As the infamous Queen song goes, Flash Gordon will "stand for every one of us" — and for 80 years the heroic adventurer has stood with his feet planted in pop culture much deeper than even his ...

A new foreign reprint of classic Flash Gordon comic strips from 1977 and 1978 has an unexpected villain on the cover. He’s especially unexpected because he’s a character that wasn’t created ...

This “Flash Gordon” is frequently hampered by tacky sets, barely competent acting and trite dialogue, but a good sci-fi villain can make up for a lot of sins. The problem is, Ralston was a ...

The former U.S. Wage and Hour Division Chief Economist says our current situation with COVID-19 reminds me of Flash Gordon and his encounter with Ming the Merciless' electrified death dust ...

The 1980 big-screen Flash Gordon never improves on its first five minutes, which follows a cackly villain with a pulse-pounding credits sequence, setting Queen's rock-operatic title song to rapid ...

Flash Gordon came out 40 years ago – and has gained cult status since. Its director Mike Hodges talks to Nicholas Barber about how he balanced earnest grandeur with winking humour.

With intergalactic villains, swashbuckling heroes and silver-screen romance, Flash Gordon was pretty much made for the big screen. But even with a charismatic producer, big budgets and a pick of ...

And yet Flash Gordon tops it with its own legendary opening, a voice-over chat between two villains who look like they’re playing an Atari video game where the goal is to destroy planet Earth ...

Flash Gordon's epic battle against the evil Ming the Merciless is brought to life with a timeless soundtrack by the legendary band, Queen (Image via MGM) Flash Gordon is a superhero movie that has ...