Planes

This new animated film is charmless and schematic.

"...of that backstory would have mattered, of course, had Planes been a superior film, but it’s as low-flying as..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Planes: Fire & Rescue

In this Disney follow-up, Dusty, the animated cropduster, still flies around like crazy, while learning to work in a group and be less of a showboat.

"...polished entertainments. This sequel to last year’s moderate hit Planes finds the race-winning plane Dusty learning that his gearbox..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Iron Chef Alamo Battle: 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'

Chefs of steel steal the show

"...Iron Chef battle based on the John Hughes classic, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, between Alamo corporate Executive Chef John..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

What Are the Planes Spraying on Us?

"...in the sky, the kind you usually see behind airplanes, but I was perplexed at how long they lingered..."

Jan. 11, 2011 Postmarks

When the War Planes Are in Our Own Skies

"...for generations to come. Look up. When the war planes are in our own skies, when the bombs are..."

July 13, 2009 Postmarks

'Spy Kids,' Small Planes, and Surly Senators Star in Mueller Sequel

The State Aircraft Pooling Board's long goodbye creates turbulence at Mueller for the city -- and Robert Rodriguez.

"...didn't actually abolish the agency or dispose of its planes or facilities. The Pooling Board was the first of..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bill of the Week: Planes, High-Speed Trains or Automobiles

Let the lobbyist death match begin

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

If only you could take a magic carpet ride

Nov. 16, 2012 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Flyboys

This story of the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, who become the first U.S. fighter pilots, is surprisingly inert.

"...then, the cast isn't the real draw here; the planes – and the resultant close-quarter, high-flying carnage – are...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Darwin's Nightmare

This delicately horrific yet artful documentary examines the destruction of Lake Victoria by the omnivorous Nile perch, and the dire consequences this causes the Tanzanian people.

"...most tellingly, the pilots of the massive Russian-made cargo planes that fly out tonnage after tonnage of Nile perch..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Turkey Day Movie Time-Outs

Alamo screens 'Chicken Run,' 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles'

"...than these two family-friendly holiday classics, Chicken Run and Planes, Trains & Automobiles...."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Eli Black

Wolf Hound

World War II airtime action with genuine period planes

"...time. World War II airtime action with genuine period planes...."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review

The Long Dumb Road

The road may be dumb, but at least it's fun

"...isn’t exactly forging new territory. It’s a bit like Planes, Trains and Automobiles refitted for the 21st century, yet..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Unaccompanied Minors

Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.

"...The Breakfast Club in The Terminal? Home Alone meets Planes, Trains & Automobiles? Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Willard

"...an actor whose pale face has more strange, angular planes than wholly necessary. His eyes, beady as they wanna..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daughter From Danang

"...stock footage of children being loaded onto military transport planes and ostensibly well-meaning American social workers encouraging Vietnamese mothers..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wagons East

"...John Candy we loved in Stripes, in Splash, in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, in the brilliant satire of SCTV...."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Faraway, So Close

"...stranger who exists in both the angelic and human planes. If this is Wenders' bid for mainstream attention (and..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Six Degrees of Separation

"...meaningful than their similarities. Everybody hustles, only on different planes. Primarily, my problem resides with the enigma of Paul's..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dutch

"...films: a little Home Alone here, a lot of Planes, Traines and Automobiles there -- even a dash of..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...Whenever Bullock travels, he uses one of the two airplanes he and his wife own. Even if the trip..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letters @ 3AM

Something in me still wants to be a World War I fighter pilot – which is not only nuts, but helps me understand why we will always make war

"...toy soldiers; we played fighter pilot and built model planes; we watched war movies and read war books –..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...Jemison, who designed the terminal's signs.) Even embarking the planes entails an old-fashioned walk along the tarmac and up..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Charlotte Gray

"...-- hardly the type one goes jumping out of planes into enemy territory for. But Crudup stirs the soul..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...can go if Bergstrom isn't suitable." About 300 private planes use Mueller, while some 100 planes fly in and..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature

Paramount Summer Classics Are Back!

Celebration of classic cinema with Brando, Hitchcock, and 1971

"...a run of films about travel under the banner Planes, Trains and…Ocean Liners? So pack your toothbrush and pillows..."

May 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Old Warbirds

Former military aircraft offer once-in-a-lifetime rides

"...With names like Flying Fortress, Liberator, and Mustang, the airplanes flew into history in formations that darkened the European..."

April 12, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Warbird Flights

A few of the vintage airplanes still welcome passengers

"...than 300,000 aircraft. After the war, most of the planes were scrapped, and the once abundant birds are now..."

April 13, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Airport Keeps Growing

ABIA plans on adding new gates to meet demand

"...not seen a dramatic increase in the number of planes coming in and out. Instead, airlines use bigger planes,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...saw pictures of the airport completely devastated. Huge passenger planes upside down, flipped over like a balsa wood glider!..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

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