Yippee Ki Yay -- Have a Die Hard Christmas at Two Showings This Week

Have a Die Hard Christmas! Last week Amanda Moutinho unwrapped her list of the Five Least Christmas-y Christmas Movies. And one of her favorites, Die Hard, will be showing not once but twice this week, in a special gift to this city's fans of merry mayhem. Keep reading for the...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 9, 2014

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Have a Die Hard Christmas! Last week Amanda Moutinho unwrapped her list of the Five Least Christmas-y Christmas Movies. And one of her favorites, Die Hard, will be showing not once but twice this week, in a special gift to this city's fans of merry mayhem. Keep reading for the details on how to catch Santa's favorite elf, John McClane, in action. See also: Top Five Least Christmas-y Christmas Movies

Buntport Theater is celebrating Colorado Gives Day by showing Die Hard at 7 p.m. tonight, December 9, with popcorns and prizes -- "Everything you want all in one place!," the crew promises.

No reservations are necessary -- but donations to Buntport are welcome. The theater is located at 717 Lipan Street; find more details here.

And the Denver Film Society will show what it calls "the greatest Christmas movie of all time" on Friday, December 12 at Films on Tap: Die Hard. At the monthly Films on Tap, DFS provides the rules and the drinks (the first fifty people get a free beer courtesy of Breckenridge Breweries). Die Hard will come down at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Sie FilmCenter starts at 9:30 p.m.; find more details here.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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