Sentences with phrase «on pop culture references»

None of the jokes stand on their own as jokes; they depend on the usual boys» bathroom humor and on pop culture references that range from a bit outdated to very outdated.

While other animation companies are making films on computers with scripts that focus on pop culture references, the punk rockers at Aardman Animation are doing it, as Sid Vicious once sang with no reverence to Frank Sinatra, their way.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Ferdinand is an enjoyable enough film, as far as ones with a bit too much focus on pop culture references and overly bright colors go.

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.

The script leans heavily on pop culture references — a plague of just about every recent comedy — but it isn't entirely lazy, with successful sight gags and one painfully realistic failed round of Celebrity.

The shows are super smart, so while adults are appreciating the intelligent references, kids are enjoying the ensemble's physicality and their spot - on pop culture references,» explains Karin McKie, managing director of ComedySportz Chicago.

BuzzFeed relies heavily on pop culture references and popular media topics (again, see the «Men in Black» article referenced above), as the numbers show that these posts get the most traction among the site's readers.

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You can get lines from Shakespeare, science jokes, and fun pop culture references on the mug.

His character and personality produced several infamous anecdotes and references in pop culture, including appearances on various TV shows.

From pop culture references to callbacks to other Marvel movies, the newest superhero addition has some fun details that fans might not have picked up on.

Or, even worse, they just hear about trolls or pop culture references taking off on Twitter and don't see how it can help their businesses.

We've chosen the categories: best celebrity / brand personality appearance, best pop - culture reference, best use of animals, best use of special effects and best variation on the Super Bowl theme.

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).

So annealed into pop culture are the five stages of grief — introduced in the 1960s by Swiss - born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler - Ross based on her studies of the emotional state of dying patients — that they are regularly referenced without explication.

Steig's spiky illustrations and witty text has been amplified by the gleaming, bombastically hyperreal texture of big screen animation, the piling - on of movie references, boomer music cues, snipes at Disney animated characters and pop culture gags.

In Smith's script, curse words and pop culture references trip over one another on their way to flat, uninspired punchlines.

There are some pop culture references to the 1970s, with Heart's «Barracuda» and Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» featured on the soundtrack, but there's never the sense of a movie begging for laughs by throwing in anachronisms.

When it comes to animated flicks, studios must be tempted to cobble together a clichà © - laden script, toss in some pop culture references for the mums and dads, pile on the celeb names, stick it in 3D and hope that the punters will roll in.

If you're looking for an animation that is rife with pop culture references and riffs on fairytales; save yourself the agony and watch Shrek instead.

Refreshing, in these times, to find a spoof on a genre of films that isn't just a rattling off of pop culture references and obvious sight gags, though Shaun of the Dead is still a favorite for many audiences.

The novel is built entirely on nostalgia and pop culture references — particularly video game references — making it a bit of a tricky adaptation given the various licensing hurdles involved.

While the script does present a realistic take on the chaos of life with little ones as far as this writer can tell (full disclosure: I am nobody's mother), it still conforms to the tired comedy mandate that at least a half - dozen contemporary pop - culture references must be inserted into the average feature - length script.

The rowdy screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick («The Real Villains» according to the opening credits) is full of viciously fun winks at countless pop culture references («Yentl» gets particular attention), but it's never funnier than when it turns on itself.

The combination should appease fans of the series who get a hard - on for pop culture references and extreme meta humor.

You don't have to place any limits on decorum, or what might pop into his head, what reference he might make to pop culture.

Like a British variation on Team America, this loudly hilarious wartime romp pushes its parallel - reality scenario in some very funny directions, although it perhaps relies too much on postmodern pop - culture references.

Adults are also targeted by most of the forced pop culture references too current to have used on the last movie: nods to Charlie Sheen, Sarah Palin, a double rainbow, and The Most Interesting Man in the World.

Its light influence on British pop culture recalls the occasional «Starsky & Hutch» references we find in the United States.

You can see the Tarantino touch in his pop - culture references, entertaining dialogue digressions, and inspired celeb guest spots (Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, John Saxon), but his real contribution is the way he connects to the characters and draws on their backstories while they search for their kidnapped colleague (George Eads).

Sam doesn't know who Samuel L. Jackson is — and doesn't get any pop - culture reference these guys throw at her — because she actually studied and immersed herself in the classics and didn't waste her youth sitting on her ass on the couch watching bad television.

While most have gone cold on the director (myself included), Vanilla Sky offers up a waking nightmare of a world populated by countless pop culture references and shifting identities.

Elsewhere, the narrator explains that a very bloody scene is an homage to Nightmare on Elm Street, and there are»80s pop culture references dotted throughout.

Leaning heavily on the same kind of pop culture references that made the early seasons of «Community» so enjoyable, «Rick and Morty» is like a vulgar love letter to science fiction, from its «Doctor Who» - inspired theme song, to its blatant similarities to «Back to the Future.»

The ingredients are there for this movie to be lazily labelled Tarantinoesque, the stylized violence, the dark humour and even the Pop culture references, but there's something very different about this movie, that I suspect has something to do with a very specific Nordic sensibility that I can't quite put my finger on.

The talking bear becomes an instant celebrity and is even booked on the Johnny Carson show... the first of many 1980's pop culture references.

The humor is actually a bit better, and I found myself amused on a handful of occasions at the parodies and pop culture references that are sprinkled throughout the film.

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.

Between the Roland Barthes reference, pop culture digs, and its steady parade of players on the stage, it feels as though a single review can hardly do the film justice.

As with Magnolia and Punch - Drunk Love, the filmmaker has created another vivid Los Angeles, one that doesn't lean too hard on its pop - culture references to TV's Adam - 12 or Neil Young's gentle Harvest album.

The screenplay employs corporate greed and military hubris as its chief villains in a pro-conservation story that integrates pop - culture references into the narrative, rather than simply slathering them on as «Ready Player One» does.

In what became an unfortunate trend that continues to this day, the modern breed of animated features relies a bit too much on crude gags and up - to - the - minute pop - culture references rather than on a magical sense of eternal appeal — Shrek falls into that camp, and even a mere decade - and - a-half later, much of it feels dated.

It continues on until it tops the record held by all the «Shrek» movies combined, when factoring in references to pop culture.

Based on Ernest Cline's bestselling novel of the same name, and infused with just as much geeky pop culture referencing, Steven Spielberg takes the director's chair for the sci - fi action flick, Ready Player One.

There are some delightfully bizarre gags that you would certainly never find on Disney Channel along with many obscure pop culture references likely to go over some teens» heads.

The MacFarlane Comedy Machine's penchant for cut - away gags and pop - culture - based humor is on full display throughout the film's draggy 115 minutes, but for every five reference - based jokes that miss, there's usually one that hits.

Although Mistress America is very much a New York movie, full of references to couture, pop culture, boutique hotels (to Antigone and Faulkner, too), its comic centerpiece is a brazen assault on a country compound.

As on the even more widely acquitted How to Train Your Dragon, there are no pop culture references to be found.

Some of the pop culture references are on screen and obvious, like the DeLorean from Back to the Future or the title robot from The Iron Giant.

These varied perspectives on current events, lifestyles, and even pop culture references can enhance the academic classroom and broaden personal understanding of the world.

In two - minute spots, she offers a satirical take on financial trends and publicly traded companies, with irreverent scripts and clever visuals, replete with pop culture references.