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Die Hard 2 (1990) Director: Renny Harlin Writers:  Walter Wager (novel), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay), Doug Richardson (screenplay) Cast:  Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy Synopsis: It's deja vu all over again for Detective John McClane (Willis) when visiting his in-laws in Washington DC, terrorists seize control of Dulles Airport taking thousands of travellers hostage. The terrorists, led by rogue U.S. Army Colonel Stewart (Sadler), want the government to free the notorious South American drug lord, General Esperanza (Nero), who is scheduled to land at the airport later that evening. The terrorists cut off the airport's ability to communicate with incoming flight, forcing dozens of planes to circle the airport stranding hundreds of people in the air, including McClane's wife Holly (Bedelia). John must contend with a well-trained ...

Die Hard (1988) Director:  John McTiernan Writer:  Roderick Thorpe (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay) Cast:  Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De'Voreaux White, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Alexander Godunov Synopsis: NYPD detective John McClane (Willis) travels to Los Angeles to visit his wife, Holly (Bedelia) and kids for the holidays. While attending Holly's office Christmas party, John is caught up in an apparent terrorist attack led by Has Gruber (Rickman). The only support John has is from Sgt. Al Powell of the LAPD, who offers him a friendly ear through radio communications. Alone and barefoot, McClane must fight off the terrorists and save his wife. Awesome Christmas action ensues. First Impressions: I was 12 years old when this movie came out and, unfortunately, was prohibited by my mom from seeing it in the theaters. Fortunately, I had a friend whose mother wasn't so co...

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Director:  Richard Marquand Writers:  Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas (screenplay & story) Cast:  Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Ian McDiarmid, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker Synopsis: After rescuing Han Solo (Ford) from the clutches of the evil gangster Jabba the Hutt, Luke Skywalker (Hamill), Chewbacca (Mayhew), Princess Leia (Fisher) and Lando Calrissian (Williams) rejoin the rebel alliance as it plans one final assault against the Emperor (McDiarmid) and his new Death Star. Han, Leia, Luke and Chewy, along with the droids R2-D2 (Baker) and C-3PO (Daniels), are tasked with infiltrating an Imperial installation on the forest moon of Endor and destroy a shield generator protecting the unfinished Death Star to open the door for the assault on the space station, led by Lando. Luke struggles with...