Clint Eastwood Films Ranked: #22 ‘Sudden Impact’ (1983)
#22 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood’s films. and #2 in my ranking of the Dirty Harry franchise. The first Dirty Harry film where Clint Eastwood has…
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Dirty Harry Franchise Ranked: No.1 ‘Dirty Harry’ (1971)
#1 in my ranking of the Dirty Harry franchise. Here we see the influence of Fritz Lang‘s M decades after its release. There’s the emphasis on process and the…
Dirty Harry Franchise Ranked: No.2 ‘Sudden Impact’ (1983)
#2 in my ranking of the Dirty Harry franchise. The first Dirty Harry film where Clint Eastwood has an official directing credit (he did a bit of…
Dirty Harry Franchise Ranked: No.3 ‘The Enforcer’ (1976)
#3 in my ranking of the Dirty Harry franchise. The script for the third outing of Inspector Harry Callahan feels like several scripts smooshed together with…
Dirty Harry Franchise Ranked: No.4 ‘Magnum Force’ (1973)
#4 in my ranking of the Dirty Harry franchise. This movie doesn’t feel like it really begins for an hour. Considering that it’s the longest of…
Geek Guns Part 24: Dirty Harry’s .44 Magnum
Whether one looks at comic books, fiction or film, firearms play a huge part in geek culture. In fact, there’s an entire web site…
Hollywood in Toto: Why We Need ‘Dirty Harry’ Now More than Ever
This critic didn’t know what to expect watching “Dirty Harry” again for the first time in, well, ages. The 1971 film introduced Clint Eastwood’s most enduring…
Beyond the Wilhelm Scream: The Male Screech at the Movies
We’re by now inured to the sound of screams in film, whether of women (Kate Capshaw in Temple of Doom a notorious offender) and especially…