Sentences with phrase «pop culture of the time»

I'm going decade diving for the entire month of March and interpreting the fashions of yesteryear by means of magazines, movies, and pop culture of the time.

I went decade diving for the entire month of March and interpreted the fashions of yesteryear by means of magazines, movies, and pop culture of the time.

Classic novels like The Three Musketeers and Robin Hood and the pop culture of the time like Chris Claremont's X-Men and Sailor Moon taught me that those were the hallmarks of good storytelling.

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«Madden has been a pop culture phenomenon for quite some time,» said Detroit Lions Hall of Fame running back and Madden NFL 25 cover athlete Barry Sanders.

It seemed harmless at the time, but thanks to a very young internet video - posting site called YouTube, the image of Cruise on top of Oprah's couch would become a pop - culture phenomenon.

But they had all built loyal ranks of followers well beyond their social networks — they were evangelical Christian leaders whose inspirational messages of God's love perform about 30 times as well as Twitter messages from pop culture powerhouses like Lady Gaga.

At a time when the tragic death of Chester Bennington is already transitioning into a punchline in parts of pop culture, we can choose to rise above the mockery and hate.

Using the old categories, the Beatles, who dominated pop culture at the time, were definitely of the world, the flesh and the devil.

Jalil and Oz have also partnered with fine dining chef Gal Ben Moshe to create a pop up restaurant that makes appearances a couple of times a month at some of Berlin's major food and culture events, like Conductor Daniel Barenboim's season opening gala.

Here's the thing about matcha, for as pop - culture as it is at this moment in time it's been around for thousands of years — and cares non if you love it or hate it.

None of us had anything particular against a delicious dish that came together fast, it was just that pop - culture emphasis on not spending time in the kitchen seemed to go against what we believed in, that is, spending some time in the kitchen.

On top of a particularly unattractive offensive matchup, early 2015 was an especially depressing time for pop culture, with magazines, TV, and internet content racing to impress the glazed - over masses with increasingly dumb content.

As a pop - culture icon, he brought physics to the masses and inspired a generation of physicists, most famously with his book A Brief History of Time.

Since the novel was for the first time published in 1961, it precedes Star Wars» Tatooine planet (1977) in terms of the first case of a circumbinary planet in pop culture.

I grew up as a Gen - X, the best generation if you ask me.And during this time I was spoiled with the large amount of pop culture influences which wore Denim such as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Layne Staley from Alice in Chains.

«These pop - culture phrases could very well become accepted over time, after all, some of them are starting to be included in Oxford's dictionary!

The film is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression — or rather, through all of the images of that time and place that have been trickling down through pop culture ever since.

This is around the same time coming - of - age movie maestro John Hughes gave Ferris a day off, but unlike his contemporary, Oliver seems oblivious to mainstream pop culture.

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.

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!

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 culturof 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 culturOf 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.

It doesn't rank up their with the all - time Pixar greats for me personally, but there's still no denying it offers not only many eye - popping sights to behold, but a refreshing examination of Mexican culture that is certainly unique, not only for Pixar but for a major animated film in general.

As former Editor of JPP, Arya likes to entertain peeps with his thoughts on pop culture, when he's not busy watching Battle Royale for the 200th time.

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.

December 31, 2016 • It's time again for our annual collection, in no particular order, of 50 wonderful pop - culture things from 2016.

The movie almost has the feel of a documentary as it makes extensive use of news and pop culture images and video to identify time periods and to explain how these events came to be.

The Duffer brothers» «Stranger Things» on Netflix and the Jeff Nichols» film «Midnight Special» both call back to a specific attitude and time in pop culture (and in fact, it's the same time for both of them), but they manage to do so masterfully enough that it feels both like going back to something familiar while moving forward into unexplored territory.

For every fan it's everything you wanted in a Deadpool movie and more and for those curious about the fuss of this character they see at every pop culture convention, it's time to hop on the bandwagon.

