Results tagged “diehard”

Houstonist rolled back our clocks on Saturday afternoon (proactive folks that we are). Today, we've jumped into the Way Back Machine to let you in on a Flick your folks may have seen in the theater - The Sugarland Express. This 1974 film is the big screen major feature debut for flash-in-the-pan Steven Spielberg. The fledgling film maker uses stars Goldie Hawn and William Atherton (the annoying reporter of Die Hard fame) to tell... more ›

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the... more ›

Finally, a summer movie worthy of your popcorn dollars. Bruce Willis and his action franchise are a little old, and as Life Free or Die Hard begins, Houstonist found ourselves worrying that maybe they were both a little worn around the edges. Then, Bruce, with help from Justin Long (Dodgeball) and Kevin Smith (yes, that Kevin Smith) proceeded to prove us ass-kickingly, wise-crackingly wrong. And it was good. See, the bad guys have totally crushed... more ›

Where were you the day JFK was shot? When the statement was uttered "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?" Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001? Houstonist remembers exactly where we were when the tragedy occurred: watching a television at work, amid of a handful of employees at an office downtown, wondering, "Is that a Die Hard movie?” But then we noticed the CNN logo in the corner of the screen... more ›