Sentences with phrase «when pop culture references»

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

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

Pop culture references are alot but it doesn't bother me when he's that good at his job.

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.

The Matrix has become such a touchstone of American pop culture - referenced, copied, parodied, and parroted)- that it's hard to remember just how new and different and distinctive it was when it debuted in 1999.

Meanwhile we've got 80's pop - culture musical references and genuine film / musical moments when a character breaks out into song.

While the in - jokes are fun, and that buzz of recognition you get when you spot a reference and your pop - culture geek bell goes «ding!»

Ready Player One is a novel which loves»80s pop culture, and as you're probably aware, Steven Spielberg is a big part of»80s (and»70s, and»90s, and» 00s) pop culture — so when it was announced that he would direct the adaptation of Ready Player One, which takes place in a virtual reality simulation called the OASIS, the question as to whether he would reference his own films was brought to light.

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.

An ultra-stylised road movie filled with black humour, violence and pop - culture references to Elvis and The Wizard of Oz, it is was both booed and applauded when it won the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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.

All of it is written — overly peppered with her unique insertion of pop - culture references and strange slang — by Cody with a sense of detached irony that feels dishonest, especially when director Karyn Kusama tries to inject subtle bits of humanity into it, which in turn feel dishonest because of the overall tone.

It's always a little alarming when a movie references real - life pop culture, and then something or someone in the movie further reminds us of the real world.

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

She's jealous and insulting when he pays attention to Olivia (Alexandra Daddario), the cute owner of I Scream, a monster - themed ice cream shop, who gets his pop - culture references.

There are times when it does feel as if it's trying too hard to be hip, trotting out pop - culture references and modern slang at a lightning pace.

Thanks to countless pop culture references and notorious 20th - century organized crime figures such as Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel and John Gotti, the concept of organized crime calls to mind images of bygone eras when speakeasies, Mob - run casinos and infamous M...

Pop culture references work when they fit with the circumstances.

Though not all of the pop culture references are particularly clever (there's a character literally called «Snake» who looks like Solid Snake, which, um, I don't think you're allowed to do, Apogee), I have to admit I laughed out loud when I found I could add the «Pre-teen GMO Karate Frogs» to my party.

Pop Life: Everyone needs a Thrill traces an arc from the 1950s to the mid-1960s, when there was a massive shift from Abstract Expressionism to work that began to reference and incorporate the symbols of an exploding consumer and commercial culture, ultimately giving rise to Pop art.