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Scenes That I Love: Clint Eastwood Gets Results
(This is not a political post but if it was, it would solely reflect my opinion and not necessarily the opinion of anyone else who writes for this site.) The big news tonight seems to be that former...
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Film Review: Dirty Harry (dir. by Don Siegel)
“Dirty Harry is obviously just a genre film but this action genre has always had fascist potential and it has finally surfaced…Dirty Harry is a deeply immoral movie.” — Pauline Kael “It’s not about a...
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Film Review: Magnum Force (dir by Ted Post)
Today, we continue our look at the Dirty Harry film franchise by taking a look at the second film in the series, 1973’s Magnum Force. Despite the fact that Dirty Harry famously ended with Harry...
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Film Review: The Enforcer (dir. by James Fargo)
Today, we continue our look at the Dirty Harry film series by reviewing the third film in the series, 1976’s The Enforcer. There’s a moment, towards the end of this film, where Harry (played as always...
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Film Review: Sudden Impact (dir. by Clint Eastwood)
Today, we continue our look at the Dirty Harry film series by considering the fourth installment in the franchise, 1983’s Sudden Impact. “Go ahead. Make my day…” Yes, this is the film where Police...
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Film Review: The Dead Pool (directed by Buddy Van Horn)
Hi there! Today, I will be concluding my look at the Dirty Harry series with the final film in the franchise, 1988’s The Dead Pool. Harry’s back and he’s still carrying a gun. He’s also older,...
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27 Days of Old School: #5 “Welcome to the Jungle” (by Guns N’ Roses)
“Welcome to the jungle. We’ve got fun n’ games.” Quite the extreme reversal from #4 to #5 but then my taste in music between junior high and high school was pretty much all over the place. I could be...
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Out of the Saddle: John Wayne in MCQ (Warner Bros, 1974)
John Wayne didn’t get off his horse very often in the latter part of his career. The Duke hadn’t done a non-Western since 1969’s HELLFIGHTERS, but cop pictures were in style in the early 70s due to the...
View Article6 Good Films That Were Not Nominated For Best Picture: The 1970s
Continuing our look at good films that were not nominated for best picture, here are 6 films from the 1970s. Dirty Harry (1971, dir by Don Siegel) “Well, I’m all torn up about his rights….” Detective...
View ArticleScenes That I Love: Harry Meets The Mayor From Dirty Harry
Today, we wish a happy 89th birthday to the one and only Clint Eastwood! At this point of his career (from which he says he is now semi-retired), Clint Eastwood has become an American icon. In many...
View Article4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Clint Eastwood Edition
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!...
View Article“Do ya feel lucky, Pilgrim?” What Dirty Harry Could Have Been
Paul Newman as San Francisco Police Detective Harry “Dirty Harry” Callahan? Today, it sounds unthinkable that the outspokenly liberal Newman could ever have been a contender for the role of Harry...
View Article10 Oscar Snubs From the 1970s
Ah, the 70s. The decade started with the collapse of the studio system and the rise of the so-called movie brats. For the first half of the decade, Hollywood was producing the type of challenging films...
View ArticleScenes that I Love: The End of Dirty Harry
Today, we wish a happy 93rd birthday to Clint Eastwood! Today’s scene that I love comes from 1971’s Dirty Harry, in which Clint finally confronts the the Scorpio Killer (Andy Robinson) and asks him if...
View ArticleLive Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Dirty Harry!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on Twitter and Mastodon. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am...
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