2014 has almost come to an end, and it has certainly been a triumphant one for movie goers and everyone here at SpicyPulp. And now, the SpicyPulp team (Rachel, Shawn and myself) have gathered together our top five films of the year, as well as a few of our own guilty pleasures to share with […]
‘Fury’ – Review
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, battle-hardened army sergeant Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, ‘Wardaddy’ and his men face overwhelming odds in […]
‘Dracula Untold’ – Review
The darkness of Dracula clouds cinemas with gothic fury in director Gary Shore’s Dracula Untold, which returns the legend to the man who bore his name. When faced with the annihilation of his people and family, Prince Vlad Tepes (Luke Evans) makes a deal with the devil for unstoppable power in a bid to defeat […]
‘The Equalizer’ – Review
Denzel Washington is back with a vengeance in Antoine Fuqua’s character-driven action-thriller The Equalizer, and if you’re a bad guy the message is clear: don’t run afoul of this vigilante…because it’s the last thing you’ll ever do. The film stars Washington as Robert McCall, a former black ops commando who faked his death to live a […]
From Dusk Till Dawn – Series One Recap
Rebel director Robert Rodriguez made one big step forward this year, and launched his own cable TV network El Rey. Rodriguez asked that his audience ‘ride with El Rey’ and made his vision for the network very clear: ‘content is king, so El Rey is going to be the king of content’, and he’s definitely […]
‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ – Review
Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything. Directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez return to their neo-noir world of violence, vice and sin with the follow up to their groundbreaking 2005 film ‘Sin City‘. Following the same non-linear narrative introduced in the first film, Sin City: A Dame to […]
‘The Expendables 3’ – Review
It’s time to reload because Barney Ross, Lee Christmas and the rest of the gang are back, and doing what they do best – blowing everything to hell in this brand new entry to the most testosterone-filled franchise of all time. After breaking out one of their own, Barney (Sylvester Stallone), Christmas (Jason Statham) and […]
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ – Review
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie bursting at the seems with kinetic energy and rock n’ roll galactic cool, taking audiences from the universe they know and into a whole new one. A thief, two thugs, an assassin and a maniac: five degenerates who are the last people you’d ever expect to be […]
‘Hercules’ – Review
What makes a man a hero? Is it a miraculous, mystical birth, his possession of supernatural god like powers, the daring deeds and legends that he has built up around himself, or is it something more? Is it his desire to do something bigger than himself, to honor a calling that others would not answer, […]
‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ – Review
Live. Die. Repeat. These three words echo throughout every frame of director Doug Liman’s new science fiction action spectacular Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. If your looking for a rush then you’ve come to the right place. In the near future an alien force known as the Mimics are threatening to […]