There's no political meat in its satire of the British government or any real story in the episodic succession of events, and its portrait of the (pop) culture of the time is really just a movie fantasy.

But before we honor our fallen heroes who've fought so bravely for this country, not to mention show off the fact that we haven't had a carb since St. Patty's (and all that beer didn't count because it was thrown up), let's take a little time to soak up a few of the juiciest pop culture tidbits of the week.

All - time great screenwriter Robert Towne made his first foray into direction with «Personal Best» which is still a pretty decent drama set among the women competing for a place on the US athletics Olympics team, even if it's now become something of a pop - culture byword among men who felt early stirrings at its scenes of hardbodied lesbianism.

Those who read the book upon which the film is based knew ahead of time that it would re-define pop culture references and homages for movie fans - assuming the makers of Ready Player One could get the rights to the characters and franchises referenced.

A pre - / post-apocalyptic mashup of epic proportions, Richard Kelly's likably self - indulgent Southland Tales is a midnight movie to be reckoned with, even if it winds up being sharper about the surreal effect of junky pop culture symbols than about anything relating to politics, the beleaguered earth, or the time travel tropes that he treated more fully in his first feature, Donnie Darko.

It's a fantasy in which the hero is rewarded and praised for alienating themselves from the real world and dedicating an inordinate amount of time to absorbing pop culture.

McFarlane is of the clown - car brand of comedy, stuffing and cramming as much pop culture knowledge, immature guffaws, and crass politics into each minute of screen time available to him.

Reportedly, Maps To The Stars was written around the same time, only now finally making it to the screen; that explains why so many of the jokes feel moldy, despite constant updated pop - culture references (Anne Hathaway, Mad Men, Chuck Lorre, etc.).

It's sort of an exciting prospect that, for the first time in a long time, we're going to have a pop culture «moment» centered around a film that actually made the effort to tell its story well (even though it's a shame that this is now the exception to the rule).»

«Every time some cop who only gets 4 - 6 hours of taser training from Taser International sees that scene in «The Hangover» when Zach Galifianakis gets tased in the face, it reinforces the idea that the weapons are more pop - culture phenomenon than dangerous electric device,» Berardini says.

And for the first time in Forza's history, players can personalize their appearance with a massive race gear collection that includes hundreds of options spanning decades of race history and pop culture.

We're all guilty of fueling the hype machine from time to time, falling victim to a hyperbole - filled pop culture world that's constantly plugged in.

Start: Ebony and Phil announce the winners of our book giveaway 1:00 introductions 2:45 Anita's weird dreams 4:08 pop culture news (box office milestones and Ready Player One's premiere) 8:10 A Wrinkle in Time 27:10 The Trump administration's scapegoating of video games 44:10 What's Your FREQ - Out?!

Now there are so many ways this could have been a joke, disaster or train wreck with all the jokes, pop culture references and the like about one of the greatest thinkers and minds of all time.

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Michael Bay and his story team outdid themselves this time, casting aside some of the pop culture references for insights and adaptations of the Transformers mythology the casual viewer will never notice.

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.

, as well as Nicholas Meyer's blend of sci - fi, literary history and modern pop culture, Time After Time, in which McDowell stars as Victorian author H.G. Wells.

Bogart was the infamous record executive from Brooklyn who went on to define the pop - music culture of his time, and who was closely aligned with the rise of disco.

This time the spoof net is even wider, and arguably more lazy, with nods to just about everything in the mere periphery of pop culture rears its head in this ugly, ugly looking film.

However, it's still not a film without its faults — the sheer abundance of pop culture gags becomes slightly overwhelming at times, and we're given little time to appreciate a single gag before another is rammed straight in our face.

The latest «effort» from Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the guys responsible for Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans, is yet another bottom - feeding cash - grab that exploits current events, ridicules pop culture icons and compromises the integrity of the zeitgeist itself in order to create, oh, one - quarter to one - half of a funny joke within the shortest possible time frame that qualifies as a theatrical release.