New on DVD 6-5-08

"Dirty Harry"

Clint Eastwood is back to make your day again as all five of his "Dirty Harry" cop thrillers return to DVD and debut on Blu-ray high-definition disc. Eastwood introduced the character of San Francisco inspector Harry Callahan in 1971's serial-killer tale "Dirty Harry" and reprised the role in "Magnum Force," "The Enforcer," "Sudden Impact" and "The Dead Pool." The films are accompanied by extensive cast and crew interviews in new and vintage documentary segments, while each includes commentary with such people as critic Richard Schickel, "Magnum Force" screenwriter John Milius and "Enforcer" director James Fargo. The boxed set comes with the documentary "Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows," a 40-page book and a replica of Harry's wallet with police badge and identification card.

"Semi-Pro"

Maybe Will Ferrell should have appended a long subtitle to this box-office dud, which failed to score with audiences the way his "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" did. This time out, Ferrell plays a former pop singer who's now the owner and player for a flashy but second-rate American Basketball Association team with an uncertain future as the league merges with the NBA.

"Meet the Spartans"

The Hollywood craze for releasing dumb spoofs of its own hits continues with this comic knockoff that takes its cue from the blockbuster "300," centering on a last-stand siege in which a small band of Spartan soldiers held off hordes of Persian invaders. The filmmakers behind previous parodies "Epic Movie" and "Date Movie" are at the helm of this one, which was brutalized by critics, and the cast includes spoof queen Carmen Electra and Kevin Sorbo (TV's "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys").