Posts Tagged ‘Die Hard’
So Bad It’s Good | Hard Rain
Director Mikael Salomon‘s Hard Rain is a masterpiece of over-stylized action garbage. Written by Graham Yost (Speed), the film aspires to be an entry into the ordinary man in extreme circumstances action genre. Die Hard Rain it isn’t. It is , however, an overblown, contrived, cheese-tastic ride. Continue on if you dare. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 32 – It’s a Wonderful Podcast
Ho Ho Ho! The Filmdogs Podcast is here to make your Holiday bright with it’s very first Christmas episode, in which the gang offers up some of our personal seasonal favorites to you the listener. Some of the topics discussed in addition to Christmas movies past are: “How much Christmas makes a Christmas movie?” (Samples: Die Hard, Lethal Weapon), Why you should never make a sequel to a Christmas film (Samples: Home Alone 2, The Santa Clause Sequels), and why you should NEVER cast Steven Tyler as an Elf… It’s a tightly packed 50 minute episode that is sure to make a great stocking stuffer. Merry Christmas folks!
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Top Five Bruce Willis Performances
With Red opening this weekend, Bruce Willis is once again proving that being a middle aged bad ass is possible. For over two decades Willis has also shown that by bringing a substantial amount of his off screen persona to his characters, he can create iconic performances that film fans hold dear to their hearts. The past few years he has hit some rough patches with some really bad films (Cop Out, Surrogates, 16 Blocks, The Whole Ten Yards), but this list will have none of that. The following is my personal top five performances by Bruce Willis. Read on… the number one may surprise you. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 22 – Cruise Control
The Filmdogs Podcast is back with an “Action” packed episode as we discuss that genre in detail in our Featured Topic of the week. We also chat about James Cameron‘s battle against bad 3D in the News. We defend actor Keanu Reeves for In Defense of and dicuss a one-liner from Point Break to wrap it up. This episode is so action packed it makes The Expendables look like Cocoon.
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Flim News Galore
There’s been a bunch of juicy film news over the past few days, here are some of the best stories.
One of Cruise's best characters.
Tom Cruise and Paramount are indeed working on a Les Grossman film. The popular fouled mouthed character from Tropic Thunder seems ripe for further exploration, but can it be stretched into a feature film? I hope so. Michael Bacall, writer of the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World will pen the script. Co-Producer of the film Ben Stiller issued the following statement: Read the rest of this entry »
