The Great Escape

One of the all-time great action movies also features an all-star international cast. Steve McQueen is unforgettable as the "Cooler King" in the drama about an Allied prisoner escape from a Nazi POW camp.

"...Richard Attenborough, David McCallum and Donald Pleasence. One of the all-time great action movies, The Great Escape also features..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Escape

Chain gangs! Cast aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! … It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...It's no coincidence that the holiday season -- with its stubborn insistence on family..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...O Brother, Where Art Thou?D: Joel Coen; with John Turturro, George..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...you. Director Lee's genre-busting career includes such films as The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility, and Eat Drink Man..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Enemy at the GatesD: Jean-Jacques Annaud; with Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Ed..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Idaho, Van Sant finally earned a little respect with the fuzzy, friendly Good Will Hunting. Following his aberrant remake..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...For those who prefer their period pieces down and dirty, look no further than..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...TrafficD: Steven Soderbergh; with Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, James Brolin, Benicio del Toro...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Kenneth Lonergan; with Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, Matthew Broderick...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...All the Pretty HorsesD: Billy Bob Thornton; with Matt Damon, Penelope..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...After a series of ill-fitting roles in critical misfires (The Ninth Gate, The Astronaut's Wife), Johnny Depp reteams with..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...He literally throws himself into his canvas. And in the end, Jackson Pollock became one of the most famous..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...not. This playwright-turned-film director is known for many things: the deliberate staccato of his dialogue (see Oleanna), the dick-swinging..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...The following calendar is what you might call a good..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...a modern myth of loss and redemption that raises the question: What do you do when your dreams don't..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Shadow of the VampireD: E. Elias Merhige; with John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Power Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro star in the latest from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Erin Pringle isn't sure what to do once she gets to where she's going

"...Erin Pringle's stories aren't quick skims. They aren't even one-read-onlys. They are dense, experimental, thick with..."

June 12, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

"...As we skidded back into our driveway and cut the engine after our first dinner at Sardine Rouge, my..."

July 16, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...War may indeed be hell, but for those on the home front these days this combatively boring misfire from..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...one likes a critic. Largely, critics are viewed as the killjoys, the tomato lobbers, the heartless shrews who dare..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Awake in the Dark Across the Great Divide

"...With the outcome of the O.J. Simpson verdict still a moving..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

The Bourne Ultimatum

The third film in this series is the best one yet about the rogue CIA spook with the memory of a goldfish.

"...he’ll tell you it’s no small feat getting to the third movie in a series and still managing to..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Vera Farmiga is a knockout in this otherwise predictable and emotionally manipulative story about the horror of the German concentration camps.

"...by: Mark Herman. Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson, Sheila Hancock and..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...Actually, Sesame Street as well, but that’s way beside the point. It’s fitting that PBS’s local channel, KLRU, will..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...clutch of "in case of emergency, break glass" songs they can trust to ignite a crowd...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.

"...After serving as governor of California and being the key figure in a major scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

How to Escape the Field With Shane West

The Gotham star heads to the cornfields for new thriller

"...How did the makers of survival thriller Escape the Field get Gotham..."

May 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...Illegal. Undocumented. Deportable. Inadmissible alien. “They’re all just other words for ‘afraid,’” explains immigration activist..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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