Sentences with phrase «pop culture scene»

The growing popularity of movies and television and the 50s pop culture scene also inspired baby names.

We've talked about it here, because in the entertainment and pop culture scene, it's kind of a big deal!

I am guilty of not watching television and being routinely clueless about the pop culture scene.

Some of the most exciting personalities of the international games and digital pop culture scenes met for a creative summit as GAMEHOTEL's flagship live event debuted in Paris with a dynamic opening to an enthusiastic audience.

During the two - hour event these protagonists from the international video game industry, as well as related sectors of electronic entertainment and digital pop culture, will explore promising threads of innovation and diversity in the games and digital pop culture scenes.

Not exact matches

«Forrest Gump,» which centers around the life of Forrest, a slow - witted man from Alabama, has no shortage of famous scenes that have become embedded in pop culture.

One scene is set with a full moon hanging low over a grove of pine trees that's almost cut and pasted out of E.T. Where Stranger Things wanted to remind viewers of their childhoods (or of the media their parents and older siblings loved) Guardians 2 seems to want to compare itself to every piece of 1980s pop culture, and come out on top.

We'll see music from pop culture juggernauts Jay - Z and Taylor Swift as well as can't - stop - won't - stop groups like U2 and The Rolling Stones, and we'll get music from some of the hottest artists on the music scene.

Inspired by Japan's pop culture and fashion scene, Sake Rok will offer a theatrical hotspot where guests can only expect the unexpected.

Sake Rok brings Sushi, Sake and a Spectacular Scene to The Las Vegas Strip Inspired by Japan's pop culture and fashion -LSB-...]

The brand is making veggie - heavy eats trendy, transcending the foodie scene with an apparel and accessory line that infuses buzzworthy pop - culture moments with plant - based puns.

Pop - punk is relegated to the sideline of relevancy as tween culture looms larger and larger over what way the music scene goes.

A few scenes, such as a panoramic view of The Land of the Dead, «pop» but much of the movie is more interested in emphasizing the Mexican culture than outdoing earlier features.

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»»).

There are the pop culture icons who show up as themselves, appear in a single scene, and provide a quick, hearty, and enduring laugh.

The Cabin In The Woods begins as a conventional horror movie then transforms into a genre - bending, mind - blowing experience that cleverly mixes screams with pop - culture wit as the scared teens are revealed to be watched by a group of technicians that control their every move behind the scenes.

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.

«Emotional detachment is valued above all else in the Jedi Order,» Pop Culture Detective points out, showing scene after scene in which Jedis push the suppression of feelings as the way to be stable and successful, while fear of loss / love / pain / anger are the paths that lead directly to the Dark Side.

Chock full of original art inspired by the film, timelines, quotables, deleted scene details, influences, pop culture references, behind - the - scenes photos, scene breakdowns and more, Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece is available now.

The imagination and pop - culture sensibilities behind these scenes create a genre mash - up that anyone with even a hint of appreciation for comic books or video games will cheer at.

«CBGB,» about the birth of the legendary New York City music venue and the punk scene it launched in the 1970s, doesn't even begin to capture the energy or the brashness of the pop - culture phenomenon it depicts.

It might not all come together in a way we'd expect from the director, and sure, it still has a few uncontrollably nerdy scenes that are pure pop culture parades, but that's okay with me.

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.

His scenes and stories are so stylised, the characters so larger than life, that we expect these wacky quotes and lengthy monologues focused on pop culture.

«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.

Standout scene: So much about «Get Out» has already entered the pop culture vernacular, but despite being discussed and parodied for nearly a full year by now, the first descent into the Sunken Place is still powerful and terrifying.

The most notorious scenes speak for themselves and have become so ingrained in cinematic pop culture that you've likely already heard them quoted.

Family Guy is known for flashing to seemingly irrelevant scenes that parody pop culture during an episode's story.

If there's a scene in Scott Derrickson's Doctor Strange movie where all of the characters suddenly have a vast awareness of pop culture, transform into talking motorcycles, or strictly adhere to Joseph Campbell's idea of «the hero's journey,» it's probably because Community creator Dan Harmon reportedly made some contributions to the film's script.

