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Flash Gordon (1980)

Review preview for Flash Gordon

Max Von Sydow's magnificent Emperor Ming is a template against which all future alien rulers have had to measure up.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

An evil alien ruler plans to destroy the Earth, and only an American football quarterback can stop him.
Life After Flash (2017)

Review preview for Life After Flash

The presence of completists and super-fans is helpful, because you do not need to be either to enjoy Life After Flash.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5

A look at the life of Sam J Jones, who played Flash Gordon in the 1980 version of the fantasy classic.
Minyan (2020)

Review preview for Minyan

With a moody jazz score full of languorous clarinets, this is a long cool drink before the unseen war.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

New York in the 1980s. Seventeen-year-old David, who is tentatively beginning to express his homosexuality in the East Village gay scene, gradually starts to question the strict rules of his Jewish community.
President Blaník (2018)

Review preview for President Blaník

The narrative is patchy and uneven.

Jane Fae · 3 out of 5

Czech political satire.
Seaquest DSV: Series 1 (1993)

Review preview for Seaquest DSV: Series 1

A soggy experience.

Andrea Mullaney · 2 out of 5

The missions of an underwater team, with added dolphin.
What You Wish For (2023)

Review preview for What You Wish For

Elegantly styled and smoothly delivered, the film takes a hard look at corporate culture.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

A chef with gambling problems flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man's identity.