This blog is not written or edited by Boston.com or the Boston Globe. The author is solely responsible for the content. Clint Eastwood continued his Super Bowl pitch for Chrysler and a few other products to NBC's "Saturday Night Live" this week. Well sor

From "Dirty" Harry Callahan to the Bad Lieutenant, a look at the most brutal and corrupt lawmen walking the streets of cinema Rampart, Owen Moverman's tough urban drama featuring Woody Harrelson as a somewhat less-than-principled LA police officer, goes

Well-known Japanese photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto (石元 泰博) passed away in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012 due to pneumonia. He was 90 years old. Born in San Francisco, California in 1921, he was a fine-art photographer with ties to both Japan and the US. He was on

Wading through the excessive amount of horrible films on Instant Netflix can be daunting for any subscriber. To ease the process, Scene has graciously provided a list of the best Netflix has to offer. "Office Space" is now on Netflix Instant! This cult c

OKLAHOMA CITY Following a series of high-profile shootings deemed justified under Oklahoma’s “Make My Day” law, some lawmakers are looking to expand the state’s gun laws to allow citizens to defend themselves beyond their homes. The law is nicknamed aft

OKLAHOMA CITY Following a series of high-profile shootings deemed justified under Oklahoma’s “Make My Day” law, some lawmakers are looking to expand the state’s gun laws to allow citizens to defend themselves beyond their homes. The law is nicknamed aft

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Following a series of high-profile shootings deemed justified under the state's "Make My Day" law, some lawmakers are looking to expand the state's gun laws to allow citizens to defend themselves beyond just their homes. The law, nic

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off A mini archive of work showing Callahan's wife and daughter is on show at the V&A's new Photographs Gallery. Though taken from a distance they nevertheless reveal a great intimacy Your IP address will

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the legendary first boss of the FBI in a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. He talks to Michele Manelis Leonardo DiCaprio is taking on his second pivotal figure in American history - controversial FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover - followi

For me, one of the more memorable movie moments of all time is that famous bank robbery scene in Dirty Harry where Clint Eastwood’s Inspector Harry Callahan character reels off his “Do you feel lucky?” In it, Callahan dares an armed bank robber to

No, just his lack of ability for rational thought

Union-Tribune Editorial Staff | Last fall, Gov. Jerry Brown offered a surprisingly ambitious pension reform plan. It would shift newly hired public employees in California to a hybrid program combining a smaller defined-benefit pension and a 401(k)-style

As many of you already know, Orange Shirt Guy is awesome. How awesome? Resolve of John McClane, swagger of Han Solo, icy steel determination of Harry Callahan, Bruce "my pinky toe is registered as a deadly weapon" Lee kinds of awesome. If you know Oran

By Steve Oney As cameras roll,a police sergeant returns a toothbrush to Jack Reacher, an ex-Army MP major portrayed by Tom Cruise. It is pretty much Reacher's sole possession in life.The acting unknown cast as the sergeant is Lee Child, author of the Rea

Yes, the U.S. Constitution says Congress controls the purse strings. It was the Republican-controlled Congress of the 1990's, six of Bubba's eight years had a Republican Speaker of the House, that ruthlessly cut our national security. Those Clinton admi

Theo Anderson's photographs are not so much about places as about things — simple, ordinary shapes and objects that work beautifully together. His photograph of a row of threatening trees in front of a brick house in Allentown would appear just as ominou

By Richard B. Woodward Who knew that Felice Beato could do it all? Historians have typecast the Italian-British adventurer (1832-1909) as an intrepid war photographer. He certainly excelled at that precarious job, following the cannons' roar across Asia

Phoenix Art Museum commemorates the 100th year of Arizona statehood by drawing examples from one of the state's treasures—the photographic collection at the Center for Creative Photography. Iconic Arizona provides a unique opportunity to explore so man

Back in 2006, I wrote a column titled “ Should You Care About AppleCare? I strongly recommended against getting Apple’s extended warranty: “AppleCare is almost always a bad c