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Flash Gordon (1980)

Posted on August 20, 2020 at 3:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Watching the interviews and reading the essays included in Arrow Video’s new deluxe Blu-ray edition of Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon (1980), I’m struck at how poorly received the film was on release. At the time, I was too young to … Continue reading →

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Dune (1984)

Posted on July 28, 2015 at 10:12 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

It’s the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the science fiction novel which broadened the scope and ambition of the space opera. Herbert’s novel nudged the genre into new degrees of sophistication with its dense plotting, elaborate backstory, wide cast … Continue reading →

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