A Good Day To Die Hard

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Die Hard Week: Why Sergeant Al Powell is the worst cop in the LAPD

Movie Feature | Matt | 16th February 2013

They could teach him everything about being a cop except how to live with a mistake. And how to NOT SHOOT KIDS, AL.

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Die Hard Week: 10 most memorable incidental Die Hard characters

Movie Feature | Ali | 15th February 2013

John McClane? More like Shmon ShmcShmane. There'd be no Die Hard without Bruce Willis, this we know, but just as important to the franchise are the incidental characters: the single-serving supporting roles who make the most of their miniscule screen time. Stand down, McClane: it's time to big up the little guys.

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A Good Day To Die Hard

Movie Review | Ali | 14th February 2013

The theory goes that the larger you make John McClane's playground, the less fun there is to be had. Since the original Die Hard, we've gone from a building to an airport to a city to the entire Eastern Seaboard, and now with A Good Day To Die Hard, John McClane ventures to Russia, where more fish out of water jokes than ever await. The law of diminishing returns has largely held true, except this fifth Die Hard movie feels slightly less expansive than the last, and is significantly less silly. It's no closer a relation to the 1988 original, and McClane is more of an indestructible Terminator than ever, but you just can't stay mad at it.

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Die Hard Week: The Complete Die Hard Infographic

Movie Feature | Ali | 13th February 2013

This sort of speaks for itself, hopefully. All stats were counted manually, by me, except for the ones that might be wrong, which were done by someone else.

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Die Hard Week: Six actual films that sound like Die Hard sequels

Movie Feature | Matt | 13th February 2013

Eschewing the usual numbering conventions for sequels certainly is 'cool' and 'hip' and 'dopes, man'. And yet, with every 'good day to' and 'live free or', the studio bods responsible run the risk of any old film sounding like part of the Die Hard franchise. Particularly ones that already sound like they are part of the Die Hard franchise.

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Die Hard Week: I want to hear John McClane say "motherfucker"

Movie News | Ali | 12th February 2013

Today the BBFC confirmed what we'd all feared: that A Good Day To Die Hard would be rated 12A in the UK. Which sucks, obviously, because no one likes to see once proud iconoclasts of badass cinema reduced to suckering kids out of their pocket money with a two-bit Punch and Judy show. I'm a paying adult and I want to hear John McClane say the word "motherfucker". I guess I'm just old-fashioned like that.

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Die Hard Week: 50 things you probably didn't know about Die Hard

Movie Feature | Ali | 11th February 2013

Everyone loves Die Hard. Personally, I've seen it over three times (four). It's one of those once-in-a-generation iconic action movies that's so kickass you can't help but adore it. But did you know the Die Hard movies are as fascinating as they are explosive? To get Die Hard Week started, here are 50 bits of amazing Die Hard trivia that prove just that.

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Win tickets to the premiere of A Good Day To Die Hard for Die Hard Week

Movie Competition | Matt | 1st February 2013

Remember Jurassic Park Week? This is like that, only with more vests. To celebrate the forthcoming release of A Good Day To Die Hard, we're dedicating a whole seven days to all things John McClane and we've got a pair of tickets to the UK premiere to give away to kick things off.

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Bruce Willis wearing a leather jacket in Die Hard 5: hot or not?

Movie News | Ali | 22nd January 2013

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I think we need to consult @ClothesOnFilm.

Edit: The man has spoken: "Shiny: it really needs aging. Leather jackets on older men tend to make me think of Top Gear. Then again he is John McClane. The zips look like nipple tassels though and that's unnerving me." Just try and unsee that now.

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A Good Day To Die Hard released on Valentine's Day: so that'll be ...

Movie Feature | Ed Williamson | 28th December 2012

Come to think of it, if you're buying the card on the day, you're a pretty shit husband. Why not make it up to her by taking the wife to see Die Hard 5? Wait: scratch that.

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