrong time, same Filmshake! We're back and Dying Harder than ever, as we talk 1990's Die Hard 2. One of our host's AOL Instant Messenger handles in the 90's was "John McClane," so there might be a little bias here, Mr. Falcon!We also talk our punishment film, 1990's punch and kick-fest, Bloodfist II. But AOL's John McClane doesn't find it a punishment at all! He inexplicably loves it! Can our other host's sanity take all this kicking, punching, shooting, and exploding partisanship? Will he also be swept away in this wave of kickboxing and gasoline? Find out on Filmshake!Music Heard this Episode:"Bloodfist II Credits Theme" -- Nigel Holton"Commando Main Title" -- James Horner"The Runway" -- Michael Kamen"Finlandia" -- Michael KamenSupport the showIntro music - "If" by Broke For FreeConnect with us!TwitterFacebookEmailLinktr.eeLetterboxd - Nic & JordanThe Nicsperiment

After the, cough, 'underwhelming' A Good Day To Die Hard in 2013, the assumption was that the Die Hard saga had run aground. But for a while, that wasn't the case, and by 2015, there was a plan hatched for one final movie in the series. Bruce Willis was set to return as John McClane, Len Wiseman - after Die Hard 4.0 - was coming back to direct. And this time, we were going to be told the origin story of John McClane too. The film was active for nearly half a decade. And this is the story of the Die Hard that never was. Plus, a small update too on the Film Stories podcast... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Air Force One” is the kind of movie that grabs you by the collar, shouts “GET OFF MY PLANE,” and dares you not to grin through the whole ride. It's the most unabashedly earnest “Fly Hard” ever committed to film—yes, it's Die Hard on a plane, and yes, it knows it. Yet somehow, through sheer force of will (and Harrison Ford's presidential scowl), it keeps its two-plus hours aloft with crowd-pleasing momentum. Sure, the premise is absurd to the point of parody: the President of the United States personally throwing hands with terrorists at 30,000 feet. The script asks you to swallow far more than peanuts—plot holes you could taxi a 747 through, logic leaps that would make John McClane blush, and an “Idiot Plot” where the villains make decisions that seem scientifically engineered to defeat themselves to keep the movie going. But the movie never stops long enough for any of that to really sink in. It just keeps hustling, barreling from corridor shootout to cockpit crisis like a blockbuster with someplace urgent to be. The special effects… well, bless them. Even in the late '90s, some of these shots looked suspiciously like the world's most patriotic PlayStation cutscenes. But their rubbery seams and digital wobble just add to the charm—this is a movie that's trying so hard to thrill you that you forgive it for occasionally looking like a flight simulator running on Windows 95. And that's the thing: despite its flaws—maybe even because of them—Air Force One is a blast. Ford and Oldman chew the scenery with gusto, the pacing never really sags, and the film delivers exactly the kind of fist-pumping, flag-waving nonsense it promises. It might be ridiculous, but it's ridiculously entertaining.

Chels from The Q Division, And a Rewatch Podcast, and the upcoming Across the Whoniverse joins us to discuss the adorable Life Day #1 , released on November 24, 2021, celebrating everyone's favorite Star Wars Holiday, Life Day. Plus we talk about the original Holiday Special from 1978, our Star Wars comic reading habits, and why Chewie is both the Mariah Carey and John McClane of Star Wars. Yippee ki-yay mother tip yip!More from Chels-Bluesky: chels725.bsky.socialAnd A Rewatch:AndARewatch.bsky.socialQ Division: QDivisionPod.bsky.social Across the Whoniverse: acrosswhoniverse.bsky.social- Where To Find Us - Web: ⁠GlitterJaw.com⁠⁠Bluesky: @DistantEchoespod.bsky.socialInstagram: ⁠⁠@DistantEchoesSW⁠⁠TikTok: @DistantEchoesPod⁠Email: ⁠DistantEchoesSW@gmail.com⁠- Theme Music -失望した by EVA -⁠ https://joshlis.bandcamp.com⁠⁠Promoted by ⁠⁠@RoyaltyFreePlanet⁠⁠Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense⁠- Sources -Please consider donating to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, a non-profit with the mission to provide medical and humanitarian relief collectively and individually to children throughout the Levant, regardless of their nationality or religion: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.pcrf.net⁠⁠⁠⁠ All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

