Latest Hansgruber Podcast Episodes
Episode 06 - It's a Christmas movie. So why do we care?
Die Hard With a Podcast - December 25, 2018 09:35 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIf 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 does Christmas mean to us, and how do pop culture t...
Episode 05 - Roderick Thorp's Nothing Lasts Forever
Die Hard With a Podcast - December 10, 2018 08:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAlmost 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 novelist who met success with 1966's The Detective, ...
Episode 04 - Holly Gennaro (and Holly McClane)
Die Hard With a Podcast - November 22, 2018 08:22 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsHolly 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 wife. But there’s no consensus on whether she’s also a...
Episode 03 - John McClane: Analyzing a Barefoot Hero
Die Hard With a Podcast - October 16, 2018 07:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe 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, trapped in Nakatomi Tower at exactly the wrong time ...
Episode 02 - Breaking the 80s action movie mold
Die Hard With a Podcast - September 20, 2018 07:49 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsEvery 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 marked as a turning point in American action cinema, we...
Episode 01 - The Making of Die Hard
Die Hard With a Podcast - September 06, 2018 10:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThere'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's based on a book – or is technically a sequel to a...
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