Alan Rickman almost rejected Die Hard, until its smart subtext and nuanced characters convinced the theatre legend to stay.

It showed that it pays to have a little bit of theatre training,' the late actor said of his request and subsequent battle ...

Die Hard 2: Die Harder is an on-rails shooter that suffers from one fatal flaw: no lightgun support. This means dragging the cursor around using conventional controllers, turning the game into a ...

SAGINAW TWP, MI — For some people, Christmas represents Santa dropping down a chimney to spread his jolly-cheeked cheer. For Matthew Barnard, it’s not the holidays unless he sees Hans Gruber falling ...

Wed, December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM UTC As someone who didn’t watch the 1988 action-packed movie until last year, I can understand the debate over whether it fits the Christmas genre. There’s no Santa ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

Is Elf on a Shelf creepy? Is regifting acceptable now? How about fake trees? These questions, among several others, typically lead to debates around the holiday season. Similar to arguments over candy ...

Die Hard is an action picture from 1988 that took place on Christmas Eve and surrounded a group of terrorists which went face-to-face with a heroic cop played by Bruce Willis. Alan Rickman starred as ...

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The Bruce Willis action movie classic is a regular watch around this time of year, since it’s set during Christmas (the movie starts on Christmas Eve, with Willis’ ...

Macaulay Culkin might not think it's a Christmas movie, but for us, it can't really be Christmas until you've seen Die Hard. If you haven't already had your festive rewatch, then you've got the chance ...

Deschanel, who can now be seen performing opposite Daredevil: Born Again’s Charlie Cox in the 2025 movie release Merv (which can be streamed with a Prime Video subscription) gave her Die Hard take ...

Nearly four decades after its release, Die Hard remains a (hotly debated) Christmas classic. In the 1988 film, Bruce Willis plays New York Police Department (NYPD) detective John McClane, who travels ...