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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 […]

Television Recaps

‘WandaVision’ – ‘Episode 1’ – Review

January 15, 2021 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Movie Reviews

‘One Night in Miami’ – Review

January 13, 2021 Samuel Hames

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, […]

Movie News

New details arrive for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

January 8, 2021 Samuel Hames

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’ […]

Television News

Step behind the curtain of ‘WandaVision’

January 6, 2021 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Movie Reviews

‘Soul’ – Review

January 3, 2021 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Features

SpicyPulp’s Top 10 Films of 2020

December 31, 2020 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Movie Reviews

‘Mank’ – Review

December 29, 2020 Samuel Hames

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 […]

Movie Reviews

‘Nomadland’ – Review

December 27, 2020 Samuel Hames

What does America’s great last frontier look like? Is it is merely a place, or has it become the person who travels it? These are the questions asked by director Chloé Zhao and actress Frances McDormand in Nomadland, a presentation of cinema that feels like a new development in the art form, and which delivers […]

Movie Reviews

‘The Croods: A New Age’ – Review

December 23, 2020 Samuel Hames

These holidays there’s no better time to visit the cinema for some big-screen family fun, and for those seeking entertainment for all ages, The Croods: A New Age, delivers plenty of enjoyment for the whole family! The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to watching their daughter […]

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‘WandaVision’ – ‘Episode 2’ – Review

‘WandaVision’ – ‘Episode 1’ – Review

‘One Night in Miami’ – Review

New details arrive for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Step behind the curtain of ‘WandaVision’

‘Soul’ – Review

SpicyPulp’s Top 10 Films of 2020

‘Mank’ – Review

‘Nomadland’ – Review

‘The Croods: A New Age’ – Review