Pulp Kitchen: A Film Podcast

That’s right… 250 episodes!

We can’t believe it either.Now, five years into Pulp Kitchen, we’re taking a moment to look back at how we got here… the highs, the lows, and everything we’ve learned from running this podcast. We share some of our favourite moments from the last five years and reflect on how much the show has changed. Plus, we respond to your voice notes!We genuinely wouldn’t be here without you. Whether you’ve been listening for a few weeks or you’ve been with us for years, it means the world to us that you’ve joined us on this journey. We’ve got so much exciting stuff coming very soon, and we can’t wait to share more.

Here’s to the next 250!

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Anne Hathaway is back in 2026 with another film! This time with VERITY. Also starring Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett. Plus, David Ayer reunites with Brad Pitt for the canine survival adventure HEART OF THE BEAST. James has seen the film and is reporting back with his thoughts — as both a film fan and a massive dog lover.

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Tom Cruise is back on the big screen in DIGGER, his latest collaboration with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

In this spoiler-free review, we break down the film’s wild performances, distinctive cinematography, dark humour and unconventional style, and discuss whether this is one of the strangest films of Tom Cruise’s career.

DIG in and enjoy!

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George runs through some more of the major films he saw in Toronto at TIFF 2026. Some good, some bad... including:

Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother - a Mahershala Ali family crime drama
Misty Green - a Chris Rock-directed Hollywood satire featuring Adam Driver, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, and starring Slow Horses' Rosalind Eleazar
Babies - comedy starring Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick
Evil Genius - bizarre true-crime story with David Harbour and Patricia Arquette, and directed by Courteney Cox.

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This week, we met Tom Cruise. Yes, actual Tom Cruise.

We tell the full story of how it happened, what he was like, and try to process meeting one of the biggest movie stars on the planet.

We catch up on all your emails, and of course end with a game.

Stay tuned for our review of Digger next week!

00:00:00 - Meeting Tom Cruise
00:34:17 - Emails
01:00:13 - Game

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