
Flash Gordon (Blu-ray)
June 7th, 2010 admin

Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Comic book movies now seem to comprise 50% of Hollywood’s cinematic output, a major move that probably began back with 1978’s Superman: The Movie . The smashing success of that film sent the studios scrambling to review their contract dealings with DC, Marvel, and King Features. Producer Dino de Laurentiis may have felt he had something of an inside track, having visited the world of adult comics in his earlier Barbarella and Diabolik . Directed by Mike Hodges ( Get Carter , Pulp , Croupier ), 1980’s Flash Gordon is a dazzling production that relies too heavily
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