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Peikoff also helpfully answers the burning pop - culture question: If the movie E.T. is anti-adult and anti-science — as, by objectivist philosophy, it clearly is — does that make it inherently evil and irrational?

CEOs can become larger - than - life pop culture figures, as evidenced by the not one, but two Steve Jobs movies coming out this year.

And then I went to a tiny Christian college and that's where I lost my faith, surrounded by Christians, with no influence of pop culture and not so much as one atheist in my circle of acquaintances.

Worse, some Christians (as in «Christian Rock») think they are coopting pop culture when, in fact, they are being coopted by it.

Inspired by Japan's vibrant pop culture, servers doubling as entertainers invite guests to partake in restaurant - wide camaraderie.

Colin, you are not only an excellent blogger, craftsman, artisan and dare I say, poet, but you are also a scholar of pop culture as demonstrated by your reference of probably one of the lamest blips of fame from this decade or the last (I can't remember which, but if my life was on the line, I'd guess the 90's).

He became a pop - culture as well as a legal star during his nearly eight years in office — not just by convicting Wall Street fraudsters, international arms dealers, and two of New York state's top - three politicians, but by doing it with a flair for the headline - stoking phrase.

To be fair, the same is often the case for humanities courses for science and engineering majors, but the big difference is that these students can not help but be bombarded by literature, music and art elsewhere as a part of the pop culture that permeates daily life.

The pop art movement took place primarily in the 1960s, and it is easily distinguished by its use of images, objects, and themes from popular culture as subject matter.

In the second half of the 20th century, the denim jacket became indelibly associated with pop culture as it was adopted by artists: beat intellectuals, rock stars, punks, bikers and hip - hop musicians.

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It's an important piece of hip - hop pop culture history and should probably printed off, frame - by - fame, unless the internet is blown up: Kelly Rowland Kelly Rowland is all candor as she discusses the trials of being a new mom, her days in Destiny's Child,...

Its drifting in and out of the soundtrack is partly a reminder of Lena's previous life, before Area X turned her world inside out — we hear CSN croon as she flashes back to goofy bedroom antics with her husband, military man Kane (Oscar Isaac), and it provides a sonic backdrop for Lena once that love is lost and she's left at home alone — but mostly the song is an artifact of pop - culture normalcy in a world defined by aberration.

Consequently, he developed an audacious fusion of pop culture and independent art house cinema; his films were thrillers that were distinguished as much by their clever, twisting dialogue as their outbursts of extreme violence.

The film is very much of its time, trying desperately for «cult» credibility as it is by casting Lemmy, Iggy Pop and that bloke from Fields Of The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culture.

56 years on it's still terrifying as hell, with its impact undiminished by decades of twists and turns being pop cultured to bloody death.

The Cabin In The Woods begins as a conventional horror movie then transforms into a genre - bending, mind - blowing experience that cleverly mixes screams with pop - culture wit as the scared teens are revealed to be watched by a group of technicians that control their every move behind the scenes.

Even with the mountain of Indian cinema and pop culture (music and cinema are everywhere by intent) information adding resonances I can not see, the film can easily travel anywhere, as organized crime is a universal cinematic language.

In an age where inexpensive, high - quality digital cameras have nominally evened the playing field between the big and small screens, Louis CK's show is one of the precious few that has any right being called «cinematic,» unfurling as a series of short films united by their maker's curiosity regarding family, pop culture and the contours of his narrow worldview.

The film's brilliance shines through in both versions - the complex pop culture references, the dizzying storyline, the celebrated clash of four - color heroics and messy real - world politics - topped by a performance from Jackie Earle Haley (playing the damaged vigilante Rorschach) as memorable as Heath Ledger's Joker.

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

One can potentially enjoy Ready Player One and see it as meaningless entertainment, but despite having fantastic visuals and great editing, the film is weighed down by so much nostalgia and never - ending pop culture references while being devoid of everything else.

So any kind of movie that combines the things that appeal to the target audiences of these pop culture trends is going to be held to a much higher standard by Vince than some whimsical kitchy Wes Anderson slog about daddy issues, with adults dressed as children in amateur theater in monotone.

Pirate Radio is neither historically accurate enough (it can't even stick to its year of 1966 to provide its tunes, some of which came out a little after («Jumpin» Jack Flash» is from 1968, as is «So Long, Marianne» by Leonard Cohen, to name but two) to provide interest in a bit of pop culture history, nor is it consistent enough to sustain its good cheer without collapsing from the weight of its own cutesy manipulations in its characters for laughs, It's not so much a story as it is a collection of sitcom moments meant to induce laughter and mirth, mixing it with all of the best rock tunes of its era.

It's still counted as a classic in animation, and its major influence on pop culture seems fitting given how well - regarded it is by critics.

