John McClane

How to Watch March Madness Without Getting Fired From Your Job

You have a problem: You love watching college hoops, but you also love being employed so you can pay rent and feed your freeloading family. Every March, these two loves come head-to-head in a battle for your attention. Slam dunks and buzzer-beaters vs. shelter and nourished children--it's too close ... More >>

A Good Day to Die Hard, and to Die Alone

When John McClane lost his family, the movies lost much of John McClane

Big Deaths, Bad Titles: Die Hard Lives On

John McClane sneering at the title of the newest Die Hard film You won't be able to tell, superficially, that Bruce Willis has aged--his level of baldness has remained unchanged since the mid-90s--but there are some signs of wear and tear on the newest, fifth iteration of the long-running Die Hard ... More >>

Die Hard's Latest Breaks New Ground in Incoherence and Stupidity

Old Habits

To See the Fights, Universal Soldier 4 Demands You Suffer

Killer Instincts, Bad Knees

Helen Mirren will cut you, and other awesome old-people things, in Red

Styles P Wrote a Novel

The hard-boiled NYC rapper has found a new artistic medium for his badassness

TABLOIDED: The Times's "Big Mac Attack" on John McCain

Man Down

Dramatizing an earlier doc, Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

Analog Hero for the Digital Age

With the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is back and he's just . . . too old

Summer Movies: Free Air-Conditioning at the Cineplex

Too hot to deal? Take shelter in the cool and dark of the matinee.

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