Sentences with phrase «of other pop culture»

I've been writing about games for about 20 years now, although I've also written about tons of other pop culture subjects like horror films.

Miyamoto and Suda 51 are one thing (well, two, technically) but they paled in comparison to some of the other pop culture heavyweights I met over the years.

Many of the levels are spoofs of other pop culture as well, such as the E3 2017 trailer showing «Murder on the Owl Express.»

Her work first became popular (and controversial) not because she took J.K. Rowling's world and imagined all - new stories, but because she used it as a template in which she could fit in all of her other pop culture fandom — inserting quippy exchanges from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and passages from authors like Pamela Dean (as this expose detailed) with only minimal changes.

It has dozens of other pop culture gags that anyone should get (including the most freaky vision of Scooby Doo to date).

The revelation, then, is that the Silver Snail is much better positioned for the future than HMV or a host of other pop culture purveyors — see Borders, Blockbuster and so on.

Not exact matches

On this particular walk, I had popped into the Silver Snail and HMV, both purveyors of pop culture that sit across the street from each other.

What came next was a genius mashing of literary and pop culture references including Charles Dickens» novel «A Tale of Two Cities,» Dr. Seuss» «Green Eggs and Ham,» «The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,» «The Lion King,» and many others.

«He is wired into the pulse of pop culture like few others in the world,» says Coke's Kent.

For me (and many others) it is not about the sexuality of the performance (this is something we've become accustomed to seeing from pop - stars), but the exploitation of black culture.

Others have written eloquently of the way in which Andraé Crouch's own musical compositions have had a broader impact on American culture, through his cross over into pop music and his musical arrangements for movies like The Color Purple and The Lion King.

A frequently fascinating romp through American culture with the emphasis on pop culture (some would say there is no other kind), showing the myriad ways in which the figure of Jesus has been detached from theological or churchly connections to become an icon for the promotion of almost anything.

Right as I took the pops out of their mold, Paloma ate one with an impressive speed and proceeded to ask for another, which I gave her with no hesitation, as the pops are full of organic berries, acidophilus and other beneficial yogurt cultures.

It's a social pattern that has been a central theme of television shows such as «Modern Family,» «The Office,» «Sex & the City,» «Will & Grace,» and other pop culture movies and television programs for years.

Do you love bright pops of color paired with exciting and unique decor elements from other cultures?

He draws his inspiration from the 80's culture with, on the one hand, SF and Horror movies (Blade Runner, Halloween, The Thing), and on the other, the 70's with the italian Giallos of Dario Argento and the dark era of pop - occult culture that ensues.

I'm a youngin who grew up on Harry Potter thanks to my awesome older sister, and eventually branched out and discovered other awesome forms of media and pop culture!

I am a fun outgoing person who has been into anime, manga, j - pop, and any other aspect of culture for years.

NJ About Blog A blog for news, reviews, previews, and interviews about baseball lit and other items of pop culture interest.

Pop culture geeks will enjoy the only other performance worth metioning, that of William Demarest, Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons as Ann Margaret's crusty papa.

This wry, wonderfully detailed film catches the enormous imbalance of a morose teen with no life experience other than the thousands of fictional and pop - culture references that fill his head and his room: A sketch of Woody Allen's head hangs over Oliver's bed.

This film really is a piece of history, an old iconic pop culture movie that has inspired so many other ideas in various formats.

To anyone new to Stranger Things Imagine ET, Aliens, The Goonies, The Thing, IT and many other 80's -90's Science Fiction / Horror films books mixed together that was infused of so many pop culture references from the same time that they become hard to keep track of at times well THAT is pretty much Stranger Things in a Nutshell!

More than any other type of songwriting, rap lyrics are peppered with pop culture references, from movies to cars to sports to fashion to other rap songs.

Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's pop culture paean Ready Player One (00:46), Aki Kaurismäki's wry Finnish comedy - drama The Other Side of Hope (05:49), Ruben Östlund's wry Swedish comedy - drama The Square (08:08), Armando Iannucci's wry Russian comedy - satire The Death of Stalin (11:51), and Garth Davis's non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene (14:32).

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.

A concise summary of the «plot» of Meet the Spartans is not possible, but suffice it to say that the film generally follows the outline of last year's 300, with detours along the way to reference other recent films and pop culture icons.

