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 […]
‘Nomadland’ – Review
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 […]
‘The Croods: A New Age’ – Review
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 […]
‘The Mandalorian’ – Season Two – ‘The Rescue’ – Review
It’s all led to this. The final episode of The Mandalorian Season Two is here in ‘Chapter 16: The Rescue’ and director Peyton Reed returns to direct in a show-stopping series finale that finds the Mandalorian,Din Djarin, hunting down Moff Gideon to rescue his son. And this one takes the concept of both Star Wars […]
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ – Review
2020 has been a year for the history books, and it’s been some time since we’ve had the energy, fun and enjoyment of big-screen, blockbuster entertainment. But now Patty Jenkins and her amazing cast including Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal are ready to bring the rush of blockbuster entertainment back to […]