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

Chefs of steel steal the show

"...based on the John Hughes classic, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, between Alamo corporate Executive Chef John Bullington and 24..."

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

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

Turkey Day Movie Time-Outs

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

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

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Eli Black

The Long Dumb Road

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

"...new territory. It’s a bit like Planes, Trains and Automobiles refitted for the 21st century, yet it’s grounded in..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...finish line. The film, which posits a world where automobiles of every stripe are the only sentient life-forms, appears..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unaccompanied Minors

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

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

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wagons East

"...loved in Stripes, in Splash, in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, in the brilliant satire of SCTV. It isn't the..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Wild Wheels, Over the Hedge

"...the subcultural extremities in the American love affair with automobiles knows as Car Art (which are various vehicles passionately..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Dutch

"...Home Alone here, a lot of Planes, Traines and Automobiles there -- even a dash of Sixteen Candles. If..."

July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars

Third and best book on Neil Young employs automobiles as its autobiographical device

"...of his boyhood years in Canada and the family automobiles finds Young's prose at its most delightful. The cars..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Council Watch

Council hears light rail report, questions legal fees on LCRA water deal and snorts at proposal to have new car displays in baggage claim area of airport.

"...three years. "Why have a display of boats and automobiles at the airport when other things that people want..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Luv Doc: Salad Fork

The salad fork is only the sixth-longest fork

"...and Thirties, were generally perceived to be fast, elegant automobiles, but cumbersomely large and not well suited for a..."

March 31, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...Editor: Let us ignore Mr. Torres-Torres' argument of automobiles as a magic wand which will instantly cure the..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Sweep Them Out

"...definition, are law-breakers) be thwarted by a law restricting automobiles in certain areas? They could kill you or rob..."

June 4, 1999 Column

Best Alternative: Regional Rail

"...Hill residents a "time-certain" travel alternative to their private automobiles, to current bus service, and even to future Rapid..."

April 18, 2007 Postmarks

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...17 years implies a deep, romantic feeling for our automobiles is interesting, to say the least. What still troubles..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Till

Oddly glossy version of the quest for justice for Emmett Till

"...clothing always looks dry-cleaned and freshly pressed; perfectly conditioned automobiles gleam as if just washed and waxed; and no..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Drunk Bus

Unlikely friends comedy makes all the right turns

"...because whether it's The Odd Couple, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, or Rush Hour, what you're watching for is how..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Summer Classics Are Back!

Celebration of classic cinema with Brando, Hitchcock, and 1971

"...pack your toothbrush and pillows for Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Monkey Business, and Strangers on a Train (which is..."

May 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Monsoon

Henry Golding proves you can go home again in this expat character piece

"...A spectacular birds'-eye-view opening shot of Vespa scooters and automobiles scurrying like motor-propelled ants along intersecting boulevards in bustling..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rebuilding Paradise

Ron Howard hides an eco-warning in the story of the Camp Fire inferno

"...an ashen cemetery of smoldering cement slabs and burnt-out automobiles. Almost everything was gone. The final death toll climbed..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Road Movie

The ultimate POV rush with Russian dash-cam compilation

"...Curtain (which is now apparently made up of totaled automobiles) for a relatively fun – if scattershot – commentary..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Happenings from around the state

"...statements as they did in the lines of luxury automobiles. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston explores the beauty..."

Feb. 1, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...• 7pm, the CW: Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Hopefully by now you're settled in with family and..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Then There's This: Honk If You Prefer Walking

Young people are changing transportation trends as city rushes to catch up

"...2000 – are leading the transportation trend away from automobiles. If they continue to drive less as they grow..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

A Good Day to Die Hard

Bruce Willis' John McClane is like Wile E. Coyote – always in the wrong place when things blow up but always persevering.

"...seems to destroy a significant percentage of the city’s automobiles...."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Identity Thief

Melissa McCarthy is a comic storm system to Jason Bateman's straight man in this latest variation on the road trip from hell.

"...John Candy’s in the somewhat similar Planes, Trains & Automobiles – the highest compliment that he could offer...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Birth of Formula One – Austin

Some welcome the new offspring, and some don't, but the high-speed newcomer is at the starting gate

"..."the biggest part for us." (See "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles")..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Green or Greenwash?

COTA agrees to "sustainability" at F1, but is it the real deal?

"...transport initiative will ease the problems (see "Planes Trains Automobiles"). Council Member Riley – a keen bicyclist himself –..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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