LETHAL WEAPON (1987) | Black Christmas, Part I

<p>It's December! What does that mean? Mariah Carey songs on your radio and Christmas movies on your TV!</p> <p>But this being the Cinema Shock podcast, we're not talking about just any ol' Christmas movies. No, there will be no talk of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE this year, nor will we be discussing the intricacies of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET.</p> <p>Instead, we're spending the entire month of December discussing the filmography of Shane Black, a writer of hard-boiled detective stories and testosterone-fueled action movies, who just so happens to also set a lot of his movies during the Christmas season.</p> <p>To kick things off, we're going to discuss the movie that put Black on the map and made him a major Hollywood player at the tender age of 24: Richard Donner's action classic LETHAL WEAPON.</p> <p>Coming Up:</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-last-boy-scout'>THE LAST BOY SCOUT</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href='https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-long-kiss-goodnight'>THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT</a> (1996)</li> <li> <p><a href='https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/kiss-kiss-bang-bang'>KISS KISS BANG BANG</a> (2005)</p> </li> </ul> <p>Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by <a href='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj8487dns3rAhXut1kKHWjpBtIQFjAAegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fslasherfilmfestivalstrategy.bandcamp.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw3qXZCJdUiLORfY6MbQrpo5'>Slasher Film Festival Strategy</a>.</p> <p>This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne & Justin Bishop, with special thanks to Todd Davis.</p> <p>Visit our website for episode archives, blogs and more: <a href='http://cinemashock.net/'>http://cinemashock.net</a></p> <p>Follow us:</p> <p><a href='http://twitter.com/cinema_shock'>twitter.com/cinema_shock</a></p> <p><a href='http://facebook.com/cinemashocknet'>facebook.com/cinemashocknet</a></p> <p><a href='http://instagram.com/cinema_shock'>i