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'Die Hard' 30th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Jason Concepcion, and Sean Fennessey

The Rewatchables

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Is This a Christmas Movie?

There's a lot of debate about whether or not die hard as a Christmas movie. The extra action parts of this movie are what make it so beloved over the years that if it was just straight action It was just under siege and Tommy Lee Jones was really good But it was mostly about like guys getting stabbed you wouldn't care as much 30 years later Oh, I think going back to the Christmas thing and what what this movie does really well is subvert your expectations while also fulfilling them.

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