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Things are starting to heat up in HBO’s The Penguin, as Oz Cobb enlists the help of an intriguing new partner that could take his fortunes in a new direction, and Episode Three of The Penguin, ‘Bliss’ makes for a savage watch. Hoping to control the future of Gotham’s drug trade, Oz and Sofia must […]

Movie Reviews

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ – Review

October 4, 2024 Samuel Hames

In 2019, a cinematic behemoth was unleashed on the big screen. Todd Phillips Joker had the distinction of being both a monumental artistic and creative success, as it offered up a radically different take on one of DC Comics’ greatest ever villains, The Joker, and it struck a chord with cinemagoers and led to incredible […]

Movie Trailers

Succumb to the darkness of Robert Eggers ‘Nosferatu’

October 1, 2024 Samuel Hames

‘He is coming.” Autuer horror filmmaker Robert Eggers takes audiences into the very abyss of darkness with his long-awaited passion project, Nosferatu, an adaptation of the seminal 1922 horror film F. W. Murnau Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The new trailer is utterly chilling to the bone. Watch the all-new trailer for Nosferatu here: Here’s the official synopsis: Robert […]

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Television Recaps

‘The Penguin’ – ‘Inside Man’ – Review

October 1, 2024 Samuel Hames

Episode One of HBO’s The Penguin started off with a hell of whack, and audiences were in no mistake that they were witnessing a full-on crime series that was not afraid to take the narrative into the gritty, dark unpleasantness of Gotham City’s Underworld and the man who desires to control of all of it. […]

British & Irish Film Festival LineUp 2024 SpicyPulp

Movie News

British & Irish Film Festival announces line-up for 2024

September 30, 2024 Samuel Hames

The British & Irish Film Festival is back for its second edition, bringing the best of the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) lineup to New Zealand cinemas as well as selected Cannes Film Festival favourites. From Kerikeri to Dunedin, the festival will screen from 23 October to 13 November, with five new locations making this […]

Movie Trailers

Witness war in the arena in the brand new trailer for ‘Gladiator II’

September 24, 2024 Samuel Hames

Sir Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is far and away our most anticipated film of 2024, and a brand new trailer has swept forward, and we’re eager to witness this monumental historical epic up on the big screen! This all-new trailer is packed full of dynamic action and sweeping character moments and gives a taste of the […]

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Witness war in the arena in the brand new trailer for ‘Gladiator II’