If you're going to talk Die Hard, you cannot avoid the meme/debate over whether or not it's a Christmas movie. We discuss why it is (and okay, a few reasons why not), but more importantly, why we care about the question in the first place. What

Episode 05 - Roderick Thorp's Nothing Lasts Forever

Dec 10th, 2018 1h 16m

Almost a decade before there was Die Hard, there was Nothing Lasts Forever. While it sounds like a lost James Bond film, it's actually the book that Die Hard was based on. That's right – Die Hard was based on a book. Roderick Thorp was a crime

Episode 4 - Holly Gennaro (and Holly McClane)

Nov 22nd, 2018 47m 20s

Holly Gennaro McClane: portrayed in Die Hard by Bonnie Bedelia, John McClane's estranged wife reflects the conflicts and contradictions facing women at the time the film was made – and even still today. She's a working woman, a mother, and a wi

Episode 03 - John McClane: Analyzing a Barefoot Hero

Oct 16th, 2018 1h 4m

The high-quality talent of the team that brought Die Hard to the screen is well-recognized. But to many, the secret ingredient to the movie's success was Bruce Willis and his portrayal of John McClane, an everyman police officer from New York,

Episode 02 - Breaking the 80s action movie mold

Sep 20th, 2018 37m 14s

Every film is both a product of its environment, and a rebellion against it. Artists (and audiences) search for something new and fresh, but cannot escape the world as it exists around them. Die Hard is no exception. While Die Hard is often mar

Episode 01 - The Making of Die Hard

Sep 6th, 2018 43m 37s

There's no better place to start than at the beginning – so, for the first episode of Die Hard With a Podcast, we're taking a look at the making of Die Hard. For a film with so many incredible stunts and huge explosions, it's hard to believe it