Sentences with phrase «knockoffs from»

Other thematically unrelated but visually cohesive works include a trio of Early Modernist knockoffs from the mid-1980s by Sherrie Levine, which remain conceptually irritating but here look refreshingly, crisply graphic; a 45 - minute video from 1994 by Gary Hill; a 2009 color photograph of a child in a white Levi's t - shirt by Josephine Pryde; some bundled pseudo-newspapers by Robert Gober (1992) and, in a collaboration between Gober and Christopher Wool, a photograph of a girl's dress hanging in a tree (the dress presumably Gober's handiwork; the photograph, Wool's), near one of the latter's enamel - on - aluminum pattern paintings.

When the partnership began to prosper, Carnegie bought out Roth and formed her own business, specializing in the design of custom dresses, knockoffs from Parisian designers.

Last time a pair of shoes broke for me (a Zigi Soho knockoff from Walmart that I'd worn for years), I ended up tripping on the stairs and smashing up my knee.

So much so that it lead me to scour eBay for one of my own where, upon not finding an original J.Crew one, bought a knockoff from China for under $ 4 including shipping (not proud, insert hiding - under - chair smiley).

But in the end this is still a shoddy Jaws knockoff from exploitation producer Roger Corman.

Other notable works in «Words Matter» range from a selection of Michael Wolf's «Real Fake Art» series, to a tongue - in - cheek pop art knockoff from Hugh Brown's «Allegedly» series, a project that highlights the appearance of the chainsaw in American pop culture.

Not exact matches

With help from its lawyers, the company has fended off numerous knockoffs.

The knockoff videos show those characters in lewd, violent, or disturbing scenarios, but YouTube lists them alongside the official videos from the characters» owners.

After graduating from Stanford and securing his MBA there in 1954, Coulombe landed a gig doing research on convenience stores for drugstore chain Rexall, which eventually asked him to start a 7 - Eleven knockoff in California.

In the span of 20 years, Netflix has gone from a (super convenient) Blockbuster knockoff to one of the most powerful players in media.

The show is definitely a Lip Sync Battle knockoff (somehow, it's actually a better competition since it requires more skill from the guests, but a worse show overall).

I, too, routinely lose business, many thanks to either straight from China knockoffs, or from illegitimate coops.

But don't worry: unlike switching from a real Louis Vuitton purse to a knockoff bought in Chinatown, this isn't a switch that will leave you aching for the real thing in a few months time.

i got the knockoff version of that mcqueen bangle from tobi and i'm obsessed (just in case the birthday fairy skips that one).

Knockoff Knockouts: M.I.A.'s reported collaboration with Versus Versace is confirmed, and the rapper admittedly found inspiration from fake designer clothes sold at street markets.

I especially love their shoes (so many great knockoffs of my favorites from Nordstrom) and the Who What Wear line.

Let's start with these Pottery Barn Knockoff: DIY Giant Glash Card Art from Crafts by Courtney... Don't they look Amazing?!

It's already sold out, which is a bummer because it's a pretty solid knockoff of the AG Jeans x Alexa Chung «Honey» dress from earlier this season.

It's also a knockoff of an AG x Alexa Chung dress from earlier this year (see the latest from that collection here).

Grace Karin is one of my favorite budget retro brands, and while it can sometimes be sketchy to purchase retro dresses off Amazon with all of the knockoffs and cheap production going on, Grace Karin has consistently been good quality, they don't seem to «borrow» styles from other brands, and I never have to guess at which size will fit.

And, it's certainly been interesting to see the knockoff culture move from accessories to activewear.

In case you are in the market to shop for some brand new Oakley sunglasses, you should learn about tips on how to tell the real from the bogus, or you could quickly end up with a pair of knockoffs.

Ok — how seriously darling is this Knockoff Skirt from Shannon at 2nd Story Sewing?!

I need a couple of these West Elm Knockoff Metallic Pillow Covers from The Gathered Home in my life!

We chronicle the fashion trail from the runway to the first Canal Street knockoffs, while dishing the latest in supermodel gossip and finding the hottest new designers.

From animals with real stripes to some that are just cheap knockoffs.

Critic Consensus: Though it may seem like just another Harry Potter knockoff, Percy Jackson benefits from a strong supporting cast, a speedy plot, and plenty of fun with Greek mythology.

Critics Consensus: Though it may seem like just another Harry Potter knockoff, Percy Jackson benefits from a strong supporting cast, a speedy plot, and plenty of fun with Greek mythology.