If there's a scene in Scott Derrickson's Doctor Strange movie where all of the characters suddenly have a vast awareness of pop culture, transform into talking motorcycles, or strictly adhere to Joseph Campbell's idea of «the hero's journey,» it's probably because Community creator Dan Harmon reportedly made some...

While the 2016 - 2017 season didn't see any new show rise to Hamilton - like popularity — it's hard for any TV show, film or stage production to reach that level of pop culture zeitgeist — there are plenty of standout showcases of what fans have come to know and love about the New York City theater scene.

The movie gets off to a somewhat sluggish start, at a party scene that's overstuffed with arch dialogue and almost as many pop - culture allusions as a Seth MacFarlane show, but the underlying humanism in Baumbach's worldview ultimately wins out, and we actually come to care about this quippy group of chums and their endlessly referential, often very amusing conversations.

Artist Anthony Petrie thinks the pop culture art scene has gotten a little stale.

, which compiles a few humorous jabs at «COPS»» expense found throughout pop culture — scenes from Reno 911!

The liberal lion of the Supreme Court (and second woman ever to be confirmed to the position) is presented in Betsy West and Julie Cohen's film as equal parts civil - rights pioneer and pop culture icon, with loving scenes of her lifting weights, cracking wise, and being turned into a meme spliced alongside original interviews and archival footage.

Kasdan made it clear from the time he saw the cantina scene — made even more famous in pop culture thanks to the «Han Shot First» debate — he knew the character was special.

Even if you don't like the 40 - year - old's humour, and many don't, you can at least appreciate its gleefully juvenile craft — scenes chockablock with sight gags, rapid - fire cutaways to hilariously absurd punchlines, painfully awkward pauses that last so long you eventually laugh, all of it wrapped in an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture that has made him a bro deity among the coveted 18 - to 34 - year - old male demographic.

A movie this full of so many pop culture references and sappy, glossy scenes of kid drama can only produce smiles of delight at how cheesy it all is.

Sure, there are scenes here in which the actor is obviously stumbling, especially whenever he has to riff insults filled with slang and pop - culture references (which, in retrospect, is often).

First - time directors David Bowers and Sam Fell go the opposite route — by embracing fart and burp jokes and pop culture references wrapped up with chase scenes and smashed inside some kind of valuable lesson.

Park has worked his entire career to avoid the usual kids» film template: fart and burp jokes and pop culture references wrapped up with chase scenes and smashed inside some kind of valuable lesson.

The opening scene from Quentin Tarantino's first major movie, Reservoir Dogs, will tell you everything that you need to know about his pop culture sensibilities.

Music and pop culture plays an integral role throughout in «setting the scene,» as it were, and Gerwig's choices for the songs that play in various key moments are almost always pitch - perfect (Dave Matthews Band's «Crash into Me» figures prominently in the narrative — and, as an aside, will be stuck in your head for days after seeing the film).

Now, after meeting this queen of punk - inspired fashion, I'm looking forward to reading her memoir of pop culture, motherhood and making the New York scene.

The convention will welcome an invasion of cat lovers, curious spectators and pop - culture fans to a scene flooded with music and immersive art installations specially designed to ignite shareable memories.

It still has plenty of hilarious pop culture references, mostly to famous movie scenes and characters.

, culture, media (the BBC now live here and it's always been home to ITV - who have joined the Beeb down at Salford Quays) and it has a thriving, growing tech scene with startups and digital agencies popping up all over the place.

Italian pop art originated in 1950s culture — the works of the artists Enrico Baj and Mimmo Rotella to be precise, rightly considered the forerunners of this scene.

This loose movement of young artists, fired by pop culture and heavily influenced by punk, was catapulted on to the international scene by Charles Saatchi, the advertising guru and art collector who came to dominate the scene.

David Rios Ferreira's work merges images from children's pop - culture with those from the postcolonial era to produce eerily alluring scenes.