Die Hard On A Blank & 48 Hours of Buddy Movies!
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The podcasts where we explore the influence of DIE HARD and 48 HOURS on action movies. Email diehardoab@gmail.com
It’s Die Hard in a taxi!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we’re taking a ride with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx as we discuss Michael Mann’s exemplary 2004 thriller COLLATERAL!
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This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we’re taking a ride with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx as we discuss Michael Mann’s exemplary 2004 thriller COLLATERAL!
pod.link/1658664345
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s Die Hard in a taxi!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we’re taking a ride with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx as we discuss Michael Mann’s exemplary 2004 thriller COLLATERAL!
pod.link/1658664345
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we’re taking a ride with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx as we discuss Michael Mann’s exemplary 2004 thriller COLLATERAL!
pod.link/1658664345
100% PURE PODCASTING!
This week on our Patreon show 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we dive headfirst into Kathryn Bigelow's iconic 1991 action classic POINT BREAK!
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price...$5 a month!
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This week on our Patreon show 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we dive headfirst into Kathryn Bigelow's iconic 1991 action classic POINT BREAK!
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price...$5 a month!
www.patreon.com/posts/point-...
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
100% PURE PODCASTING!
This week on our Patreon show 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we dive headfirst into Kathryn Bigelow's iconic 1991 action classic POINT BREAK!
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price...$5 a month!
www.patreon.com/posts/point-...
This week on our Patreon show 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we dive headfirst into Kathryn Bigelow's iconic 1991 action classic POINT BREAK!
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price...$5 a month!
www.patreon.com/posts/point-...
This week we talk REIGN OF FIRE and @philipgawthorne.bsky.social makes a case for its uniqueness. Credit to @coreyatad.com for his ranking meter. #reignoffire #diehardonablank #christianbale
September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This week we talk REIGN OF FIRE and @philipgawthorne.bsky.social makes a case for its uniqueness. Credit to @coreyatad.com for his ranking meter. #reignoffire #diehardonablank #christianbale
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we are crashing headfirst into THE HARD WAY, John Badham's 1991 cop comedy/Hollywood satire starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods! Subscribe and listen here:
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This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we are crashing headfirst into THE HARD WAY, John Badham's 1991 cop comedy/Hollywood satire starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods! Subscribe and listen here:
t.co/aOC8kQ2uRr
September 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we are crashing headfirst into THE HARD WAY, John Badham's 1991 cop comedy/Hollywood satire starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods! Subscribe and listen here:
t.co/aOC8kQ2uRr
This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we are crashing headfirst into THE HARD WAY, John Badham's 1991 cop comedy/Hollywood satire starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods! Subscribe and listen here:
t.co/aOC8kQ2uRr
This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we team up to investigate ANOTHER 48 HRS, the 1990 sequel to the original 1982 classic. The Iceman Cometh!
Subscribe and listen now - use promo code DHOABBREAK40 to get a little discount!
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Subscribe and listen now - use promo code DHOABBREAK40 to get a little discount!
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August 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This week on our Patreon podcast 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we team up to investigate ANOTHER 48 HRS, the 1990 sequel to the original 1982 classic. The Iceman Cometh!
Subscribe and listen now - use promo code DHOABBREAK40 to get a little discount!
patreon.com/48hoursofbud...
Subscribe and listen now - use promo code DHOABBREAK40 to get a little discount!
patreon.com/48hoursofbud...
This week we're joined by Shahir Daud (of @onlymoviepodcast.bsky.social) to talk about Panic Room and why the production of the film, rather than the story or ideas, seems to reflect David Fincher's obsessions.
August 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This week we're joined by Shahir Daud (of @onlymoviepodcast.bsky.social) to talk about Panic Room and why the production of the film, rather than the story or ideas, seems to reflect David Fincher's obsessions.
Jack Palance walked out of the set of BATMAN and onto the set of TANGO & CASH.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Jack Palance walked out of the set of BATMAN and onto the set of TANGO & CASH.
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It’s Die Hard in a war zone!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK…it’s war! Not just on screen, but also between Phil and Liam, who have very different opinions about this film!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK…it’s war! Not just on screen, but also between Phil and Liam, who have very different opinions about this film!
July 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s Die Hard in a war zone!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK…it’s war! Not just on screen, but also between Phil and Liam, who have very different opinions about this film!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK…it’s war! Not just on screen, but also between Phil and Liam, who have very different opinions about this film!
What part could Gandolfini played in Die Hard? @liamgbillingham.bsky.social, @philipgawthorne.bsky.social, and @jasondashbailey.com debate this week on DHOAB. pod.link/1658664345/e...
July 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What part could Gandolfini played in Die Hard? @liamgbillingham.bsky.social, @philipgawthorne.bsky.social, and @jasondashbailey.com debate this week on DHOAB. pod.link/1658664345/e...
THE LAST CASTLE is a movie that complicates our relationship to patriotism. Feels like the right movie for right now. Listen to our episode this week featuring friend of the show @jasondashbailey.com!
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July 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
THE LAST CASTLE is a movie that complicates our relationship to patriotism. Feels like the right movie for right now. Listen to our episode this week featuring friend of the show @jasondashbailey.com!
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diehardonablank.com
and when Irwin witnesses Winter’s brutal tactics firsthand, he eventually leads the prisoners in a full on uprising against his opposite number.
July 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
and when Irwin witnesses Winter’s brutal tactics firsthand, he eventually leads the prisoners in a full on uprising against his opposite number.
