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Since this will seemingly be the last episode featuring Stewie's time machine (for an episode, at least, if recent history is any indication) they got in a couple of solid pop culture references for good measure.

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Their films mix a perfect amount pop culture references for both kids and adults alike while also presenting themselves as an animation studio that takes their stories, action, and of course their animation styles seriously.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

It's where we watch pop culture for birth and parenting references and then chuckle amongst ourselves about how terribly one or both are portrayed in Hollywood.

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.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, in his typical machine - gun staccato delivery, pop culture references dished out with an arched eyebrow and declarations best suited for a James Ellroy noir, seemed more disappointed than angry at yesterday's news conference that he keeps having to police Albany.

As we've come to expect from these type films, the dialogue is loaded with numerous goofy puns and timely pop - culture references that always provide entertainment for the grown - ups, but I don't think we've ever had them thrown at us at such a machine - gun like pace.

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.

Credit goes to the writers for ensuring that the constant wisecracks, digs at other superheroes or pop culture references, don't distract a viewer from the story's emotional core and it's protagonist's moral ambiguity.

Leitch and his cast nail the right snappy rhythm for the dialogue as well, as the writers unload a barrage of fourth - wall - breaking quips and pop - culture references.

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.

There's the same deadpan, high - octane pacing, penchant for the completely silly, love of weird names, and passion for bizarre pop - culture reference....

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.

Here, there are no winking jokes and pop culture references to keep parents entertained while their offspring awe at flashing images and oscillating soundtracks that will improve impossible - to - evade for years to come.

The pop culture references, the dance numbers and the in - jokes we enjoyed in the first film are here for parents and kids alike, as is the irreverent humour.

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

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.

The mood's mostly pretty dour, which leaves the audience particularly grateful for those who provide comic relief: Dave Bautista's growly Drax, who in one scene is practicing the underappreciated art of standing really, really still; Tom Holland's chipper Peter / Spidey, taking it all in with wide eyes; Robert Downey Jr.'s ever - grumpy Tony Stark / Iron Man, who's pretty sick of Peter's pop - culture references (particularly «a really old movie called «Alien»»).

Spider - Man (Tom Holland) shows up and annoys the hell out of them both with his millennial's flair for pop culture references.

It just happens to be one in which the main character possesses no moral qualms about killing his foes, revels in the resulting carnage, swears up a storm, and is quick with a pop - culture reference for any situation (All of those references are about 20 years out - of - date, because they're what the target audience is familiar with and apparently wants to hear).

The same ear for the super-specific that informs Cody's pop culture references (see: Julie describing Ricki as looking like «a hooker from Night Court») gives her an edge when it comes to questions of class, money, and race, even if the writing sometimes swings broad.

It's bright and funny, but not too snappy, and skips the pop - culture references for a more timeless approach.On...

As with any MacFarlane effort, where he once again teams with co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, pop - culture references is the first port of call for joke - central, and the sequel is again over-loaded with them: the Planes, Trains and Automobiles and The Breakfast Club sequences are a hoot, but the Comic Con finale feels flat, more creative auto - pilot than uncharted waters.

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

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.

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But, mercifully, Garland also finds ways to break up that tension in strange and darkly humorous ways — a disco dance routine that comes out of nowhere, for example, or an unexpected pop - culture reference.

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.

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).

MacFarlane has a very specific sense of humor, and the ridiculous, pop culture references and violent lunacy that make up 13 seasons — and two features so far — can only pull laughs from the audience for so long.

«Get Out,» released in February 2017, was a slow - building hit — eventually grossing more than $ 250 million while resonating in pop culture with references to its memorable characters and «sunken place» as a metaphor for race and the feeling of helplessness in America.

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.

Get ready for a blast of crazy pop - culture nostalgia: Remember when pop culture references weren't considered a creative cheap shot?

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 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.

These modes don't necessarily clash, but after the fifth pun / instance of easy wordplay / pop - culture reference, we find ourselves longing for a return to the basics.

Think of it as Doc and Marty from Back to the Future meets alcohol, abuse, violence, and a never - ending stream of top - notch pop culture references, and you have a general idea of what you're in for.

But it's also a creature of many colors, finding room for adult pop - culture references (a Kim Novak joke?)

DreamWorks Animation have predominantly distinguished themselves for having an irreverent and casual style, where pop - culture references and throw - away gags took precedence, but with How to Train You Dragon and now Kung Fu Panda 2, DreamWorks have demonstrated they can deliver heartfelt stories amid the excitement and laughs.

For a moment, you're lulled into believing that the studio that never met a moldy pop - culture reference it didn't want to marry has undergone a lightning - bolt conversion to sophisticated, confident storytelling.

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.

Most odiously, the movie gave rise to the prolific shit machine of co-screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, which for many years polluted movie theaters with its audience - insulting, pop - culture - reference - as - punchline brand of dispiritingly popular spoofery, as seen in such abominations as Date Movie, Epic Movie and The Starving Games, whose title, I would imagine, is some manner of humorous allusion to the popular book and movie franchise The Hunger Games.

MacFarlane has a well - established penchant for pop - culture references and celebrity cameos in his projects, and Ted 2 continues that tradition with some fun re-appearances from the first film, as well as some new additions that will be great for fans of films and / or MacFarlane's animated universe.

For our participation — and extra 3D glasses fee — they deliver the latest in computer generated eye candy, familiar voice talent and heroes that always win while making pop culture references.

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.

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.

Bursting with (but not overburdened by) the pop culture references that are the trademark of both Hornby's fiction and the Weitz brothers» films, this wickedly funny and surprisingly sweet film may be the perfect star vehicle for Grant.

Chicken Little, for instance, makes pop culture references that don't mean anything in the context of a film whose sole purpose appears to be instructing your children to be fearful and hyper.