Dirty Harry (character) this goes any further, with Spencer commenting 'Neither of us want to be alone tonight'. "The Dead Pool" implies a romantic relationship with news reporter Samantha Walker, and the film ends with her and Callahan walking away together. Callahan is considered a film icon, so much so that his nickname, "Dirty Harry", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. Harry Callahan was voted number 23 by "Empire" Magazine on their list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Callahan was voted the 17th greatest movie hero on "100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains". He was also named one
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism history of film criticism up to the present, the film introduces internet-based critics Harry Knowles of "Ain't It Cool News" and Karina Longworth, who wrote at the time for "spout.com". Gerald Peary says, ""For the Love of Movies" is the first feature documentary to tell the rich, colorful, and undeniably controversial story of the American film critic ... I had to sort of invent what I think is the history of film criticism, because there wasn’t any formally written book on it." Partly due to difficulties in getting financial backing, the documentary took nearly a decade to make. Peary says,