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Feb 2024
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Weirdhouse Cinema: Flash Gordon (1980)

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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Dino De Laurentiis’s 1980 sci-fi comic book extravaganza “Flash Gordon,” directed by Mike Hodges and featuring the music of Queen. 

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