The total feeling of love is expressed in all of its passions in director Francis Lee’s intense historical love story Ammonite, which tells the true story of a love that was long thought forgotten and which is sure to enwrap its audience inside its fire. 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate […]
‘Promising Young Woman’ – Review
Karma’s coming for you, honey. Promising Young Woman is the psychological thriller we have all been waiting for. And Carey Mulligan is the woman of the hour who will bury the hatchet. A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. Picture this – […]
‘WandaVision’ – ‘Episode 2’ – Review
With a flutter of magic and a few sparks, we’re back for another episode of WandaVision, along with being in a brand new decade in the early 1960s with all their hip leanings. And things are about to take another strange turn for Wanda and Vision in this one. Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul […]
‘WandaVision’ – ‘Episode 1’ – Review
It’s been some time since we last visited the Marvel Cinematic Universe and after such a long absence its good to be back with an exciting new series in Disney+’s WandaVision. Plenty of fun and whimsy, along with a good dose of mystery are promised in this one as audiences finally get to learn what […]
‘One Night in Miami’ – Review
Malcolm X. Sam Cooke. Jim Brown. Muhammad Ali. Four legends together on one legendary night. That’s where we’re taken in One Night In Miami, which presents a story that is relevant for both its historical context, alongside the contemporary messages that it delves into in its presentation. On the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, […]
New details arrive for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
One of 2021’s most anticipated releases is Top Gun: Maverick, the long-wanted sequel to the quintessential 1986 action movie Top Gun, and now we have new details concerning some of the key casting of the film. While we’re aware that Tom Cruise will once again return to the role of naval aviator Capt. Pete ‘Maverick’ […]
Step behind the curtain of ‘WandaVision’
We’re just over one week away from the release of Marvel Studios first-ever live-action television show in WandaVision. Streaming exclusively on Disney+, WandaVision will reunite Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch and Vision, as they find themselves in a strange and bold new world that is going to change everything that we’ve […]
‘Soul’ – Review
When the geniuses at Disney-Pixar have a new film for us to indulge in it’s always a delight, and with Soul, director Pete Docter and his team offer something entirely new, magical and unlike anything we’ve seen from Pixar before. Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a middle school music teacher, has long dreamed of performing jazz […]
SpicyPulp’s Top 10 Films of 2020
2020. What a year. This one surely belongs in the history books, and cinema, I’m afraid, was certain to never to be the same again. We lost a lot this year, and this was certainly true for the art of film and the cinema, with many of this year’s biggest releases pushed off to the […]
‘Mank’ – Review
Master filmmaker David Fincher steps back behind the camera for his first feature film since 2014’s Gone Girl and brings to life the story behind the making of Citizen Kane in Mank. Part bio-pic, part time capsule, Mank is an extraordinarily powerful film that examines the Golden Age of Hollywood through one of the men […]