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Flash Gordon’s Original Ending Revealed

Following our enlightening Flash Gordon 40th anniversary interview with the film’s director, Mike Hodges, we got to have an in-depth conversation with author John Walsh. Titan Books published Walsh’s exhaustive coffee table book Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film last November. It was a labor of love for Walsh that delves into the making of the movie and celebrates its enduring appeal. Walsh is a Trustee of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, and was also behind the BBC’s critically acclaimed documentary series Sofa Surfers, which explored childhood homelessness, and the BAFTA-nominated film My Life: Karate Kids, which…
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Titans Season 3 Will Introduce Barbara Gordon

If you thought you’d had all the DC news that you could take after the Snyder Cut, Flash, Milestone, and Wonder Woman 1984 panels, then DC FanDome had another surprise for you. In the Titans panel – which will air an extended version at the next part of the event on September 12 – there was news galore including a huge new addition to the cast.  With Dick Grayson at the center of the dark and gritty DC Universe show (which is likely to make its way to HBO Max for Season 3 as DC Universe winds down its original…
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Gotham Knights: How Is Former Oracle Barbara Gordon Back as Batgirl?

Barbara Gordon is one of Gotham’s most iconic heroes, and in the newly announced Gotham Knights, she’ll be taking to the streets under her most famous mantle, Batgirl. Alongside her other Bat-Family super-siblings, she’ll be protecting the city from the mysterious organization known as the Court of Owls, but if you’ve played the Arkham games, you might be wondering why she is no longer in a wheelchair and using the mantle of Oracle.  The official press release from WB Games gives a brief indication of how Babs becomes Batgirl again: “Barbara Gordon is a determined fighter and a skilled hacker.…
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How Flash Gordon Caught Lightning in a Bottle

Flash Gordon still stands alone in the pantheon of comic book movies 40 years on. Colorful, vibrant, kinky, and often absurd, Mike Hodges’ gaudy tale of an all-American boy defeating a powerful villain from space and saving the Earth in the process had until recently felt far removed from the predominantly safe and CG-heavy comic book fare of the last few decades, despite its familiar themes and due in large part to its distinct refusal to take itself seriously. But the film we know and love is a world away from how it began. Back in the 1970s, wealthy businessman…
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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind Directors Talk Epic and Intimate Musical Moments

The documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind, directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, is an intimate look at a prolific singer-songwriter who enriches and is enriched by the history of Canada. Most of the world knows Lightfoot as the singer with the recognizable baritone who put out hits like “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” and “Early Mornin’ Rain.” But in his native country, he is a national treasure. Before international fame, in 1967, he actually wrote and performed a piece called “The Tale of Canada” for the country’s 100th anniversary. After worldwide renown, he…
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Project Power Trailer Has Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for a Netflix Sci-Fi Movie

Project Power has all the makings of a big screen blockbuster, bringing bankable stars in Jamie Foxx and a back-from-hiatus Joseph Gordon-Levitt, along with an insane array of onscreen action effects. Yet, in a narrative that’s becoming increasingly familiar, this seemingly theatrical formula is actually scheduled for streaming, specifically as a Netflix exclusive. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman of the Paranormal Activity sequels serve as directors here, working off a script by rising screenwriter Mattson Tomlin. The premise of said script provides an intriguing twist on cinematic super-power tropes with the premise of a raucous rescue operation centered on an…
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7500 Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Takes on Hijackers in Amazon Prime’s Latest Thriller

A pilot must defend the cockpit when terrorists attack during a flight from Berlin to Paris in 7500, the feature debut from German director Patrick Vollrath, which arrives on Amazon Prime this week. It’s a German, Austrian, and American co-production starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, with parts in English and others in Arabic, Turkish, and German. That makes this a bit of a strange beast to begin with but add in that it’s told in real time, mostly shot on handheld and almost entirely in one location with no score and you’ve got a film that at its best is a tense…
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Cult Horror Director Stuart Gordon Dies at 72

Filmmaker and theater director Stuart Gordon passed on March 24, as his family confirmed to Variety.  The cause of death was not released as of press time. Gordon was 72. Best known  for his directorial debut Re-Animator, as well as indie horror favorites From Beyond and Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers, the latter of which he wrote, Gordon was also the co-creator of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise. He wrote the first film with an eye to direct, and he would go on to produce the sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and write on the TV series.…
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