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Pulp Consumption: The Dark Crystal

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

“The Dark Crystal,” for anyone that doesn’t know, was a 1982 film by Jim Henson that follows Jen, the presumed last of the Gelflings, as he tries to fulfill a prophecy. The prophecy in question relates to the titular Dark … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Posted on May 27, 2019 by

So we’ve talked about John Wick before, but with Chapter 3: Parabellum having just been released, we figured it would be a good idea to revisit the franchise. Some spoilers will follow. For anyone that doesn’t know- John Wick, prior … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups)

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) is a French language ahistorical fantastic retelling of the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan. It is what happens when French moviemakers (director/co-writer Christophe Gans and story creator/co-writer Stéphane Cabel) emulate Chinese wuxia, Gothic … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Kung Fu Hustle

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

Pulp Appeal: Kung-Fu Hustle KUNG FU HUSTLE, directed, produced, written and starring Stephen Chow, is perhaps the most over-the-top, troperific, batshit insane kung fu movie to not strictly be a parody. It features dancing criminal gangs, old kung fu masters … Continue reading →

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Pulp Consumption: Fletch

Posted on June 25, 2018 by

We talk a lot about movies and tv shows here, and you might think we don’t read much pulp, but we do and are. Both Matt and I recently picked up a collection of Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin stories … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Black Christmas

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

Bob Clark’s[1] Black Christmas is a 1974 slasher flick widely considered to be one of the inspirations for John Carpenter’s masterpiece Halloween. While it is not the first of the slasher flicks, it is early enough to have had a … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Ghostbusters

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

When an ancient Lovecraftian-style evil rears its head in New York, who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters, of course! What, you don’t consider Ghostbusters to reside under the pulp umbrella? I can only assume you skipped over nearly every piece … Continue reading →

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