‘Die Hard’ Is Not A Christmas Movie

The seemingly never-ending debate over if whether or not Die Hard (1988) is a Christmas movie has always been odd to me because not only is it not a Christmas movie, it’s fairly obviously isn’t a Christmas movie. And that’s because a Christmas movie by definition is a celebration of the holiday itself, which if […]

Krampus – Trailer

Finally, a Christmas movie I can get behind!  Instead of being maudlin and glamorizing what has essentially become the time of year when we gauge how much someone loves us by the amount of stuff they buy us, we instead get what appears to be a life and death battle against the Krampus (who’s like an anti-Klaus in […]

Daredevil (2015) Ep. 13: Daredevil

Red costume, red costume, red costume.  Did I mention that I REALLY want to see the red costume?  Curse you, DeKnight!  Curse you!  And the worse thing is, I have already partially seen it–Curse you, Internet!  Curse you to Hell!–but I can tell that they don’t do it justice. I thought that I should mention […]

Christmas, Inc.

The gym where I workout at has six or seven flat-screen TV’s set strategically from one end to the other.  A few days prior to the Thanksgiving holiday I noticed, when I was on my way to get some water, a commercial for Rankin/Bass’ “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer” on one of the monitors. Now, Rankin/Bass […]