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Week of May 30
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Dirty Harry Ultimate Collectors Edition

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Here's the Harry Callahan quintet — the 1971 original, plus Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool — about the semisociopathic cop with a gift for macho aphorisms ("Do ya feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"; "Go ahead, make my day"). You'll find about 2 1/2 good movies here, but the whole oeuvre still packs a sick wallop.

Grade: B

November 28

The new Elvis Costello television series, Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special and Chungking Express on DVD

November 21

The Monty Python Holy Grail on DVD, Gears of War 2 for the gamers, Bolt in movie theaters, and more

October 10

The good cheer of Happy-Go-Lucky, reliving the amazing life of John Lennon, cathing up with The Starter Wife on TV, and more

October 3

Greg Kinnear, in Flash of Genius, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and more

September 26

Jenny Lewis in the record stores, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day in bookstores, The Lucky Ones in movie theaters, and more