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French Film Festival 2025 Announcement SpicyPulp

New Zealand’s biggest film festival is back. The French Film Festival Aotearoa returns from May 28, bringing the magic of French cinema to audiences across 24 towns and cities – including exciting new additions Waiheke Island, Cambridge, Tākaka, and Queenstown. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and New Zealand, the French […]

Television Recaps

‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ – Review

April 21, 2025 Samuel Hames

A sombre and haunting experience awaits those who walk The Narrow Road to the Deep North. In what is easily the most emotionally arresting television event of 2025, visionary Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel adapts Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel into a sweeping, harrowing five-part miniseries that confronts the brutality of war, the transcendence of love, […]

Movie Reviews

‘Sinners’ – Review

April 20, 2025 Samuel Hames

“You keep knocking at the devil’s door. One day, he’s going to follow you home.” That line hits like a freight train and sets the tempo for Sinners, the new genre-shattering horror-action explosion from visionary filmmaker Ryan Coogler. And movies don’t get much cooler, bloodier, sexier, or more utterly insane than Sinners. This is cinema […]

Movie Reviews

‘Warfare’ – Review

April 18, 2025 Samuel Hames

In a cinematic world where war films often lean into spectacle or sentimentality, Warfare is a sledgehammer to the chest; a raw, unrelenting assault on the senses that redefines modern combat storytelling. A24’s latest entry into the war genre sees former US Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza teaming up with boundary-pushing auteur Alex Garland (Ex Machina, […]

Movie Reviews

‘Drop’ – Review

April 18, 2025 Samuel Hames

Christopher Landon throws audiences headfirst into a full-throttle panic spiral with Drop, a slick, stylish thriller that weaponizes first date jitters and transforms them into a heart-racing, edge-of-your-seat experience. This isn’t your average swipe-right romance; Drop is a sharp, suspense-laden adrenaline shot that’ll leave you breathless and wondering who you can really trust when the […]

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Movie Trailers

Worlds collide in all-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’

April 18, 2025 Samuel Hames

It’s shaping up to be a very exciting year for MCU fans, and now in a surprise that has taken the internet by storm, we;ve now got a brand new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and this promises to be a completely different kind of experience for MCU fans. Watch the brand new […]

Movie Reviews

‘The Penguin Lessons’ – Review

April 17, 2025 Samuel Hames

Steve Coogan swaps out his usual smirk for a heartfelt slice of humanity in The Penguin Lessons, a charming and surprisingly emotional crowd-pleaser that delivers big on warmth, wit, and penguins. An Englishman experiences personal and political changes after adopting a penguin during a turbulent time in Argentina’s history. Adapted from the beloved memoir by […]

Movie Trailers

Mystery and martini’s await in ‘Another Simple Favor’

April 15, 2025 Samuel Hames

We absolutely LOVED Paul Feig’s 2018 scintillating mystery A Simple Favor, and now after a long wait we are eager to dig into the must watch sequel, Another Simple Favor, and this time it’s personal for besties, turned rivals, Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) and Emily (Blake Lively), and amongst the glamour and champagne of a dream […]

The Last of Us Season Two Episode One Review SpicyPulp

Television Recaps

‘The Last of Us’ – ‘Future Days’ – Review

April 14, 2025 Mathieu Day-Gillett

Making a return to the post-apocalyptic world based on the popular Playstation game franchise, The Last of Us returns for season two, making its return to Kiwi screens thanks to SKY and NEON’s partnership with HBO on April 14. After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who […]

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Trailer SpicyPulp

Movie Trailers

Brace yourself for blockbuster action with ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’

April 14, 2025 Samuel Hames

In an event that has been 29 years in the making, 2025’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is shaping up to be a one-of-a-kind blockbuster event as Hollywood megastar Tom Cruise takes the cinema to even new heights, and this experience will have your adrenal gland working overtime! Check out the brand new trailer […]