A knockoff in everything from style to story, it also suffers from 3 - D effects that are dim and underwhelming, a maddeningly obtuse storyline, and performances that could have used some serious Herbert West - style reanimation.

Going by its title alone, The Autopsy Of Jane Doe sounds like a Faces Of Death knockoff or maybe one of those Japanese gore videos from the»80s like the one that made Charlie Sheen call the cops because he thought he was watching a real snuff film.

I've seen knockoff characters from famous franchises, as well as some horrifying unspeakable monsters (NSFW!)

It also provides a revisionist take on «The Room's» own transformation from failed Tennessee Williams knockoff to inadvertent comedy, recasting the film's long - delayed premiere as the moment the switch happened.

Deadpool's own stand - in appears to be a knockoff of Woody from Pixar's Toy Story, but with a different head (take that, Disney / Fox deal).

His mother gave him that awesome mix before he was sucked out into space, and it's integral to his concept of himself in a way that makes us care about whether he dies in, say, a botched arrest as he lifts some kind of Indiana Jones knockoff artifact from deep space.

We're a long way from McDonagh's last film, Seven Psychopaths, which was a gleefully glib (albeit frequently hilarious) meta cartoon crime caper, like what Charlie Kaufman might make if assigned to write a Tarantino knockoff with his fictional brother Donald.

However, because the story is told primarily from the point of view of the parents and the cops — the «normals,» so to speak — and because the plotting is so airport - novel silly (a flashback to the cop's abduction could have been plucked from a low - rent Bourne knockoff), any thematic interest winds up buried underneath a mountain of lurid implausibility.

Baker cuts no corners with the flimsy bottom - rung consumer world of Orlando, from the «vista» overlooking the highway and the condemned housing development to the supermarket knockoff items on which mother and daughter splurge.

Cold Water, from Olivier Assayas, looked at first like a knockoff of Léos Carax — same inarticulate youthful characters in desperate love, same nowhere landscapes, same slashing use of pop songs — but without Carax's bursts of ecstasy.

A largely forgotten film from 1990, «Hardware» stands out as a wonderful piece of original sci - fi that rose above a batch of cheap «Terminator» knockoffs at the time.

The Last Days on Mars will likely only appeal to two groups of viewers: the ones who've never seen any of the films that this one lifts ideas liberally from, and the ones who have seen them all and can't get enough of their b - movie knockoffs, no matter how imitative they are.

From the images on tap, we can glean these are mostly «80s arcade game knockoffs with poor presentation that most certainly don't live up to the «hours of gameplay» hype being advertised.

A comparatively ambitious effort from filmmaker Charles Band (the Trancers and Puppet Master franchises), this is basically a knockoff of both the Mad Max and Star Wars series, with locales straight out of George Miller and characters straight out of George Lucas.

In particular, the slight cultural commentaries of «Screwed» can't save it from feeling like little more than a knockoff Madonna song circa the mid-1980s (both musically and subject-wise).

This Halloween knockoff is fairly forgettable, even by slasher flick standards, but it does feature some early work from character actors like Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club) and James Rebhorn (Carlito's Way), plus it offers the silver screen debut of Mr. Tom Hanks, here playing (what else?)

And not just some cheesy knockoff, but one that ties in themes that speak to modern - day issues like the lack of privacy in today's digital age, the overreaching hand of national security, and the mass information culled about us all from an overreaching government entity that tracks our every move.

But mostly this is a next - generation Quentin Tarantino / Guy Ritchie knockoff with excellent performances from the outstanding cast, a couple of pretty decent twists, some bloody good laughs and — well, that's about it.

But it's important to regard the series as a whole, and with the eighth installment («The Fate of the Furious «-RRB- opening this weekend, now is the perfect time to chart its bizarre evolution from action film knockoff to genuine pop culture phenomenon.

What people should remember is that «Pulp Fiction,» lousy knockoffs aside, forever changed what we should expect from a movie, in terms of its dialogue, characters and story structure.

Elba is a good starting point for this feature: He's a great actor whose undiscriminating ways have led him to figure prominently in the popular choice for the best television show ever made (The Wire), some big movies (American Gangster, Prometheus, Thor, 28 Weeks Later), and some unwatchable dreck, from the Madea - free Tyler Perry movie Daddy's Little Girls to the godawful Fatal Attraction knockoff Obsessed.

route and leaned on its European division to develop a rather blatant Volkswagen Rabbit knockoff (the Omni's original 1.7 - liter engine was even sourced from VW).