# Movie Monday: Flash Gordon (1980) (E309)

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Published: 2025-12-29T14:32:56+00:00
Episode link: https://freethrall.substack.com/p/movie-monday-flash-gordon-1980-e309
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## Resource

For December’s Movie Monday, I chose a film that’s as camp as Christmas. Mike Hodges’ 1980 cult classic space fantasy Flash Gordon starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, Mariangela Melato, Peter Wynguarde, with music by Queen and Howard Blake. This episode features contributions from: (in order of appearance) James V. West ( https://www.jvwest.art ) Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast, blog) Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist presents… (podcast, YouTube) Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew James and Judy of the South Pacific Sofa Joe Richter of Hindsighless (podcast) Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/ The movie to kick off 2026 is dark fantasy action comedy The Golden Child from 1986. Directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy. That episode will air on January 26th, so please send your submissions by the 24th if you’d like to be included in the show. Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns to choose movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. Our second episode is already available, pitting Neil Jordan’s Byzantium against Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark, and can be found wherever you get your podcasts. “Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall. You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss…

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