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A sumptuous Mata Hari melodrama that measures out its many luxurious over a 2-1/2hr. running time, Lust, Caution (from a short story by the late novelist and screenwriter Eileen Chang) is in a way the perfect blending of Ang Lee's two most popular films, Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
Something similar might be said of James Mangold's direction. He's full of surprises, too - a discreetly sexy moment with a prostitute is a good example, as is a curiously menacing encounter with railroaders blasting their way through a mountainside. With his screenwriters (Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, updating...
I've seen one or two comparisons of 3:10 to Yuma with Unforgiven. These are not entirely apt. Mangold's offering lacks the blackness and absurdity of Clint Eastwood's great film. It is more in the vein of Anthony Mann's westerns of the 1950s - trim, efficiently paced...
Borrowers could refinance their mortgages with fixed-rate loans under a cautious remedy proposed by Bush on Aug. 31. But this will apply to only the 80,000 who have 3% equity in their home and can prove their original loan was being repaid until it was reset.
Banks could renegotiate loans, but that's not easy, as home loans are often sold to investors, so the original lender has no stake in the credit. The bottom line: "More needs to be done," says Bernard Markstein of the National Association of Home Builders.