When decorated three-star U.S. Army General Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) is sentenced to a term in a military prison overseen by Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), both men gradually slide into a destructive power struggle…
July 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When decorated three-star U.S. Army General Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) is sentenced to a term in a military prison overseen by Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), both men gradually slide into a destructive power struggle…
It’s Die Hard in a military prison!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we are storming THE LAST CASTLE with returning special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of the new book: "GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND."
pod.link/1658664345/e...
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we are storming THE LAST CASTLE with returning special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of the new book: "GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND."
pod.link/1658664345/e...
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s Die Hard in a military prison!
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we are storming THE LAST CASTLE with returning special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of the new book: "GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND."
pod.link/1658664345/e...
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we are storming THE LAST CASTLE with returning special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of the new book: "GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND."
pod.link/1658664345/e...
Plus: the politics of apartheid-era villains, the joys of Joe Pesci’s scene-stealing turn, and how this sequel helped codify the rhythms and tropes of the modern buddy action movie.
June 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Plus: the politics of apartheid-era villains, the joys of Joe Pesci’s scene-stealing turn, and how this sequel helped codify the rhythms and tropes of the modern buddy action movie.
We dig into Richard Donner’s slick direction, Joel Silver’s architectural in-jokes, the reverberating echoes of Shane Black’s voice in the (heavily re-written) script, and the film’s perfect cocktail of gunfights, jokes, and toilet-based suspense.
June 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We dig into Richard Donner’s slick direction, Joel Silver’s architectural in-jokes, the reverberating echoes of Shane Black’s voice in the (heavily re-written) script, and the film’s perfect cocktail of gunfights, jokes, and toilet-based suspense.
We unpack the evolution of Riggs and Murtaugh’s partnership, from antagonistic sparks in the first film to full-blown brotherhood here, and how that emotional core elevates the surrounding mayhem.
June 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We unpack the evolution of Riggs and Murtaugh’s partnership, from antagonistic sparks in the first film to full-blown brotherhood here, and how that emotional core elevates the surrounding mayhem.
For Liam, this one’s personal: a formative film that helped shape his love of buddy movies and action cinema.
June 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For Liam, this one’s personal: a formative film that helped shape his love of buddy movies and action cinema.
This week on 48 HBM, we tackle one of the defining entries in the genre - LETHAL WEAPON 2!
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June 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This week on 48 HBM, we tackle one of the defining entries in the genre - LETHAL WEAPON 2!
Patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies
Patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies
This week's episode is on SWORDFISH, which has a certain Musk to it. Diehardonablank.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This week's episode is on SWORDFISH, which has a certain Musk to it. Diehardonablank.com
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we plug into SWORDFISH — the slick, post-Matrix cyber-thriller produced by Joel Silver and directed by Dominic Sena. It's a film that dares to ask: does it matter if a movie makes no sense, as long as it’s entertaining? pod.link/1658664345/e...
June 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK, we plug into SWORDFISH — the slick, post-Matrix cyber-thriller produced by Joel Silver and directed by Dominic Sena. It's a film that dares to ask: does it matter if a movie makes no sense, as long as it’s entertaining? pod.link/1658664345/e...
This week we are by joined by
@strohltopia.bsky.social to talk CHILL FACTOR, a pretty mediocre movie that nevertheless leads us to a conversation about how we engage with art and cinema! Also, ice cream puns! t.co/GyPvDN6P44
@strohltopia.bsky.social to talk CHILL FACTOR, a pretty mediocre movie that nevertheless leads us to a conversation about how we engage with art and cinema! Also, ice cream puns! t.co/GyPvDN6P44
May 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week we are by joined by
@strohltopia.bsky.social to talk CHILL FACTOR, a pretty mediocre movie that nevertheless leads us to a conversation about how we engage with art and cinema! Also, ice cream puns! t.co/GyPvDN6P44
@strohltopia.bsky.social to talk CHILL FACTOR, a pretty mediocre movie that nevertheless leads us to a conversation about how we engage with art and cinema! Also, ice cream puns! t.co/GyPvDN6P44
This week on the show: CHILL FACTOR - it's Die Hard on an ice cream truck! We were joined by special guest @strohltopia.bsky.social
- Montana resident and author of the books HARD TO WATCH and WHY IT'S OK TO LOVE BAD MOVIES! Episode available here now!
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- Montana resident and author of the books HARD TO WATCH and WHY IT'S OK TO LOVE BAD MOVIES! Episode available here now!
pod.link/1658664345
May 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This week on the show: CHILL FACTOR - it's Die Hard on an ice cream truck! We were joined by special guest @strohltopia.bsky.social
- Montana resident and author of the books HARD TO WATCH and WHY IT'S OK TO LOVE BAD MOVIES! Episode available here now!
pod.link/1658664345
- Montana resident and author of the books HARD TO WATCH and WHY IT'S OK TO LOVE BAD MOVIES! Episode available here now!
pod.link/1658664345
This week on 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we're discussing the 1988 classic MIDNIGHT RUN starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin!
Is this the greatest buddy movie of all time? Find out what we think at:
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Is this the greatest buddy movie of all time? Find out what we think at:
patreon.com/48hoursofbud...
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This week on 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we're discussing the 1988 classic MIDNIGHT RUN starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin!
Is this the greatest buddy movie of all time? Find out what we think at:
patreon.com/48hoursofbud...
Is this the greatest buddy movie of all time? Find out what we think at:
patreon.com/48hoursofbud...
Happy Mother's Day!
May 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Mother's Day!