Those rankled by pop - culture parody, for example, should run screaming, as that's pretty much the show's entire raison d'etre.

The performances stand for themselves as milestones in American pop culture; what endures is the heartbreak offered by what is essentially an editor's film: all intuitive juxtaposition, and brilliant.

Additionally, more of the film's best pop culture easter eggs are provided, as the trailer's title Come With Me, is set to a slow cover of «Pure Imagination» made famous by Gene Wilder in 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Aniston is perhaps best known as Rachel on «Friends — an NBC sitcom that has earned itself a permanent presence in American pop culture, despite ending a decade ago — but hopes to continue to change that by disappearing «a little deeper» into different roles.

Directed by franchise newcomers Joe and Anthony Russo, the movie evokes paranoid pop culture landmarks such as «All the President's Men» and «Three Days of the Condor,» and not just in its casting of Robert Redford in a pivotal role.

As the fall progressed, however, he realized the new Spanish textbooks adopted by the school district included references to many of the pop - culture questions from the pre-test.

Pop - cultured themed materials engage students as they learn in areas targeted by the built in diagnostic assessment.

That's why it was no surprise that the National Corvette Museum would play host over the weekend to the second Vette City Con, described in a story by The Bowling Green Daily News as «an eclectic mix of pop culture that brought comic book lovers, science fiction fans and pop art aficionados» to the NCM.

The ladies receive some coverage, too (Mickey Wright, Annika Sorenstam, Paula Creamer, etc.), plus there are endless sidebars focusing on equipment, golf in pop culture, the game as played by our presidents and, in one really surprising photo, the game as played by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro!

This real event has even become the stuff of pop culture, making its way into films and television, and Rowling delighted fans by writing commentary articles as though she was a sports reporter covering the event.

Bound together by their outsider spirits and a mutual love of 1980s pop culture, Coy and Monroe are each other's closest confidants as they transition into high school.

With a script by a famous Japanese writer and a game overflowing with Western pop - culture influences, EarthBound stands out as one of Nintendo's most fascinating localization projects ever.

And as a pop culture hound, he's always being influenced by what's new in the media, be it music, television, film, or otherwise.

The formula for Lego games should be familiar by now: take a pop culture universe, render its characters and world with the titular Danish building blocks, add in a healthy dose of slapstick humor and as many collectibles as you can stuff on a disc, and ship it.

Star Wars originated in 1977 upon the release of the first Star Wars film later sub-titled as A New Hope which was created, written and directed by George Lucas with a budget of $ 11 million actually earned $ 775.4 million at the box office; securing its place in pop culture.

Although Suda51 isn't on record as the mastermind behind Let It Die — he's listed as Executive Director — the game is distinguished by the same off - kilter sense of humor and pop culture pastiches that characterized Grasshopper games such as Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw.

On the heels of «Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,» the book — published by the New Museum and the MIT Press — explores trans identity in art and pop culture, particularly as it relates to activism, performance, and police brutality.

The individual likenesses (artist peers like Faith Ringgold and Nancy Spero were joined as the decades progressed by icons of pop culture such as Yoko Ono, Grace Jones, and Faye Dunaway) dissolved into a complex biomorphic hallucination.

Saul is often associated with the Chicago Imagists, a group of artists typically defined by their Post-War tradition of fantasy - based art - making rooted in surrealism, pop culture, and the grotesque, as well as the Funk Artists of the San Francisco Bay Area.

In his photography, sculpture, installations, and works on paper, Breuning merges humor, kitsch, and pop culture to investigate the relationship between high and low art, often calling into question our assumptions regarding historically designated «masterpieces» by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.

Influenced equally by the history of painting as by the pulp imagery of pop - culture, Trenton Doyle Hancock transforms traditionally formal decisions — such as the use of color, language and pattern — into opportunities...

The process by which the artworks are cast in urethane add to the blankness, as the artist has to fill in the puff stickers with paint to recapture the pop culture icons and weather them to recreate the look of the original.

Described by the UICA as having «elements of humor, horror, and pop culture,» the collection is diverse in its subject matter, presenting compelling images that demand a second — if not third or fourth — look.

Often called «pop artists», they saw mass popular culture as the main vernacular culture, shared by all irrespective of education.

Edited by an internationally recognized expert on Pop art and culture, this book surveys Pop across all artforms and gives equal coverage to its American, British and European manifestations Survey: Renowned scholar and critic Hal Foster focuses on the Pop image as it developed over the period: Reyner Banham, The Independent Group and Pop Design; Richard Hamilton and the Tabular Image; Roy Lichtenstein and the Screened Image; Andy Warhol and the Seamy Image; Gerhard Richter and the Photogenic Image; Ed Ruscha and the Cineramic Image; Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and the Postmodern Absorption of Pop.