Sentences with phrase «pop culture things»

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Pop culture critics, who tend to be attracted to the thing that's most popular, mostly ignore the most popular shows on TV, which are lower - brow fare crafted to get high ratings.

They laugh at the jokes, applaud at the carefully curated pop - culture references, and hush when things turn poignant.

«The passion and popularity of all things Korean - culture, pop culture, K - drama and Kpop - is really strong here,» said Kim, a former finance professional who co-founded the company with Frank Kang and Christopher Cynn, who was behind the South Korean e-commerce site Ticketmonster.

Complex is the intersection of all things pop culture, from hip - hop to sneakers, and dominates the male market of 18 - to 24 - year - olds with 55 million monthly viewers.

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.

There are many things I could say about why it is never a good idea to offer bad Christian alternatives to pop culture, but the most important thing is that you got a GREAT story out of it!

The girls go to prom expecting the typical sexual experience pop culture has taught them to want, but they end up finding out the real thing is different for each of them.

The Netflix series Stranger Things was one of 2016's true pop - culture breakouts.

Surely a pop culture reference or two would liven things up.

Of course, film, in particular, and pop culture, in general, have a long history of pushing the envelope, which isn't always a bad thing.

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.

You can catch me in audio form on ColoradoSportsGuys.com where Ross Martin, Jeff Morton, and I talk all things Colorado pro / college sports and some pop - culture too.

His pop culture references aren't annoying to me, they're just dorky things said by a dorky guy.

And then I got off the mountain and toured a medical facility and halfway house for women suffering from Obstetric Fistula and those two things did more to solidify my view that this pop culture around birth is so elitist and dangerous than the previous 11 years of mothering and being around santicmommies.

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Often, we are simply served interesting things to talk about — pop culture («Mommy, why isn't Miley Cyrus wearing pants?»)

Fashionopolis is a 360 degree approach to all things fashion, beauty, lifestyle and pop culture.

OK, so a flapper costume isn't as creative as Stranger Things or other pop - culture phenoms, but it's one that never stops being a good time.

When I think of the criticism I really love, whether it's of books or films or pop culture, it's when someone is a really good observer of things.

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 dig American history, current events, and pop culture; things that make this country tick.

Pop culture never tires of portraying amazing first dates as giddy evenings where the conversation flows without interruption, but here's the thing: in real life, it's only too easy to get tongue - tied.

Kylie Jenner is NOT at the hospital right now pushing out her first child, despite increased online speculation swirling that she's in labor TMZ has Advanced celebrity gossip and pop culture analysis including breakups, hook - ups, cheaters, lovers and all things Hollywood!

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Advanced celebrity gossip and pop culture analysis including breakups, hook - ups, cheaters, lovers and all things Hollywood!

The film makes use of some kick - ass cinematography (colorful imagery of the summer, and a picture that reflects childhood innocence), while the story sheds light on poverty, and the bad things that come along with it, and how it affects childhood, and for me, that is what pop culture nowadays would describe as «woke», because not a lot of films these days shed light on those important issues.

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 only difference, of course, is that Deadpool provides a running commentary, a few asides, and plenty of pop - culture references (which are more current than the previous movie, at least) throughout the course of the whole thing.

But one reason games like these never go out of style is that they're about a lot of things, like competition and quick strategizing and supreme knowledge of pop culture, that are now survival skills in many a corporate office -LSB-...]

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

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.

If there's one thing I've learned about vikings through years of pop culture osmosis, it's their dearly held belief that any obstacle can be overcome by beating the ever - loving tar out of it.

The script wants to be pop culture, the narrative needs literary musing, Carpenter's doing this Lovecraft movie homage thing.

There is also quite a bit of good pop culture thrown in the mix, and satirical knocks on how kids pick up things from video games and music, such as when B - Rad tears up a neighborhood with his gats, and credits

In an age where all pop culture moves at lightning speed and few works stick around long enough to make an impact before they're replaced with the next thing, the fact that a film such as this one can be so instantly and deservedly iconic is worthy of celebration.

Deciphering their whereabouts requires an encyclopaedic knowledge not of»80s pop culture, but of all the things Halliday used to manufacture depth that were actually functioning as coping mechanisms for someone with an obvious social disorder.

Founded by Joey Nolfi and Alice G. Beck, Serving Cinema is an all - encompassing, life - giving hub for all things film, awards season, and pop culture.

If there's another thing they love doing, it's dissecting and arguing about a list made by another pop culture obsessive.

My blogroll showcases some of my favorite go - to sites for film reviews, discussion and all things film / entertainment / pop - culture related.

Velocity aside, Spielberg's series of racing sequence are as cluttered and disorienting as the Wachowskis» Speed Racer set pieces were linear and clarified, suggesting Spielberg isn't as interested in embodying the totality of pop culture here as he is in picking apart how things managed to get so far out of control.

From a pop culture perspective, the new take on IT looks like it is picking up and running with the same ball that made Stranger Things such a big hit last year, and it's just impressive how wonderfully balanced the movie looks.

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DISRUPTION: She realized that the most disruptive thing to do in alternative culture is embrace Pop culture.

Now a new Crashing trailer has debuted, showing off more of Pete's comedy struggles, trying to hand out flyers to shows, having odd gaps in his knowledge of pop culture while making obscure references to things like Will Smith rap albums and coming to terms with the fact that he's actually homeless.

It's about loving to love those things, which makes Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the bestselling novel feel hollow despite — or maybe because of — the relentless pop culture references it throws at you.

So Oscar Cred - plus - Pop Culture Icon would seem like a sure box office thing, right?

So any kind of movie that combines the things that appeal to the target audiences of these pop culture trends is going to be held to a much higher standard by Vince than some whimsical kitchy Wes Anderson slog about daddy issues, with adults dressed as children in amateur theater in monotone.

A thing that keeps popping up in Black Panther is how media and pop culture in the film's universe portray Africa, and by extension Wakanda.

There's scant wiggle room even for something that the industry calls «counter-programming,» which is a film released to a market to attract moviegoers who aren't interested in football or Star Wars or whatever other big pop - culture thing is happening.

But for critiquing an issue within pop culture that contests things being over-used, this film is thoroughly unique.