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Review: Gordon’s Alive! The Brilliant FLASH GORDON Gets A 40th Anniversary Re-Release

Director Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema. It’s a film which has become a much deserved cult classic since its original release way back in 1980. It will forever be known for a variety of [...]

August 7, 2020

Gordon’s Alive! Celebrate The 40th Anniversary Of FLASH GORDON In Style

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Mike Hodges’ cult classic Flash Gordon in style with this cracking looking new release from Studiocanal. Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema which has become a cult [...]

July 1, 2020

Flash Gordon Documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH Gets A Release!

Movies In Focus was blown away by director Lisa Downs’ Life After Flash, a loving tribute to the iconic ‘80s sci-fi Flash Gordon and its star Sam J. Jones. Down’s documentary is both a wonderful look at the making of the film and a [...]

November 11, 2018

Review: ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION Is So Bad It’ll Make You Want To Travel Back In Time & Stop The Creation Of Cinema

Want to watch a terrible movie? Then dive head first into Robin Hood: The Rebellion. It’s a film so terrible that even bad movie enthusiasts will balk at what it has to offer. A sort of medieval re-telling of The Raid (it wishes), writer-director [...]

November 3, 2018

ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION – There’s Another Robin Hood Film In 2018!

Movies In Focus has been a fan of the Robin Hood legend since watching Robin Of Sherwood as a kid in the mid-1980s. Of course I like the Erroyl Flynn and Kevin Costner versions and even Ridley Scott’s Russell Crowe starrer has something to [...]

September 15, 2018

Review: LIFE AFTER FLASH Takes You On An Unexpected Emotional Journey

Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema which has become a cult classic since its release in 1980. The film will forever be known for a variety of reasons – from Brian Blessed’s bombastic Vultan [...]

August 30, 2018

Interview: Director Lisa Downs Talks About Flash Gordon Documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH

Director Lisa Downs’ Life After Flash is an excellent feature-length documentary which not only looks at the making of the 1981 cult hit Flash Gordon, but also the life of its star, Sam J. Jones. Filled with plenty of heart and anecdotes, [...]

August 29, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Ian Richardson In THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES & THE SIGN OF FOUR

The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Sign of Four are two of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most well known Sherlock Holmes stories. They’ve been adapted for the screen numerous times, and these 1983 television films star Ian Richardson as the great [...]

June 4, 2016