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pulpy

[puhl-pee] / ˈpʌl pi /


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Shaboozey has cited Leone and Quentin Tarantino as inspirations in his work, and the new collection is stuffed—some will say overstuffed—with pulpy cinematic flourishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Perhaps I’m underestimating “Disclaimer,” Alfonso Cuarón’s pulpy psychological thriller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

But this is proper Serena van der Woodsen stuff, the kind of pulpy insanity that Lively cut her teeth on.

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

These are powerful tools for filmmakers who play around in the pulpier genres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

Lin would also wholeheartedly embrace the pulpier aspects of Indiana Jones and could be counted on to deliver something fun and fast-paced.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020

“Melodrama” bristles with pulpy romance and pulpier romantic disaster, rendered by a performer not content with the usual language they inspire.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017

He likes to experiment with writing styles and readers may have to pause and think more than they do with pulpier fare.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2016

Hard-rinded himself, but not without a generous juice within, he would have found it hard to believe that pulpier fruits existed, with a stone inside he would but crack his teeth upon.

From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions

This textured NYC thriller has the pulpiest of set-ups: a young Chinese girl is lost and alone on the streets, pursued by the Triads and crooked cops.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2019

But “Battlefield Earth” is also an incredibly exciting book, pulp of the pulpiest order.

From Salon ● May 24, 2012




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