Maintenant Vous Savez, c'est aussi ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Santé⁠ et ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture⁠. Dans les films de la saga Die Hard, comme "Piège de cristal", sorti en 1988 et "58 Minutes pour vivre", sorti en 1990, le personnage interprété par Bruce Willis, John McClane, s'en sort toujours avec seulement quelques égratignures. Pourtant, l'acteur ne se contente pas de faire des roulades sur un tapis en mousse. Pour sauver sa femme séquestrée dans un gratte-ciel, John abat plusieurs preneurs d'otages un à un, en vient même à défier la sécurité et l'univers hostile d'un aéroport rempli d'ennemis, en moins d'une heure pour sauver à nouveau sa belle et s'en sort toujours. Les combats avec des armes à feu sont-ils souvent faux ? Existe-t-il d'autres scènes qui sont vraiment impossibles ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Carole Beaudouin. Première diffusion : octobre 2023 À écouter aussi : ⁠Quels sont les pires scandales écologiques causés par des tournages de films ?⁠ ⁠Sylvester Stallone, Fabrice Luchini, Cameron Diaz... qui sont ces célébrités passées par le porno ?⁠ Quels sont ces films qui ont fait rougir leurs acteurs de honte ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Mary and John as they continue their 1995 marathon with two blockbuster action movies. First, we review the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence movie, Bad Boys, and follow it up with Bruce Willis's third turn as John McClane in Die Hard With A Vengeance. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Enjoy You can find the Spotify playlist accompanying the review at Moviescramble Ep 101: Bad Boys & Die Hard 3 Find us on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviescramble/id1466571460 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42wPn0tXvH3GQJ2E3NYDYp?si=TPUrCkecQb-zdEOAaD3cDA Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ed9b87c9-fb70-4307-96a7-d6223a202741/moviescramble Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsR--3Bae_QGM5xiM3fWohA and all podcast providers. Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @Moviescramble

Howdy folks of the interwebs! Welcome back for another shenanigan infused journey into the mind of this particular Garbage Can Dood!Tonight's discussion is an Occult and/or Esoteric review of the 1993 cinematic masterpiece "Striking Distance"!Where Bruce Willis reprises his character of "Die Hard" 's "John McClane" but this time as a homicide detective for Pittsburgh PD, investigate'n a "serial killer" dump'n bodies in the rivers!It's a tale complete with the standard conspiracy culture coverup tropes! Lone nut, orgy of evidence, crooked cops, family feuds, and much much more! All brought to us by an international gangster & Iran Contra figure Arnon Milchan! We even take a deep dive into a Sarah Jessica Parker focused "Transvestigation"!Anyhow, folks of the interwebs thank for join'n me to get a lil GCD! An Occult and/or Esoteric Review of the 1993 cinematic masterpiece "Striking Distance"! w/Julia host of the Cosmic Peach podcast & (NOT-Bill) Colby host of Conspiracy Playtime podcast!Enjoy the show! Links for Julia - https://linktr.ee/xpeachLinks for "NOT Bill" Colby - https://www.conspiracyplaytime.com/https://x.com/Conspiracy_PlayLinks for JJ - https://linktr.ee/operationgcdLinks from show:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striking_Distancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXaq00fq1whttps://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/kentucky-woman-accused-of-cutting-up-cooking-mother-due-back-in-court/https://people.com/health/ellie-kemper-jogs-in-new-york-city-two-weeks-after-giving-birth/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOA/comments/duvhzu/phyllis_smithbba_used_to_be_a_burlesque_dancer/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWq_wY2TQkM

This time it's Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) — the loudest scavenger hunt New York's ever seen. Bruce Willis is back as John McClane, hungover and out of patience, Samuel L. Jackson's the reluctant partner who didn't sign up for this, and Jeremy Irons plays a villain who treats citywide chaos like an art project. It's riddles, explosions, and nonstop banter at 90 miles an hour. Did you enjoy the episode? Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and join us for more retro movie discussions! Want even more? Get bonus content and connect with us directly by supporting the show on Patreon. For additional episodes and exclusive insights, head to www.30podcast.com. And if you love what you hear, leave us a glowing review on your favorite podcast app—especially Apple Podcasts. Your support keeps the show going!

