"Movie references" refers to mentioning or imitating specific scenes, lines, characters, or events from movies in various forms of media, conversations, or writing.
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It also helped that my friends and I often have game nights and we watch a lot of movies, so the frequent game /
movie references really worked for us.
A 24 - hour montage of clips from thousands
of movies referencing time of day, the film by Christian Marclay is playing in its entirety six Saturdays at the SFMOMA.
This mixed in
with movie references and witty dialogue, makes for a refreshingly funny, comedic experience.
We
get movie references, some terrific music and the main characters are always reeling off pieces of trivia, which will almost definitely become important pub ammo for the evening.
It's all riffs on where Steven Spielberg got all his hit movie ideas (his voice is heard in a phone call with Paul),
movie references from «E.T. and «Starman» to «Raiders of the Lost Ark» and even «Lorenzo's Oil» and half - hearted shots at the Comic Conning of America.
This open - world LEGO adventure allows fans and newcomers to explore the sprawling metropolis that is LEGO ® CITY with more than 20 unique districts to investigate, filled with car thieves to bust, vehicles to navigate, mischievous aliens to capture,
hilarious movie references to discover, lost pigs to rescue and of course, hundreds of collectibles.
Vanessa Taylor co-wrote the screenplay with Del Toro, who packs in lots of
movie references for geeks just like him.
As a test, the fourth - floor photography galleries have been open all night every Saturday for viewing of the Garry Winogrand retrospective, and «The Clock,» Christian Marclay's 24 - hour video installation that
uses movie references to account for every minute of the day and night.
Considering Rockstar's well documented obsession with stuffing
movie references into its works, would you really be surprised if Red Dead 3 went all Daniel Plainview on us and centred on competing oil barons who are violently vying for petroleum deposits?
The gag reel surfaced on YouTube, which shows Ryan Reynolds dropping
obscure movie references like The Golden Child, along with his unique Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation.
Ryan finding romance in the mature Sarah instead of selfie - obsessed Instagram models, Kevin and Michelle gobbling up
movie references like hungry hippos.
Tim Burton's «Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children» is a showcase for spectacular visual effects, a top notch production design, and
endless movie references (I could swear the opening scene was straight out of Ed Wood's «Plan 9 from Outer Space».
The title of The Last
Silent Movie references silent movies of the early twentieth century, in which speakers are pictured but not heard; their words are conveyed through subtitles.
The GOP candidate also caused some backlash for himself with his own
movie reference on Monday.
He's totally hilarious, and the fact that he floated the idea of naming his second book Sexy 2: Electric Vindaloo means that we are kindred spirits, because if you find a way to toss this
particular movie reference into a conversation, I will totally be your BFF.
But if you're not ready to go all in cheetahlicious (if you're picking up this Disney Channel
Original Movie reference, let's be best friends) just yet, a simple touch like a clutch or scarf is the perfect way to transition into the print!
I would say one of the things that stops it from getting a better rating is that there are too many of those references, and you forget whether you are watching a scary movie or watching a Scary Movie, which was intended to make lots of
horror movie references and mock them.
And in this version, he's also trailed
by movie references: Monument Valley settings straight out of John Ford Westerns, stunts with locomotives cribbed from Buster Keaton's «The General,» a one - legged madam who would seem «Alice in Wonderland» - esque even if she weren't being played by Helena Bonham Carter and antagonist - buddy routines for the lawman ranger and the outlaw Indian straight out of Laurel and Hardy.
The iconic, LA stories by these filmmakers are just the surface layer of
interlaced movie references which seep into the marrow of this strange movie.
There's a clever little meta streak that runs through «Peter Rabbit,» especially among the wildlife, who snark and joke and talk about their «character flaws,» make
war movie references, and «pour one out» for their fallen homie Mr. McGregor, all while bopping along to endless pop and hip - hop tunes.
I have no witticisms or
insightful movie references or rallying words or anything to offer in the wake of our national tragedy this morning...
As the film proceeds, the favoring of
mainstream movie references extends to Bertolucci's own oeuvre: the Paris flat reminds me of settings in The Conformist, the incest evokes Before the Revolution and Luna, Theo's Maoist baggage takes us back to The Last Emperor, a desert tent in the siblings» flat alludes to The Sheltering Sky, and Matthew's espousal of nonviolence suggests Little Buddha.
The sarcastic, quippy, red - suited burn victim who can't die is one of those guys who
substitutes movie references for a personality and thinks he's a lot funnier than he actually is.
Director Alfonso Gomez - Rejon has slipped in lots of
sly movie references in «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.»
A solid cast of comedy actors lend their voices to the supporting characters, including Michael Peña, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods and Fred Armisen, but the film loses them in the cacophony of kung
fu movie references, colourful action and fitfully funny comic set pieces.
It is set primarily in 1930s Hollywood, enabling the writer - director, who narrates the film but does not appear in it, to trot out the jazz standards and
old movie references that have always colored his tastes.
Kanye West talks about the Sunken Place in his new song «Watch,» and it's far from the
first movie reference he's made.
Instead, the film is primarily constructed as a valentine to the fantasy genre, showing more interest dreaming up
inside movie references than one - liners.
David Robert Mitchell's latest is hypnotic, spiraling and deliriously high on its own supply of amateur -
sleuth movie references.
It might sound like an
Avengers movie reference, but Volvo is deadly serious about the «Thor's hammer» LED running lights
What if I told you that there was a way to combine the over the top (
movie reference intended) action of arm wrestling with the classic puzzle competition of multi-player Tetris?
Rango was a cool but weird movie, with a nice mix of animal fun, trippy sequences,
marvellous movie references, and some great voice acting.
Back to the Future license plate found in Lego Jurassic World Easter eggs
containing movie references are very abundant within the games industry.
Indeed it gets the full treatment complete with tongue - in - cheek takes on the 80's with pop - culture and
cheesy movie references and quotes, over the top action and larger than life characters all to a neon backdrop.
LEGO CITY Undercover allows fans and newcomers of all ages to explore the sprawling metropolis that is LEGO CITY with more than 20 unique districts to investigate, filled with car thieves to bust, vehicles to navigate, mischievous aliens to capture,
hilarious movie references to discover, lost pigs to rescue and of course, hundreds of collectibles.
The tale of two twentysomethings forced to pretend they're dating in order to keep their pricey flat, the series is stuffed
with movie references and in - jokes guaranteed to appeal to your inner spod.