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  • Dirty Harry (1971)
    Review preview for Dirty Harry

    Dirty Harry helps usher in a series of nihilist American thrillers that typified the 1970s.

    Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
    When a man calling himself the Scorpio Killer menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is assigned to track him down.
  • Murder She Wrote: Season 2 (1985)
    Review preview for Murder She Wrote: Season 2

    A fundamentally excellent show that very rarely stints in quality, always presenting a deliciously difficult puzzle in a pleasant, but exciting manner.

    Richard Mellor · 3 out of 5
    The novelist-turned-sleuth returns for a second series.
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
    Review preview for National Lampoon's Animal House

    'Pedestrian' is too racy a word to describe it.

    Martin Gray · 1 out of 5
    Grandaddy of teen gross-out comedies takes a chainsaw to college frat house conformity.
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
    Review preview for The Outlaw Josey Wales

    At times Eastwood's character and the journey he undertakes have the resonance of Greek myth.

    Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
    A Missouri farmer caught up in the Civil War vows revenge after his life is destroyed by Union guerrillas.
  • Savage Streets (1984)
    Review preview for Savage Streets

    Danny Steinmann throws enough subversive wit and exploitation action into the plot to keep you reasonably engaged even when he's putting you on edge with despicable misogyny.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    A teenager seeks revenge on thugs who raped her sister.

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