Replicas

What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.

"...John Wick, that's effective understatement. In misguided cybertech drama Replicas, it's sleepwalking...."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Stonehenge Replicas, Ingram and Odessa

The allure of Stonehenge comes to Texas

July 24, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The World

Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.

"...its grounds dotted with slack-jawed tourists goggling at smaller-scale replicas of the world’s cities. There’s a London Bridge, an..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Money Man

"...hand-drawn currency. His homemade bills, while not counterfeit precision replicas, are close enough to the real thing to alarm..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Certified Copy

Juliette Binoche stars in this romantic drama about the value of originality by Abbas Kiarostami.

"...at her antique shop thereafter. Amid her antiques and replicas, they decide to go for a drive, but instead..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Too bad this sumptuously appointed film unfolds on a screen instead of a catwalk.

"...costume design, however, is the film’s most enthralling aspect; replicas of actual Chanel designs were created for the film,..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

Enjoy a tour through the best weird places around Texas

"...of the English original. Then the artists added two replicas of the famous Moai statues of the Easter Islands..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of these mysteries. Entrepreneurial citizens of Gaza built house-sized replicas of the Giza pyramids. They rent tiny figurines to..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of these mysteries. Entrepreneurial citizens of Gaza built house-sized replicas of the Giza pyramids. They rent tiny figurines to..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

The Dinner Game

"...idiocy. In Pignon's case, his after-hours hobby -- constructing replicas of famous monuments with matchsticks -- has earned him..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...Elizabeth Burnham leads a workshop teaching how to make replicas of the original garlands...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Frida Kahlo Oasis, San Antonio

Re-creation of the artist's home transports visitors to Mexico

"...of towering oaks. Along with her favorite plants are replicas of Kahlo's desk and easel. At the center of..."

July 23, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Buda, Mini-Golf and War Memorial Are Ingeniously Paired

A veteran's story inspires across generations at the Memorial Miniature Golf and World War II Museum

"...to match the bomber jackets, uniforms, cool stories." Quarter-scale replicas of 1940s fighter jets with 120-inch wingspans hang from..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Stage Five, Ahoy – but also Curra's takes over Mother's, Buddy’s Has a Burger, Natalie’s on Cakealikes, and Beard Papa’s Will Be Hella Creamy and Puffy

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...artists work to create the most realistic, life-sized cake replicas of celebrities. Austin’s own Natalie Sideserf, along with host..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pandemic Production: Matt Poitras, Props Manufacturer

“Nobody had $400 to spend on a Han Solo belt."

"...clients are usually collectors." That’s included a lot of replicas for cosplayer: He used to do a lot of..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic

Houston Art Car Parade goes virtual, and more travel news

"...from the Titanic’s wreck site, dramatic recreations, and to-scale replicas of the ship’s cabins and common areas, never-before-seen video..."

April 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...mixed reality exhibition interrogating the materiality of memory via replicas from earth’s deep past stretching into a speculative future..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"A Rock About the Size of a Small Avocado"

You can find connections to this city's art scene just about anywhere

"...chiseled solid chunks of marble and more into perfect replicas of celebrated humans – and that those sculptures are..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where to Buy Your Thanksgiving Bird

7 ways to put a turkey (or non-turkey) on the table in Austin

"...holiday recipes promise more flavor than previous years' near replicas, and that means decisions must be made – stick..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery

In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall

"...from blocks of wood, transmogrified into smaller or bigger replicas of specific fish and birds and cacti and lizards..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Big Bend Fossil Discovery Center

Discover Big Bend National Park’s fossilized past at new center

"...in the park in 1971 soars over the bronze replicas of Deinosuchus and Tyrannosaurus rex skulls. Facsimiles of the..."

June 21, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Owns the Legislature’s Archives?

State Library Sunset bill lets lawmakers hold the keys

"...for commissioners; improve acquisition programs and enable sale of replicas; amend retention schedules and processes for county and other..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

"...vivid landscapes of Suicide Club read like uncanny valley replicas of our current reality – almost recognizable, while just..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...ancestors and make burnt offerings including burning bank notes, replicas of iPhones, model houses, and fake gold bars...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips: Oblate Missions, San Antonio

Can't make it to France or Mexico City? A pair of religious shrines make one holy site in the Alamo City.

"...at the Oblate Missions in northwest San Antonio combine replicas of two religious shrines into one unique holy site...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Last Minute Father's Day

Food gifts and events for the procrastinator

"...with chocolate cowboy hats, guitars, Lone Stars, or mini replicas of the State of Texas at this clever shop..."

June 19, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Film Review: Madina’s Dream

The war in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains tests the resilience of children

"...handmade clay figurines adorned with tiny flowers picked nearby, replicas of items they know well: a cooking pot, a..."

March 18, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Day Trips: Horn Shelter Man

Mystery still surrounds ancient remains

"...Shelter Man through a diorama of the burial and replicas of the artifacts found at the site. The museum..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'The Tesla Project' / 'Lifecycles'

We need more science – and more art shows inspired by science – as pleasing and stimulating as these two

"...polished lozenges and shields of sheet metal into stunning replicas of arthropods, his battalions of oversized ants and pill..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place: Total Gayhem

Where my queers at? GayBiGayGay, b'duh.

"...NUMAN The principal of pleasure is back. Accept no replicas. Sat., March 15, 12:30am. Elysium, 705 Red River...."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

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