Lifestyle Columns
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HBO's 'Big Love' and 'Flight of the Conchords' return to enchant viewersJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Who woulda thunk that shows about Utah polygamists and displaced New Zealand musicians would provide two of the high points of this or any TV season? And what network be...
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Fact-based WWII drama reaps biblical referencesJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The best tough-guy line in "Defiance" can't match Clint Eastwood's "Get off my lawn!" from "Gran Torino," but it'll do to kick-start this review. A Russian resistance fi...
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'Dogs' a happy tail of civil disobedience schoolJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Here's a daring, wacky kids fantasy that knows exactly what it's about and knows exactly which buttons to push to make its audiences swoon with puppy love. I am convince...
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Paramount classic collection worth a lookJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - "Paramount's Classic Film Centennial Collection" Fans of classic films will love this great collection. Paramount Studios has selected some of the most treasured films f...
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Big laughs in Little Italy at College of DuPageJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's season continues with "Italian-American Reconciliation," John Patrick Shanley's dark comedy about a man whose obsession with his ex-wife threa...
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'Blart' not smart, but James gets a good partJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - It takes "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" 11 minutes before the titular character flashes us the familiar "thumbs up" gesture, a visual device designed to subconsciously convince ...
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Swayze looks as good as Chicago in A&E's 'The BeastJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler," allow me to present Patrick Swayze in "The Beast." That's my way of suggesting that Swayze's current comeback is almost as noteworthy as...
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Unvarnished 'Che' an ambitious epicJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - 'Che Part 1' Steven Soderbergh's ambitious two-part biopic of the infamous Argentine freedom fighter won't be topping the box office charts anywhere. It's a lengthy, det...
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Drury Lane's fine 'Saigon' revival overcomes troubled plottingJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Welcome news for suburban theatergoers. Drury Lane Oak Brook's well-sung, wisely staged revival of "Miss Saigon" suggests that the renaissance that began at the theater ...
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Grandparents can be huge help in long runJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. Since the moment my mother and mother-in-law found out I was pregnant (my son is now 18 months old) they have driven us insane with their desire to be way more involv...