On this week's Film Sack Podcast, John McClane is forced to team up with a young computer hacker, Matt Farrell, to stop a master cyber-terrorist called Thomas Gabriel, who wants to shut down the entire nations computer infrastructure in a mass cyber attack. Computers are scary! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Film Sack Podcast, John McClane is forced to team up with a young computer hacker, Matt Farrell, to stop a master cyber-terrorist called Thomas Gabriel, who wants to shut down the entire nations computer infrastructure in a mass cyber attack. Computers are scary! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Notes Alan Sanders of The Alan Sanders Show is back again after a long weekend to try and decipher a 9 digit code written with a 1024bit code.

“Die harder.”   “Die Hard 2 (also known by its tagline Die Harder or Die Hard 2: Die Harder) is a 1990 American action thriller film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson, co-produced by Joel Silver, and starring Bruce Willis as John McClane alongside Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Art Evans, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Dennis Franz, Fred Thompson, John Amos, and Reginald VelJohnson.”   Show Links Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHp7xJZ4_U   Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_2   Just Watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/die-hard-2   Socials Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moviewavepod.bsky.social   Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/moviewavepod   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviewavepod/   Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moviewavepod   Intro/Outro Sample Credits “Aiwa CX-930 VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder.wav” by Pixabay “Underwater Ambience” by Pixabay “waves crashing into shore parkdale beach” by Pixabay   Movie Wave is a part of Pie Hat Productions.

Episode Notes Nick Rehak of Rabbit Hole Podcasts is back again with Rob as Mai takes her final bow.

Who is the best action movie hero? Welcome to VOLUME 179 of The Bracket. Kenjac is host alongside Tommy Smokes, KB, Cheah, Clem and Gooch. Follow The Bracket ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/BracketPod ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/thebracket/ Follow Kenjac ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/JackKennedy ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/jackennedy/ ►TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@ken_jac Intro - (0:00) John McClane v The Bride - (5:45) James Bond v Rick O'Connell - (14:17) The Termintor v Rambo - (20:52) Cheah-In Game - (27:33) Ethan Hunt v Cheah-in Winner - (37:29) Bryan Mills v Jason Bourne - (45:59) Indiana Jones v Inspector Lee - (52:34) Dutch v Robert McCall - (1:00:37) John Wick v John Creasey - (1:07:15) Playoffs - (1:12:55) Finals - (1:23:55) Download the Gametime app today and use code BRACKET for $20 off your first purchase Get your first month of BlueChew FREE Just use promo code BRACKET at checkout and pay five bucks for shipping. https://BlueChew.comYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/lightscamerabarstool

This week on the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast, we dive into a wide range of cinematic experiences—from post-apocalyptic horror to action-comedy chaos to heartfelt animated sci-fi. Whether you're here for the zombies, the laughs, or the feels, we've got something for everyone.

BT and Sal dive into a lively discussion about their cinematic viewing habits, revealing surprising gaps and strong opinions. Sal admits to shockingly never seeing Die Hard with a Vengeance and only recently watching the original Die Hard, much to BT's disbelief and comedic outrage over Sal's qualms about John McClane's bare feet. Their conversation quickly spirals into a broader "guy movie" quiz, with BT challenging Sal on classics like Scarface, The Godfather, Goodfellas, and Shawshank Redemption, while Sal reveals he's missed out on Fight Club, Heat, and Rambo, leading to further playful jabs and a call for Sal to expand his action film horizons.

Episode Notes Rob is back with Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast as McClane and Farrell reach DC (or is it Baltimore?)

Ever wonder what could've been if the right actor had just taken that iconic role? Well, today's episode of Pop Culture Pastor dives into those “almost” casting decisions that could have totally changed Hollywood history. From Matthew McConaughey almost playing Jack Dawson in Titanic (imagine "Alright, alright, alright", but on a sinking ship) to someone you wouldn't believe possibly stepping into John McClane's shoes in Die Hard, we're exploring the actors who almost became legends. Plus, we've got some wild behind-the-scenes stories about why Val Kilmer didn't get that Dune role.Oh, and don't miss our discussion on Taylor Swift's power move in acquiring her music masters—who needs a record label when you have that much fan support?Also, we answer listener questions in The Lobby!Join us for a fun-filled hour of near-misses, “what ifs,” and, of course, one-liners.

