Sentences with phrase «at cult status»

People are becoming increasingly disillusioned by the buzz surrounding the launch of new products, and here Samsung's witty advert pokes fun at the cult status of some of the trendiest new products on the market.

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By the time of his final game, at home to Fulham, Repka had turned around the widely held liability status of his early Hammers career into one of cult hero.

Nothing is impossible, but at present even Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is split on the issue, with Jeremy Corbyn still intent on leaving the single market (although this could also change given his newly found cult status among the younger generation [3]-RRB-.

There's another book being published that deserves at least as much attention as Tetlock's and should establish similar cult status.

Rebounding (e.g. jumping up and down on a trampoline), for one, has attained something of akin to cult status, and anecdotal evidence at least suggests there might be something in it.

While I like coconut oil a lot and use it quite liberally at times, I don't believe it's going to cure all disease or that it should be elevated to a kind of cult status.

A fragrance is worthy of cult - status if its love at first whiff by not just you but everyone that comes within your radius.

And if you are a beauty enthusiast, then it's likely that you can rattle off a list of the brand's other most popular products, many of which have also achieved cult - like status (we're looking at you, Jungle Red).

At the heart of conceptual fashion label Maison Margiela is a longstanding desire to question the status quo and it is this inquisitive mindset that has propelled the avant - garde design house to cult status.

While it underperformed at the box office it has gained a cult status in the likes of Rocky Horror Picture Show with midnight screenings throughout the year and country and people dressing up as characters from the musical.

The story of the making of «The Room,» a 2003 move that while generally considered amateurish at best has achieved cult status.

Duncan Jones» latest science fiction effort was moderately budgeted at just over $ 32 million, so this will make a quiet profit and cement Jones» cult status following Moon.

While a critical misfire at the time of its release, there is a following among action fans that pushed Point Break up to cult camp status, and no less than three films in recent years have paid major homage to it (Hot Fuzz, Brice de Nice, and Fulltime Killer).

Within six months, the film was premiering at Cannes, beginning a year - long whirlwind that culminated in the film's immediate cult status on its release back in the spring, and has put Saulnier (who also served as the movie's stellar DP) on just about everyone's one - to - watch lists.

Last night I was at Midnight Madness, the fevered late night cult screening strand that has legendary status worldwide for genre fans.

Why It Could Succeed: After directing three highly - respected films that have reached cult status in their own special way, Spike Jonze's latest effort has fans of his offbeat style salivating at the mouth.

I know I told everyone I could to go see it, and hopefully it at least gains some cult status when it inevitably gets rushed off to DVD.

Sporadic «jaggies» and some light banding aside, the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer of The Chumscrubber proper is impeccable, while the accompanying Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is quite playful, particularly whenever the titular post-apocalyptic superhero — yeah, there are a few desperate bids for cult status, but at least Thumbsucker's insufferable New York - as - Shangri - La subtext is studiously avoided — rears his head.

A blockbuster facing a mixed press at the time, but finding near cult status twenty years later.

Highly controversial at the time of release, its shocking take on violence and unwavering dark humour have earned it cult status.

I would say that it probably helps if you're at least familiar with the story of The Room's cult status, but even if you aren't this is a great film.

Look at a film like Attack the Block, a small film with a cult status.

Aiming squarely at midnight - movie cult status, it seals the deal by bolstering its baked college humor with copious sex scenes between its aesthetically gifted cast members — in a liberal spectrum of gender combinations.

Unhinged, like a rabid dog running around that you still have the urge to pet, this anti-hero buddy cop movie has cult status written all over it, giving us a good hard look at the funny side of Alexander Skarsgard and reminding us that Michael Pena is a comedic national treasure.

The AMC Eagle and the Audi quattro didn't show up till 1980, and by then Subaru had a lock on the AWD - car niche and was on its way to cult status, at least in the snow belt.

Known for its outstanding reliability and zero headache maintenance, the City has developed cult status and when Honda parked the new fourth generation City in our long term garage, we were more than happy to have India's favourite mid-size sedan at our disposal.

«I am convinced that with its passionate design, its high - quality interior and its modesty at the fuel station it will continue to provide an enormous amount of fun on the road in future, too, consolidating its status as a cult roadster.»

This is where Mr Tee, who obtained cult status with self penned ditties such as «Chorp, chorp, chorp» i.e Like, like, like» at Monkey Island Resort on Koh Mak, now has his own bar with live reggae music in the evening.

2015 was a massive year for them, with OlliOlli2 resting at a chart topping 86 % on Metacritic and NOT A HERO receiving rave reviews and immediate cult status.

The game achieved a cult status for its unique use of a bionic arm with an attached grapple that was used to swing through a level instead of the usual jumping that was more common in 2 - D platformers at the time.

The Lost Planet series has a bit of a funny place in the gaming market - with fairly low sales, they have reached something of a cult status, and with me being a part of that niche market, I was glad to hear that Capcom decided to have a third crack at Akrid hunting on E.D.N. III.

Despite its status as a cult gem in the SNES» library, Earthbound sold like trout yogurt when it originally released in North America in 1995, at the tail - end of the Super Nintendo's lifespan.

It had captured many hearts of the gamers at that time by offering action like never seen before.The game had gained an almost cult status due to its death - defying stunts that players could pull off while trying to survive in network battles.

Coffee Stain Studios however have pulled off this feat when an internal game jam went viral, and, in what seemed like a gag at first because they published it to Windows PCs on the 1st April, quickly gained cult status as people realised it was an actual game.

At least its cult status makes me feel cool for having played it...

The film presaged YouTube, and won him art world cult status — not to mention a berth in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, at the age of 25.

The exhibition at the Society Club in Soho features 18 limited edition darkroom prints taken from Griffin's highly sought after out - of - print book, © Brian Griffin 1978, which was created in collaboration with artist Barney Bubbles, who had achieved cult status for his illustrations of punk record sleeves.

A decade later his Cowboys based on Marlboro cigarette advertisements quickly achieved cult status and were amongst the highlights of the group exhibition That's the Way We Do It at Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2011.

Pettibon at 871: We see little locally of the work of Raymond Pettibon, considering that he lives in Los Angeles and has risen to near art cult status since 1990.

So even though almost nobody saw the movie at a first - run theater, it's taken on a cult status as a dystopian premonition of where America might be headed.

President Trump has railed against fake news, tweeting about it at least 140 times, conferring international cult status upon the term.