‘Priscilla’ – Review

Elvis and Priscilla Presley. Both of them exemplify the ultimate American love story. There’s was a glamourous life of pure Hollywood dreams, and now celebrated filmmaker Sofia Coppola brings the story behind the romance to life in the beautiful and moving drama Priscilla. When teenager Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) at […]

‘May December’ – Review

With a taut and haunting tension, filmmaker Todd Haynes takes audiences into an uncomfortable place with this pulsating psychological drama May December, and this deep tale of a past crime and its present consequences brings out incredible performances from the film’s co-leads Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance, a […]

‘All of Us Strangers’ – Review

Some filmmakers have the ability to channel pure emotion into a perfect presentation of magic, and that’s exactly what filmmaker Andrew Haigh delivers to audiences with All of Us Strangers, a beautiful and heart-wrenching story of love and memory colliding together in what can only be described as cinematic poetry. One night in his near-empty […]

‘Mean Girls’ – Review

Get in, loser…. because we’re about to head down memory lane with Mean Girls, that cult girl movie from the 2000s that changed the game on teen cinema and which is now back in cinemas with some brand new flair! From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, […]

‘The Holdovers’ – Review

Sometimes, a partnership generates moments of pure artistic genius, and the presence of Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti together is just such a thing. In a reunion nearly 20 years in the making since their masterful work on the satirical comedy Sideways, Payne and Giamatti are back for the comedy-drama The Holdovers, and the result […]

‘Ferrari’ – Review

When it comes to modern-day maestros of the cinematic craft, Michael Mann is one of the reigning voices of the art form. A celebrated auteur voice of modern-day cinema who has helmed classics such as Heat, Collateral, and The Insider, Mann’s gusty, masculine film voice and meticulous attention to detail always ensures solid viewing. Now, […]

SpicyPulp’s Top 10 Films of 2023

2023 was an exciting year for film fans with a mixture of immense blockbusters and intimate character-driven dramas, and there was plenty of enjoyment to be had at the cinema. Check out our favourite films of 2022 below: Honourable Mention: Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter The horror genre had another great year in 2023, and […]

‘One Life’ – Review

The power of hope and the light of goodness shine bright in One Life, which chronicles the extraordinary life of Sir Nico9las Winton, a ‘so-called ordinary man’ who did the extraordinary during the build-up to the horrors of World War II, and whose actions would save more than 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. And […]