Welcome to another episode of Death Don't Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It's May, which means it's time for the AIPT Movies podcast's “Mayhem” series! Where we cover movies that kick ass in the literal sense! In this week's episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Tony Sedani discuss the messy-yet-beautiful 1991 Bruce Willis action romp, The Last Boy Scout!Sleazy 90's vibes! A mile a minute pace! Satan Claus! Goons in sunglasses! $650 pants! An iconic celebratory jig! Football that's somehow even more dangerous than usual! A stadium with a secret hangout and fireplace! A surprisingly loud, public, and messy "professional" assassination! A guy with the name Joe Hallenbeck who has actually seemingly gone to hell and back! Behind the scenes friction that inspired a character in True Romance! A great musical score from Lethal Weapon & Die Hard's Michael Kamen! A cast that includes a young Halle Berry, Damon Wayans, Danielle Harris, Taylor Negron, and Bruce McGill! A shot of excessive violence and entertainment that's effectively a who's who of 90s action cinema with Tony Scott's visually stunning direction, Joel Silver producing, Shane Black writing endless one liners, and Bruce Willis delivering one of the greatest cigarette-smoking performances of all time!In addition, Tony discusses his Mission: Impossible series rewatch in preparation for “The Final Reckoning,” while Alex shares some spoiler-free thoughts on Fight or Flight, the third movie in the French Netflix action series, Last Bullet, and Final Destination Bloodlines!You can find Death Don't Do Fiction on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. As always, if you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave us a positive rating, subscribe to the show, and tell your friends!The Death Don't Do Fiction podcast brings you the latest in movie news, reviews, and more! Hosted by supposed “industry vets,” Alex Harris and Tim Gardiner, the show gives you a peek behind the scenes from three filmmakers with oddly nonexistent filmographies. You can find Alex on Twitter, Bluesky, or Letterboxd @actionharris. This episode's guest, Tony Sedani, can be found on Instagram @tsedani. Tim can't be found on social media because he doesn't exist. If you have any questions or suggestions for the Death Don't Do Fiction crew, they can be reached at aiptmoviespod@gmail.com, or you can find them on Twitter or Instagram @aiptmoviespod.Theme song is “We Got it Goin On” by Cobra Man.

"Yippee-ki-yay, mother**ker!" It's been 30 years since John McClane rolled out of bed (with a hangover) and straight into a city-wide terrorist scavenger hunt in 'Die Hard with a Vengeance.' In this anniversary episode, we dive headfirst into the explosive third installment, which marked John McTiernan's glorious return to the franchise, and unpack the high-octane action, the unbeatable chemistry between Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson, and how it redefined the buddy-cop action formula. Complete with riddles, Germans, Samuel L. Jackson yelling, Bruce Willis shooting, bombs, blood, and explosions, we'll get to the bottom as to why this sequel still hits hard three decades later.Send us a textThank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

