Lifestyle Columns
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Dialogue, plot cop out in crime dramaOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "We Own the Night" sounds like the title for a horror movie about vampires. If only. Nope. Instead, "We Own the Night" is an old-fashioned, potboiler family crime drama ...
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When it comes to drama, cliched sports drama strikes outOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Final Season" wants to be a cinematic valentine to the all-American sport of high school baseball. Instead, it's more like a valentine to shallow sports movie clich...
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'Eco-friendly' loans gaining momentumOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Rising energy prices coupled with the lending industry's efforts to keep making more loans are focusing new attention on "green" mortgages. Q. A bank in my area is adver...
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Clooney better than ever in 'Michael Clayton'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "Michael Clayton" is a smart, understated character study of a man in crisis. He's deep in debt, his family life has unraveled, his career is on the line and somebody ju...
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Beyond good and evilOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes a pilot episode can be so good it leaves a series no place to go, while other times a debut is so full of holes the writers and actors can actually have fun fi...
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'Gathering' miniseries stirs up a cauldron of troubleOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Halloween season gets rolling on TV this weekend in the most unlikely place. Lifetime has made a name for itself with women-in-jeopardy programs. Yet it inverts tha...
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Don't lose sight of doing things for yourselfOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My parents hate my boyfriend because they think I am pushing everything or everyone else away so I can be with him. They also think he is the No. 1 thing in my life a...
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When breaking up, be firm, not cruelOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I need to break up with someone who is a sweet, wonderful person, but just lazy when it comes to figuring out her life, getting her act together and helping me after ...
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Italian mother keeps family's food traditions aliveOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Her friends at work insist that one day Mary Kleifges will wake up and realize that she doesn't have to cook so much. With pizza delivery a phone call away and cans of s...
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Make sure wheat bread is all it's cracked up to beOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Is cracked wheat bread the same thing as whole wheat? A. Cracked wheat simply refers to whole-wheat berries that have been broken into smaller pieces. This pr...