A well-trained movie man (he went to Juilliard and the American Film Institute), John McTiernan is not a guy to be messed with—and his movies are pretty tough, too. Famous for Predator, The Hunt...

All Stories Have a BackstoryLiterature is probably not the first word that comes to mind when you think of Die Hard. But literature it is. The storyline started as a novel called Nothing Lasts Fore...

The Best of the BestMeet the juggernaut: 20th Century Fox. Known for producing major film franchises like Star Wars, X-Men, and Alien, the company has more than cemented its action movie brand. But...

FilmAh, those halcyon days of non-digital film production. Die Hard came out in 1988, before George Lucas ushered in the digital revolution with The Phantom Menace. That means that all those effect...

Unexpected EchoesWe bet you weren't expecting to hear Beethoven in a blockbuster (for that matter, we don't think Beethoven was either). But there he is—playing at the cocktail party as Hans and...

Die Hard's fans are what we'd call die hards, which is a painful pun, but very fitting. Since the first movie premiered in 1988, the franchise has had a loyal fan base who doesn't seem to mind drop...