Dad called his driver Argile...LOL Made the drive, call him John McClane. Freson INTL. Denver. Lagaurdia then backwards all the way home... And Dad was scared the entire time.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 367) — Is John McClane a realistic cop or just an action hero with a badge? Yippee-ki-yay, history lovers, let's see if McClane would survive a real Internal Affairs review.Where to watch "Die Hard" nowHelping us conduct a review of McClane from the entire Die Hard franchise is retired U.S. police sergeant Patrick O'Donnell, who is now a technical consultant and author of "The Good Collar."Get Patrick's bookAlso mentioned in this episode Hire Patrick for your next project Listen to the Cops and Writers podcast Did you enjoy this episode? Watch the credits roll Unlock ad-free episodes Get the BOATS email newsletter Leave a comment Support our sponsors Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying purchases through these links.Note: If your podcast app doesn't support clickable links, copy/paste this in your browser to find all the links: https://links.boatspodcast.com/367 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 367) — Is John McClane a realistic cop or just an action hero with a badge? Yippee-ki-yay, history lovers, let's see if McClane would survive a real Internal Affairs review. Where to watch "Die Hard" now Helping us conduct a review of McClane from the entire Die Hard franchise is retired U.S. police sergeant Patrick O'Donnell, who is now a technical consultant and author of "The Good Collar." Get Patrick's book Also mentioned in this episode Hire Patrick for your next project Listen to the Cops and Writers podcast Did you enjoy this episode? Watch the credits roll Unlock ad-free episodes Get the BOATS email newsletter Leave a comment Support our sponsors Disclaimer: Dan LeFebvre and/or Based on a True Story may earn commissions from qualifying purchases through these links. Note: If your podcast app doesn't support clickable links, copy/paste this in your browser to find all the links: https://links.boatspodcast.com/367 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being sick sucks, the satanic potato bug, changing a stale routine, liquor lessons, moving on up, fear and loathing in Ashburn, John McClane and Rick Blaine, a pretty nifty new action movie, one of the worst things I've ever come up with while stoned, another sad suicide, and a kind of shitty song. Stuff mentioned: Gay Talese "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (Esquire Magazine, April 1966 https://web.archive.org/web/20230131114645/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese), Go West "King of Wishful Thinking" (1990), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Jeffersons (1975-1985), Janet DuBois "The Jeffersons (Movin' on Up)" (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), D.O.A. Bloodied But Unbowed (1983), Die Hard (1988), Casablanca (1942), Cleaner (2025), and Edge of Darkness (2010).

John McClane is Back!  After successfully defeating terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza in the first movie and Dulles Airport in the second movie, McClane (Bruce Willis) is once again working as a NYPD cop.  Hung over and once again on the outs with his wife, he has been called back into duty to track down a mysterious new threat who's not only planting explosives around the city but is specifically asking for HIM.  This threat is named Simon (Jeremy Irons) and he apparently wants to play games with McClaine while he terrorizes the public, even threatening to blow up a local school if our hero doesn't do what he wants on time.  And just as things are heating up, John gets mixed up with a local store owner named Zeus (Samuel L. Jackson) who not only saves his life but ends up being summoned to play these same games.  The two team up to save the city....but what are they saving it from exactly?  The plot just thickens from there as Die Hard director John McTiernan (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Hunt for Red October) returns to direct this well-liked and hugely popular third installment which came out thirty years ago this spring.  Yippee-Ki-Yay.....indeed! Host & Editor: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene GershonSend us a texthttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/

Yippee ki‐yay! This year marks 30 years since DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE hit theaters, and the MovieFilm boys decided to mark the occasion by talking through the second John McClane sequel! Listen separately or watch along with us as we tell behind-the-scenes stories and humorous anecdotes about the New York-set action extravaganza!

This week on "Shat the Movies," we're revisiting Die Hard 2 (1990), where Bruce Willis is back as John McClane, this time battling terrorists at an airport. We'll talk about the high-octane action, memorable one-liners, and how it stacks up against the original. Whether you're a fan or just in for the ride, get ready for another action-packed, fun discussion! Subscribe Now Android: https://www.shatpod.com/android Apple/iTunes: https://www.shatpod.com/apple Help Support the Podcast Contact Us: https://www.shatpod.com/contact Commission Movie: https://www.shatpod.com/support Support with Paypal: https://www.shatpod.com/paypal Support With Venmo: https://www.shatpod.com/venmo Shop Merchandise: https://www.shatpod.com/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite

Paul & Amy walk across broken glass for 1988's definitive Bruce Willis action film Die Hard! They ask whether Hans Gruber is the true protagonist of the film, learn why Frank Sinatra was originally considered to play John McClane, and explore why this film succeeds where legions of imitators have failed. Plus: we settle the “Christmas movie” debate once and for all. You can rent Die Hard on all platforms but don't forget to check your local library or apps like Hoopla and Kanopy! You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul's Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/  https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/Paul's book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheerCheck out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheerEpisodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don't forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

On this week's Film Sack podcast, DIE HARD 2!!! John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. AIR PORTS DON'T HAVE MAN HOLES! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.