And with a new trailer and brand new featurette that follows the relationship that was built between Pitt and his canine companion Uber, audiences really get a sense of how this film is shaping up.

Watch the all-new trailer for Heart of the Beast below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

After a harrowing plane crash, retired U.S. Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.

Take a look into the relationship that was built between Pitt and Uber, who plays Odin in Heart of the Beast, and how it changed th dynamic of film:

Heart of the Beast is shaping up to be another incredible narrative for Pitt’s talents, and there’s a lot of heart and loyalty that lies at the base of this story, and seeing it up on the bog screen will make for an absolute rush when it arrives in cinemas on September 24.

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After a harrowing plane crash, retired U.S. Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.

Shot in Southern New Zealand, Heart of the Beast is a stunningly beautiful film, and it offers a perfect canvas to explore just how far a man and his dog will go together in their extraordinary will to survive.

To celebrate the arrival of Heart of the Beast in cinemas on September 24, we’ve got 10 double passes to giveaway thanks to our friends at Paramount Pictures.

To enter and win a double pass to Heart of the Beast, answer the following question:

What breed of dog is Odin?

Send your answer, along with your name and postal address, to samuel@spicypulp.com by Monday, 14 September. Winners will be contacted on Tuesday, 15 September. Only winners will be contacted.

Terms and Conditions

Open to New Zealand residents only. Rated M: Violence & injury detail.

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The Paw Patrol end up in an unknown world filled with dinosaurs. With the help of their new friend Rex, they help save the endangered species from Mayor Humdinger’s plan of kidnapping them.

To celebrate the arrival of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie in cinemas on September 17, we’ve got 5 family passes to giveaway thanks to our friends at Paramount Pictures.

To go into the draw to win yourself a family pass (four tickets) to Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, answer the following question:

Who is the director of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie?

Send your answer, along with your name and postal address, to samuel@spicypulp.com by Monday, 7 September. Winners will be contacted on Tuesday, 8 September. Only winners will be contacted.

Terms and Conditions

Open to New Zealand residents only. Rated G.

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Less than two years after launching, online bookseller Book Hero is turning the page on its next chapter with the arrival of Toy Hero — a dedicated online destination for toys, games and puzzles, backed by the same distinctly Kiwi service that has already seen Book Hero win over more than 100,000 customers.

And if the numbers are anything to go by, the appetite is there.

Since launching, Book Hero has sold more than 345,000 books to customers across New Zealand. Along the way, toys, puzzles and games began appearing alongside the books in customers’ baskets, eventually accounting for around 20 per cent of sales.

Rather than treating toys as a supporting act, the team decided to give them their own stage.

Enter Toy Hero.

With 20,000 products already available, the new online retailer has been built around a simple proposition: competitive prices, fast delivery and, importantly, actual humans behind the business.

For co-founder Tim Wackrow, the move is less a departure from Book Hero than a natural evolution of what the business has already learned about its customers.

“We’ve learnt that what customers value most is certainty. Whether it’s a birthday this weekend, a family road trip or just keeping the kids entertained, people want to know they can order from a Kiwi business and have it arrive overnight. That’s exactly what we’ve built Toy Hero to do.”

That sense of immediacy is increasingly important in a retail world where convenience has become currency.
“Families were already shopping for toys alongside books, so creating a dedicated destination with the same fast delivery, fair pricing and personal service that people know us for was the natural next step,” Wackrow says.

A New Hero for Playtime

Launching with a curated selection of some of the world’s biggest and most recognisable toy brands, Toy Hero’s opening line-up includes Barbie, Hot Wheels, Bluey, Wasgij and Paw Patrol, with thousands more products and brands set to join the range over the coming months.

The ambition is clear: take the trust Book Hero has built with Kiwi families and extend it into another category where speed, price and reliability matter.

Retail consultant and RX Group founder Juanita Neville-Te Rito says that strategy reflects a broader shift in the way successful online retailers are building loyalty.

“Almost one in every four retail dollars is now spent online, but the businesses seeing sustained growth aren’t necessarily the biggest. They’re the ones giving customers a reason to come back through proper service, competitive pricing, fast fulfilment and a strong local identity.”

