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Dredd and the reality of heroic icons

by Adrian J. Watts on November 6, 2012, no comments

I saw Dredd a couple of weeks ago. I am typically not a fan of UK comics, with the exception of the 1990s Marvel UK stuff and the 1980s Death’s Head, Transformers and Dragon’s Claws books by Simon Furman, but I saw this after hearing the eponymous character’s actor talking about how, in a costume like that of Judge Dredd, you [...]

Virus (1980)

by Adrian J. Watts on April 19, 2012, no comments

VIRUS Directed by: Fukasuku Kinji Written by: Takada Kouji & Gregory Knapp Release date: June 26th, 1980 Rating: 4.9 / 5 Note: This review is for the 108-minute “International Version” of the film, not the full-length Japanese cut. Both versions are available from the Internet Archive, as public domain films. Wow. There’s something about Japanese [...]