Sentences with phrase «lot of pop culture»

Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 The End of the Al and Tipper Gore Career Brand As a kid growing up in the 70s, a lot of the pop culture I embraced revolved around famous people who were married and worked together.

OLIVIER ZAHM — You incorporate a lot of pop culture into your work, but you've really stuck to the visual arts.

Scott goes ballistic over the Harry Potter franchise with Twilight, and other than that, a lot of pop culture discussion.

But this was the era of the campy Batman, which was influencing a lot of pop culture.

There's a whole lot of pop culture in every Murakami novel, but don't just eat the icing: there are more layers in this and every Murakami novel than in any of the cakes on those TV baking shows.

Instead, it crams in a lot of pop culture references and snarky humor (most of it painfully obvious) and calls it a day.

Iv not read «Ready Player one» (yeh yeh I know, go do it) But I gather there are a lot of pop culture references, I wonder how that will work out, I mean like in a IP rights sense.

And there were a lot of pop culture references: the defendants regularly used the term «ziti» in emails in reference to The Sopranos, where it was a code word for money.

Yes, there are lots of pop culture pictures and references of parents wearing their baby forward facing and some carrier brands even promote it in their marketing attempts.

Tl; dr - much tighter and polished movie than the first and delivered a very entertaining experience with lots of pop culture references as is de rigeur for Deadpool.

While Jack enjoys the life of an A-lister, Wray tours the sci - fi circuit as a guest of conventions, comic book stores, and lots of pop culture events.

The book, inspired by the author's own experience touring with a band, is set in the 1980s — which means lots of pop culture references (and no cell phones!).

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In my job with Esquire, I'm often called upon to be a cocktails expert (I direct most of the spirits / drinking coverage), a pop - culture expert (I direct a lot of the film / TV / music coverage) and a cars expert (I edit the cars column).

«The Dark Knight» has had a huge influence on pop culture, and it led to a lot of dark, gritty imitators who couldn't come close to pulling off the magic that Nolan and his cast and crew did here.

Share Facebook 214 Twitter 0 A lot happened this year in the world of pop culture.

If you're at all interested in pop culture, you've probably been hearing a lot of buzz about Steve McQueen's slavery epic, 12 Years a Slave.

Random Fact # 5 — I have not seen a lot of tv shows since I don't watch much tv but my brain is a sponge and soaks up random pop culture references.

The article quotes Jamie Broadnax, creator of «pop - culture website» Black Girl Nerds, who enthuses, «It's the first time in a very long time that we're seeing a film with centered black people, where we have a lot of agency... [The cast members] are rulers of a kingdom, inventors and creators of advanced technology.

The film makes use of some kick - ass cinematography (colorful imagery of the summer, and a picture that reflects childhood innocence), while the story sheds light on poverty, and the bad things that come along with it, and how it affects childhood, and for me, that is what pop culture nowadays would describe as «woke», because not a lot of films these days shed light on those important issues.

I, TONYA is actually a whole lot of fun with Gillespie turning this into a sprawling slice of pop - culture flashback, fusing the story with wall - to - wall songs from the era, and a constantly moving camera.

But one reason games like these never go out of style is that they're about a lot of things, like competition and quick strategizing and supreme knowledge of pop culture, that are now survival skills in many a corporate office -LSB-...]

Soderbergh's a rangy, hard - to - pin talent, but his list looks pretty similar to that of any other diligent consumer of pop - culture: O.J.: Made In America, Westworld, a whole lot of the Olympics, and Fury Road, among other movies and TV shows.

I was in college and Dan was in high school back then, and at those ages, a few years makes a whole lot of difference in pop culture perspective.

There might be a lot of unnecessary fecal matter jokes here, but there are more pop culture references involving beards and long hair (member of the Bee Gees, John Lennon, the fifth Beatle — take your pick).

I'll admit, I laughed at that joke — and at a lot of the jokes in «Ted 2» — but I'm also a longtime fan of MacFarlane's «Family Guy» for its energy, daring, rapid - fire pop - culture references and a willingness to go anywhere for a gag.

«Paranorman» is quirky little adventure that rides on a wave of ghoulish pop culture nostalgia with a lot of heart despite the flesh eating exterior.

Spielberg's attachment makes a lot of sense, given that he helped pave the pop - culture landscape on which the novel is built, and we'd never dream of skipping a new sci - fi tentpole from the director of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and E.Tof sense, given that he helped pave the pop - culture landscape on which the novel is built, and we'd never dream of skipping a new sci - fi tentpole from the director of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and E.Tof skipping a new sci - fi tentpole from the director of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and E.Tof Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and E.TOf The Third Kind and E.T..

These kinds of breezy pop - culture histories are usually a lot of fun, and this one delighted audiences at Sundance with its fast pace and animated interludes.

May 18, 2018 • Ryan Reynolds once again assumes the role of a deadly mercenary who makes many references to various pop culture properties while disemboweling folk a lot.

There are some good one - liners and a lot of amusing pop culture references.

May 15, 2018 • Ryan Reynolds once again assays the role of a deadly mercenary who makes many references to various pop culture properties while disemboweling folk a lot.

In the end, «Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp» gets a lot of mileage out of funny names, ridiculous pop culture references and wildly inconsistent accents (it's almost worth it just to hear Wain say «Freddy Fuddy Duddy» in a ridiculous Israeli cadence).

will find a lot to like here: bad taste gags and pop culture references abound, and some jokes — including a reference to one of cinema's more unconventional Westerns — rank among the funniest that MacFarlane has written in years.

Clearly, a lot has changed in the world of pop culture over the last two decades.

It is a tremendous tribute to the pop - culture of the 80s, but very well researched and a lot of fun.

I should feel guilty about this since everyone's by definition not at work while having lunch, but we don't always toss around game ideas; a lot of lunch hour discussions revolve around politics, pop culture and what have you.

-- Race Based difficulty in South Park — IT lives up to the hype apparently, too scared to watch by ourselves — Voltron Season 3 — WoW latest content — Star wars loses another director — lots of other banal pop culture chat

Video Game Roundtable Episode 255: Pop Culture This week's a lot of discussion of comic book movies, including the upcoming «Captain America: Civil War».

Crossing Souls is a really fun game to play, but there's no denying that a lot of its appeal comes from its constant pop culture references.

I really miss Junk Ball media which has lots of amazing in - depth videos about Star Trek and a few other pop - culture things.

We welcome David Carr back as guest co-host this episode and we talk a lot of MMO news plus a little of console gaming, pop culture and tech.

Fun concept, distinct appearance, no horrible pop - culture references (at least from what I've played), and it can be a lot of fun.

These usually have a lot of references to game / movie and music - pop culture.

This display encompasses many artists taking different political positions and of differing identities and backgrounds, but a lot of the work on display is looking at how social and political experience is reflected in broader visual culture, including pop culture.

In many ways a development of Pop art, his meticulous paintings (all based on photographs) celebrate sites of American popular culture, such as shop fronts, diners, internal spaces, parking lots, and street views.

«I told everyone before I left if there were lots of questions about pop culture I would be awesome at it because I probably read too many celebrity gossip blogs,» she says.

There are lots of topics we might go out of our way to try and impress our friends with a deep knowledge of, like politics, sports or pop culture, but health insurance isn't usually one of them.