Casey Chong presents a selection of forgotten erotic thrillers that are worth a watch… Erotic thrillers may have significantly dwindled in today’s era, even though this subgenre does make a splash – for better or worse – occasionally with movies like the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, Netflix’s Fair Play and the recently-released Nicole Kidman […]
The Most Overlooked Horror Movies of the 1990s
EJ Moreno on the most underrated horror movies of the 1990s… While the 90s didn’t have the number of iconic entries as the 80s, it’s easy to forget just how good horror fans had in the 90s—this decade brought up hits like Scream, The Silence of the Lambs, Audition, and The Sixth Sense. With these […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Crash (1996)
Crash, 1996. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, and Peter MacNeill. SYNOPSIS: A couple looking to spice up their sex life discover an underground cult of car crash victims who get sexual thrills out of road traffic accidents. A timely release given that Brandon Cronenberg’s […]
Extreme Cinema – David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996)
Crash, 1996. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette and Elias Koteas. Whilst the depiction of sex and violence in films has often been the main focal point for the British Board of Film Classification’s decision making, never have the two been combined more provocatively in mainstream cinema […]
David Cronenberg’s Crash gets a 4K restoration trailer
Arrow Video is set to bring its brand new restoration of David Cronenberg’s controversial 1996 psychological thriller Crash to the UK this month, and you can check out a shiny trailer for the new release right here… SEE ALSO: Extreme Cinema – Crash The recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes International […]
David Cronenberg’s Crash coming to 4K Ultra HD
Arrow Video has announced that it is set to release a 4K Ultra HD restoration of Crash, director David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas and Deborah Kara Unger. The recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes International Film Festival, Crash stars James […]
The ZX Spectrum celebrates its 35th Anniversary – #HappyBirthdaySpectrum
Villordsutch celebrates the 35th Birthday of the ZX Spectrum… Today marks the 35th Birthday of one of the United Kingdom’s greatest pieces of technology, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. On this day the 23rd April back in 1982 this 8-bit machine with its rubber-keys and a massive 16K or 48K of RAM appeared and no matter […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Good Night, and Good Luck. for Best Picture over Crash
Graeme Robertson on why Good Night, and Good Luck. should have won Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 2005 are probably among the most controversial and divisive on record. For it was Paul Haggis’s race-based ensemble drama Crash that received the Best Picture trophy, beating the favourite to win […]
Crash director Paul Haggis doesn’t think the film deserved Best Picture
It’s hard to argue that one of the most shocking Academy Award upsets of all time happened close to a decade ago, when Crash took home Best Picture over Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (and three other nominated films hailed as more deserving) at the 2006 Oscars. Considering that many were even surprised to see the movie nominated in that category in […]