For Neville-Te Rito, the expansion into toys also makes commercial sense.

“Expanding into adjacent categories is also a natural progression for successful retailers. When you’ve built trust with customers, extending that relationship into complementary products is often far more effective than trying to acquire entirely new shoppers.”

And that may ultimately be the most interesting thing about Toy Hero.

This isn’t simply a bookseller deciding to sell toys.

It’s an independent Kiwi retailer recognising where its customers are already going — and getting there first.
In an era when many retailers are shrinking their ambitions, Book Hero is expanding its universe.

Toy Hero is now live at www.toyhero.co.nz.

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From George Kay, the creator of Lupin and Hijack, the series plunges into the cutthroat world of London’s most prestigious rival law firms, where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy and winning is everything.

Watch the all new trailer for WAR below:

At the centre of the first series is the explosive divorce of British tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller). Their bitter split quickly becomes a battlefield, with rival firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne prepared to do whatever it takes to secure victory for their respective clients.

Caught in the middle is ambitious young lawyer Jonathan “Johnny” Warren (Archie Renaux), whose introduction to this ruthless world threatens to change everything he thought he knew about success, loyalty and the law.

Alongside West, Miller and Renaux, the impressive ensemble includes Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Nina Sosanya, Pip Torrens, Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Archie Panjabi and Adrian Scarborough.

With two powerhouse leads, rival legal dynasties and a divorce battle with enough money, power and scandal to burn the courtroom to the ground, WAR looks set to deliver a sharp, stylish and suitably vicious new take on the legal drama.

WAR will be available to stream exclusively on Hayu from Sunday, October 4.

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Watch the all-new Special Look at Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday below:

The momentum is building rapidly for Avengers: Doomsday, and audiences are hungry for this utter blockbuster event that is set to converege three seperate corners of the multiverse together, and it’s about to smash in for something truly EPIC, and Disney legend Robert Downey Jr. is right at the heart of it. In hearing Victor Von Doom speak for the first time we are delivered a gnarled and gothic accent of supreme power, the ruler of Latveria come to turn the universe inside out, and who now as Doctor Doom presents a threat that not even the Avengers may be able to curtail this time around.

Downey Jr. holds the attention of the frame as Doctor Doom, and this new Special Look at Avengers: Doomeday pulls no punches and unleashes his mighty, untold power and it’s a sight to behold.

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In a guttural tone, after wiping out the God of Thunder himself, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Doom utters “Hell answers to me…. for I am Doom.” And sets the stage for a bold and dynamic cinematic event that is about to reshape the very landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ready yourselves to behold the arrival of Doctor Doom when Avengers: Doomsday arrives in cinemas on December 17.

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Watch the all-new trailer for Blade Runner 2099 below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora (Hunter Schafer), a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city,

With its eerie visuals, intense performances, and extension of the grand, almost operatic science fiction world of Sir Ridley Scott brought to live once more, Blade Runner 2099 is shaping up to be an unmissable event for science fiction fans, and all eight episodes will premiere on November 25, 2026.

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Watch the all-new teaser trailer for The Thomas Crown Affair below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Billionaire Thomas Crown (Michael B. Jordan) cleverly steals a painting while another heist fails. Followed by an insurance investigator (Adria Arjona), the two fall in love during the cat and mouse game.

This new teaser trailer delivers a subtle tease of what to expect with The Thomas Crown Affair, and presents Joran’s unique take on the character as a daredevil thrill-seeker with a conscious who has a wrong to right, and the desire to pull off the ultimate heist to do it in.

Taking on the project as both director and producer, following his directorial debut with Creed III, The Thomas Crown Affair has been termed a passion project for Jordan, and it’s shaping up to be a glamourous and highly polished watch, which thanks to the presence of cinematographer Bradford Young is sure to be a brilliantly glorious and oppulent picture to behold, and if you’re seeking a picture that will utterly hold your attention at every moment then you’ll get it with The Thomas Crown Affair.

