Rescue Dawn

German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.

"...his home for the last several decades, offers with Rescue Dawn one of the most clear-eyed portraits of the..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Central Texas Bee Rescue Inks Honey of a Deal

No-kill bee removers become of one hive mind with Omni Hotels

"...Schumacher, founder and ‘bee czar’ of Central Texas Bee Rescue entered into a partnership with the W Hotel, transforming..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Food Post by Claire Gordon

Thirteen Lives

Ron Howard's breathtaking recounting of the Tham Luang cave rescue

"...of the band of cave divers who volunteered to rescue the Wild Boar football team and their coach from..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Big Miracle

Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski star in this fact-based story that shows us that whales are mammals too.

"...Big Miracle, a fictionalized account of an actual 1988 rescue operation of three gray whales trapped in ice near..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Keeping Up With the Joneses

Silly cul-de-sac action comedy is a knockoff Mr. and Mrs. Smith

"...surroundings. Explosions and gunfire predictably ensue once the undercover operation unravels, ensnaring the Gaffneys in a silly plot to..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Spy Game

"...is taken prisoner by the Chinese during a bungled rescue operation. As he relates the star-spangled career arc of..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ace in the Hole

"...the scenes, the reporter “encourages” a delay in the rescue operation so that he controls exclusive daily coverage of..."

July 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lone Survivor

A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.

"...in the barracks, the entire film tracks a military operation that went horribly wrong. The film is based on..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mike Denton Jumps Into County Attorney Race

As expected, just-retired judge announces campaign for Dem nomination

"...his early lawsuit (as an assistant county attorney) against Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group harassing women seeking reproductive health..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Political Collateral From Colorado Springs

Trump, Cruz, and Huckabee seek to distance shooter's motivations from discredited video

"...the endorsement of Troy Newman of hard-line anti-choice group Operation Rescue, which advises its members on how to harass..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Big Hearts for Big Cats

Lion rescue doc screens tonight at Stateside benefit

"...a firsthand account of the high stakes mission to rescue 25 African lions and a handful of other critters...."

May 25, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Saving Woody and the Woodburn

In the late Seventies, Betty Baker lent a hand to help rescue a cat named Woody and ultimately the old house on whose roof the cat was stranded

"...the late Seventies, Baker lent a hand to help rescue a cat named Woody and ultimately the old house..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Pipe Dreams

Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron

"...gave $10,000 to help finance the Bush campaign's Florida operation during the recount after the election...."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...politicians and celebrities in the UK, and Europol's massive Operation Rescue arrests). That means that Herbots was challenged with..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bigger-Is-Better

Top Ten Media Stories of 1995

"...then -- its new aggressive coverage of Freeport-McMoRan's mining operation in Indonesia certainly played a major role in the..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Column

Family Values

"...(including gleefully accepting the endorsement of the head of Operation Rescue, who has published a book in which Cruz..."

Dec. 16, 2015 Postmarks

News Roundup: Cams, Carnage, & Climate

Zimmerman sides with Abbott over Adler

"...the endorsement of Troy Newman of hardline anti-choice group Operation Rescue, which advises its members on how to harass..."

Nov. 30, 2015 News Post

Abbott Launches Investigation Into Planned Parenthood

Texas GOP jump to attack PP after sting videos surface

"...Parenthood. And one of CMP’s founders (Troy Newman) heads Operation Rescue, a group that advocated harassing abortion clinic workers..."

July 24, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

News/Print

Abe Louise Young eulogizes Allison Crews; plus, a Texas Book Festival update, Bill Hicks across the pond, and June's event offerings

"...home, Allison grew up in a family active in Operation Rescue. She birthed her son Cade at age 15,..."

June 17, 2005 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Desert One

Inside Carter’s catastrophic mission to rescue the Iranian hostages

"...Desert One recounts the American military debacle known as Operation Eagle Claw, which was launched on April 24, 1980,..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...turned out, they were luckier than others. They were rescued the next day, on Thursday, after a National Guard..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...execution of a temporary license agreement authorizing local animal rescue group Austin Pets Alive! to occupy and operate the..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Animal Center Strains to Maintain Its No-Kill Status

City shelter struggles with overcrowding and volunteer dissatisfaction

"...they feel diminish their real concerns about how the operation is functioning. The shelter on Levander Loop, near the..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Budget Outlook Grim for Animal Center

City shelter will need to do more with less

"...the proposed budget is recommending: $162,000 to fund the operation of the former Town Lake Animal Center as an..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Another Ill Wind

Ike's aftermath leaves Red Cross, schools, charities picking up the pieces

"...the city's Office of Emergency Management each played a rescue and administrative role, the heavy lifting in helping evacuees..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...are all uniformly disappointed with the state of animal rescue in Austin. So how did the system get here?..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...– after the team heads in to orbit to rescue a doomed space shuttle crew. When she returns to..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Call

Halle Berry plays a 911 phone operator who takes a call in which everything's on the line.

"...floor to become a training instructor since botching a rescue call six months earlier and failing to save the..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Control Room

A timely documentary look at Arab news network al Jazeera.

"...since the beginning, the military intervention now known as Operation Enduring Freedom, the network and its related Web site..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Daytrips

"...Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch is the place to begin a search for..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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