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“Obsession” is a pulpy, prodigious summer hit that checks boxes without posing any new questions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Perhaps I’m underestimating “Disclaimer,” Alfonso Cuarón’s pulpy psychological thriller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
It was just the tiniest edge of the leaf that had shriveled and curled under, but it was enough to see that the stem underneath was soft and pulpy.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
If the tone in this 1950s-set romantic drama is more genteel than in the Hitchcockian, far pulpier “Eileen,” they have many similarities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
But I can’t say I mind this new, pulpier version’s willingness to play to the groundlings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2016
Room did that expertly, but The Family is pulpier.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2016
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
I can see what they have done to Billy already; he's getting pulpier every day, and I don't believe his brain would ever work if I didn't keep stirring it up.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
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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