The new teaser also stokes the fire of a bubbling romance between Jordan’s Thomas Crown and Adria Arjona’s as yet unnamed insurance investigator who finds herself attracted to the enigmatic billionaire, and the share a simmering heat together that has the taste of a burning sexuality and it’s going to get hot and heavy for sure as they play their game of cat and mouse.

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Michael B. Jordan’s The Thomas Crown Affair is shaping up to be one of 2027’s most intense and passionate pieces of cinema, and this piece of cinema will pull you right in. So pull out your tuxedo, polish the shows, don your cufflinks, and get ready for an experience of equal parts glamour and edge when it arrives in cinemas on March 4, 2027.

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The hit series has been a must-watch on Prime Video, and audiences have utterly warmed to the presence of a teenagd Elle Woods, played by the fabulous Lexi Minetree, and the journey that Elle takes as she navigates first love, friendship, family upheaval, and discovers the inner strength that will ultimately define her. Stylish, nostalgic, and full of heart, the series blends the sunshine of Beverly Hills with the rain-soaked grunge influences of 1995 Seattle, creating a unique visual identity that gives the franchise an exciting new edge.

In celebration of Elle’s arrival on Prime Video I was very fortunate to be able to sit down with the series costume designer Sara Byblow, to discuss the enormous task of recreating an entire decade, and for Byblow, joining Elle was a rare opportunity to build a character whose future audiences already know so well.

Watch the full interview below:

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Sara was exceptionally love to chat with, and her passion for exploring this new, and previously unseen chapter of Elle Woods life, and along with re-creating an entire fashion decade was an utterly fun project to work on, and proves that pink never goes out of style.

Filled with heart, humour, fabulous fashion, and genuine emotional warmth, Elle has completely won over the hearts of audiences everywhere, with this series delivering both a feeling of comforting nostaslgia and refreshingly original take on this fabulius character.

Elle is streaming now on Prime Video.

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Following the first reveal of Prime Video’s Carrie, a bold and utterly timely new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror story of a shy girl who is pushed to far, and which leads to a grisly end, we’ve now got out first look at the all new adaptation from acclaimed filmmaker Mike Flanagan… and it’s going to be a scream.

Watch the all-new trailer for Carrie below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

A reimagining of the story of misfit high schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden death, Carrie finds herself contending with the challenges of attending high school, a bullying scandal, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.

With this first footage of Carrie in play what we see is a classic narrative re-interpreted for the social media age, and being now even more so relevent than ever before. With instances of cyber-bullying being at an all-time high, this story of a shy high school girl caught up in the torment of the ultimate pack of mean girls is sure to hit even harder than before.

This new trailer also showcases a Carrie that feels like it will really hit different for audiences this time around. Flanagan is aware of the place in which this story has in popular culture, and with his own adaptation of Carrie he’s been very open that he’s looking for a new way into the narrative and character of Carrie White, and this trailer fully cements that.

Series star Summer H. Howell gives an incredibly nuanced and layered performance of a shy, reclusive girl who just wants a friend, and while there will be some utterly horrendous and mental horror moments on display, the real pull of this series is the focus of Carrie White herself, this girl who just wanted a friend, longing and connection and to belong. The tragic notes are very present, and this series will really hit home for a lot of viewers because of it.

Howell appears to be utterly excellent in the lead role of White, with her full vulnerability on display, and it’s going to be emotional to watch her go to limits of pure terror with this one. She’s also backed up by an incredible supporting cast including the likes of Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White; Carrie’s religious and abusive mother, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell; a popular student who experiences remorse for partaking in Carrie’s bullying, Amber Midthunder as Rita Desjardin; Carrie’s gym teacher who defends her against her bullies, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross; Sue’s goodhearted boyfriend who agrees to take Carrie to the prom, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen; the ringleader of a pack of mean girls who bullies Carrie, Arthur Conti as Billy Nolan; Chris’ juvenile delinquent boyfriend, Josie Totah as Tina Blake; Chris’ best friend and co-conspirator in a senior prom prank against Carrie, and Matthew Lillard as Henry Grayle; the principal of Thomas Ewen Consolidated High School.

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All eight episodes of Carrie are set to premiere on Prime Video on October 7, and this is classic horror delivered fresh, and it will be utterly unmissable.

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