Lifestyle Columns
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Mortgage borrowers suffer disclosure overloadJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the first column in a two-part series on "poking holes in mortgage reform." The series concludes next Sunday in Homes Plus. Reading pr...
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Running out of options for leaky basementJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have had leakage coming in over my basement wall for many years. Every time a moderate-to-heavy rain comes in from the east, southeast or northeast and hits the out...
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Bypassing the 'introspection stage' is what makes you an idiotJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I'm an idiot. I cheated on my girlfriend of five years. When she found out, I went through hell trying to regain her trust, and I ended up proposing to her befor...
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New 'Woodstock' director's cut should be added to your collectionJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music - The Director's Cut 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition" For those of us who remember the classic concert film, this grea...
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Yoga movie doesn't enlighten viewers; quest for domestic blissJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Enlighten Up' Kate Churchill, a former producing director at Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre, follows a non-religious, 29-year-old Canadian ex-journalist (Nick Rosen) ar...
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Nothing antiquated about this 'Gran Torino'Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - "Gran Torino" Clint Eastwood directs and stars in a drama that reminds me a bit of the 1983 White Sox - it wins ugly. Sure, the film is hobbled by some unconvincing ...
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Outdoor landscape lighting is a great project, and here's how to do it yourselfJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Low-voltage lighting is a great do-it-yourself project that will give your landscape a very classy look, not to mention add more security and curb appeal. It's easy to d...
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'Imagine That' another dull Eddie Murphy comedyJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Apparently, the screenwriters of "Imagine That" really love the word "good." "I'm good!" says Eddie Murphy. "Evan's good!" says Thomas Haden Church. "You are very good!"...
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Conventional plotting, dull hero derail noisy 'Pelham'Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - For all of its visual bombast, Hollywood action stars and updated screenplay by "L.A. Confidential" writer Brian Helgeland, "The Taking of Pelham 123" remains a passionl...
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Drury Lane serves up high-octane 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It's easy to like "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the lighter-than-air homage to life alongside the highway, now in a pleasing revival at Drury Lane Oak Brook. To begin with, ...