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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic Christmas favorites

    This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first “Die Hard,” a Christmas favorite. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 25 this year. “Love, Actually” is 15 years old. We talk about those, and some other old holiday classics and why they endure.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 30, 2018 • 1 min read

    This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first “Die Hard,” a Christmas favorite. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 25 this year. “Love, Actually” is 15 years old. We talk about those, and some other old holiday classics and why they endure. Our critics also review some new Christmas movies out this week, including “Anna and the Apocalypse,” the Netflix film “The Christmas Chronicles,” another Netflix sequel “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding”

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Alonso Duralde

      film critic; co-host, "Linoleum Knife" movie podcast; author, “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” (Second Edition) and "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film"

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Rep. Jackie Speier on how the Jonestown mass shooting changed her life
    1. 0:00What we’ve learned in the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen legal maneuvers
    2. 10:39California Congresswoman Jackie Speier reflects on her near-death experience
    3. 27:09‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic Christmas favoritesYou’re reading this
    4. 41:01The convoluted logic behind raising L.A.’s speed limits to make streets safer
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand