<p>For how much we debate whether it is or is not a Christmas movie, rarely is it asked: why are folks trying so desperately to cram Die Hard into this subgenre? Now, don’t say “it’s set at Christmas!” because, yes, we’re all aware of that fact. But the Christmas movie moniker, like all genre qualifications, has specific connotations to a larger set of shared traditions and values that operate within the construction of most of the films that are grouped […]</p>
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<p>For how much we debate whether it is or is not a Christmas movie, rarely is it asked: Why are folks trying so desperately to cram Die Hard into this subgenre? Now, don’t say “it’s set at Christmas!” because, yes, we’re all aware of that fact. But the Christmas movie moniker, like all genre qualifications, has specific connotations to a larger set of shared traditions and values that operate within the construction of most of the films that are grouped […]</p>
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Freak punkers Alien Birth have released a new EP. It's called Freak's Choice and is self-released. You can check it out below.

A389 records has released a compilation of Cold As Life tracks. It's called In Memory Of Rodney A. Barger (1970​-​1993) and it compiles the band's earliest releases as well as some rare tracks and live cuts. You can hear the release below.

Green Day have released a live video for "Nice Guys Finish Last." That was recorded in 1997 at the electric Factory in Philadelphia and is taken from the re-release of Nimrod, which includes a live album from the Nimrod album tour. You can see the video below.

Stay Free recordings, the label that often releases records that benefit Musack has released a new split 7-inch. The a-side features Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill covering "Voices Carry," as made famous by Til Tuesday, backed by The Rickets. The music was recorded in 1995 and Hanna's vocals were recorded in 1996. The B-side is Minor Upsets covering "Rebel Girl." You can hear the whole thing below.

AJJ have announced that they have signed to Hopeless Records and have released their first single on the label called “The Baby Panda”. The song comes with a lyric video created by Mark Glick with artwork by Jordan Hudkins. AJJ released Good Luck Everybody in 2020. Check out the video below.

<p>And finally, here’s the last major trailer to come out of this year’s CCXP, which is for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. We’re big fans of both Gunn and this particular segment of the MCU, which has made for flippant and fun times (though we haven’t checked out the Holiday Special yet, perhaps because we’re scared that a digitally-recreated Bea Arthur’s gonna show up alongside a very stoned cast), but it comes with some additional irony now […]</p>
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<p>The after-hours trailer deluge continued yesterday when Disney took the stage at CCXP with two trailers just guaranteed to set the internet ablaze. First up is a first look at James Mangold’s Indiana Jones 5, now titled Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which is bound, in part, to be a feature-length apology to the segments of the audience that didn’t care for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It looks kind of… odd. And no, we’re not bothered by […]</p>
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