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We love Bruce: Why Die Hard is the best Christmas movie
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a previous post I discussed why Die Hard is one of the best action movies. In this post I will show why it is also the best Christmas movie. Die Hard is also a love story Die Hard is also a unique love story. The Nakatomi Corporation, that separated Read more
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Christmas action movies: Carry-on vs. Die Hard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCarry-on is an action movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The protagonists include Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman and Sofia Carson. Jaume is known from directing Liam Neeson in many action movies. The story reminds somehow Die Hard 2. Jason Bateman, the bad guy, blackmails Taron Egerton, an airport security agent. He Read more
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Die Hard and Christmas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a previous post I maintained that the action thriller Die Hard, which appeared in the cinemas 36 years ago, in 1988 (by Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures), is one of the best action movies. The dialogues of the movie are also excellent, with Read more
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Die Hard: dialogues are superb
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe dialogue is an important element of a movie scenario. It contributes to character development, advances the plot and builds the required tension for the viewer. The dialogues of Die Hard are real diamonds. The penetration of humor makes them more entertaining and effective. Even idle chit chat allows us Read more
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Who is more famous: Bruce, Arnold or Sylvester
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Ngram tool Michel et al. (2011) produced the online tool Ngram. Ngram produces a graph in which the y-axis shows how many times a phrase occurs in a corpus of books (making up about 6% of all books ever printed; Lin et al. 2012) relative to all remaining phrases Read more
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We love Bruce: Why Die Hard is one of the best action movies
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe movie Die Hard is an action thriller. It appeared in the cinemas 35 years ago, in 1988 (by Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures). The protagonist The protagonist is the one and only Bruce Willis. He plays John McClane, a New York City police officer who joins his Read more