The hilarious jokes and jabs are there (with plenty of references to other movies) and so are the many, many zippy pop culture references that go flying by, begging for repeat viewings.

These findings indicate that men hold the higher status titles of film critic or critic in categories other than film including television critic, music critic, theatre critic, pop culture critic, and media critic.

Rochelle and Lee look back at some of this month's new releases, as they debate Steven Spielberg's pop culture paean Ready Player One, Aki Kaurismäki's wry Finnish comedy - drama The Other Side of Hope, Ruben Östlund's wry Swedish comedy - drama The Square, Armando Iannucci's wry Russian comedy - satire The Death of Stalin, and Garth Davis's non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene.

Additionally, prepare yourself for plenty of references to other video games and plenty of pop culture franchises.

They give good commentary, chatting about this and that without leaving much in the way of dead air, and the fact that the conversation frequently ranges way beyond Chopping Mall to consider other films and pop - culture markers from the era (programmable robot toys, FANGORIA magazine, the long, slow demise of Radio Shack) is frankly a relief given the sheer quantity of content here.

Play as one of many famous, but for legal purposes, slightly different pop culture icons and verbally spar with other Hollywood elitists using a deep battle system.

Marketing aside, Ready Player One also has the disadvantage of being adapted from Ernest Cline's dreadful novel, which reads less like prose and more like a laundry list of pop culture references colliding into each other.

Other films earning multiple nominations, but absent from the Best Picture field, include Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, with six nominations, Steve Jobs, which landed acting and ensemble recognition, Creed, Ryan Coogler's rebranding of the Rocky franchise (3 nominations), and the pop culture movie of the year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which rallied for four technical nominations.

Whenever a well - known role is up for grabs, especially when its a comic book character or some other pop - culture icon, stories seem to flood forth from every last corner of the press and blogosphere.

I walked into «Shrek Forever After» expecting another tired retread, coasting on pop culture references, familiar catchphrases and various other random gags, but devoid of a story truly worth telling and unable to make the characters feel fresh again.

But in this film more than the last, director Keenen Ivory Wayans and the writing crew headed by stars Shawn and Marlon Wayans depend on tangents based on non-genre films and other pop culture items of the moment.

He also writes about film, pop and geek culture, gaming, books and the arts for The New York Times, BoingBoing, wired.com, Salon.com, PsychologyToday.com, WBUR's «Cognoscenti,» and GeekDad, and has also contributed to Playboy, National Geographic Traveler, Christian Science Monitor, Psychology Today, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and Washington Post, Time Out and Fodor's, among dozens of other magazines, newspapers, websites and guidebooks worldwide.

The giant designs in the graphic novel and upcoming big - screen adaptation take inspiration from other giant monsters in pop culture, like the Ents from Lord Of The Rings, or the kaijū from Pacific Rim, but as the creators tell us, the designs Niimura originally came up with were a bit more phallic.

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.

«I, Tonya», on the other hand, is a fearless and inventive examination of the characters and events surrounding one of the biggest scandals in the history of American pop culture.

Perhaps it's a personal bias, but animated television seemed to be a greater part of pop culture in the 1980s than any other decade.

Those not quite in tune may miss out on some of the gags, but may still enjoy the more modern comedy styles in other capacities, which is to throw in as much envelope - pushing vulgarity, F - bombs, and pop culture references as possible.

A self - centered, pop - cultured rich girl who hides her ditziness with a large vocabulary and of - the - moment slang, Cher tries to do some good for others for a change.

Regardless, this slice of pop culture goodness has gotten me excited for the revival of everyone's favorite plucky blonde detective... and has made me wonder about other TV shows that deserve a similar second chance in movie theaters:

On the other hand, if you enjoy post-modern dissections of pop - culture, this is definitely the film for you.

It's a perennial love of pop culture lovers like ourselves (and many other outlets) to celebrate Marvel's latest cinematic offering with another thing we love: ranking their films.

Cinema is an art form unlike any other, one that swirls disparate forms of expression — music, sound, writing, performance, photography — into one special medium that's helped define global pop culture for the last 100 years.

His previous endeavors include writing on sports, general pop culture, celebrity gossip and various other forms of mindless distraction.