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[10.Sep.09] :. Stunning aerial photography illustrates the astonishing variety of natural landscapes all over the planet.

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Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

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Glenn Close and William Hurt team up for a second season of ‘Damages’

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[6.Jan.09] :. “Damages” may be responsible for more cases of whiplash than a demolition derby. It’s been more than 14 months since the last jaw-dropping episode of the FX series, but diehard...

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Glenn Close returning for a second season of FX’s ‘Damages’

by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[27.May.08] :. When you consider her impressive resume, it’s hard to believe that actress Glenn Close was inordinately shy as a kid. She’s still battling timidity, she admits. “I was incredibly...

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Damages: The Complete First Season

by Brian Holcomb

[7.Apr.08] :. A superbly acted, complex serial story, this show is well-suited to the DVD medium as it can followed at your own pace without fear of missing some of the story.

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Ted Danson relishes playing the bad guy for a change

by Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)]

[21.Aug.07] :. Ted Danson knows that Glenn Close scares people. “C’mon, she’s evil!” Danson said jokingly of the actress, who stars in FX’s “Damages” (10 p.m. EDT...

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40something (and up) women are taking over cable TV

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[6.Aug.07] :. Holly Hunter told a story recently about secretly convening seven years ago with other top actresses, including Kyra Sedgwick and Mary-Louise Parker, who hatched a plan to take over cable...

 

Damages

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jul.07] :. The new FX legal thriller offers images that stand out for their precise pacing, deep-saturated colors, and gorgeous design as much as for their storytelling.

 

Glenn Close calls the shots on her new series

by Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[23.Jul.07] :. "Subliminally, people still think women in power are considered aberrant," Close says. "It's been that way for centuries. I want Patty to be a good leader. I don't want her to lead by fear or screaming."

 

The Natural (1984)

by Matt Mazur

[18.May.07] :. What could have been a magnificent comment on this patriotic pastime unfortunately turns in to an emotionally manipulative barrage of iconic imagery.

 

Serving in Silence: Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[18.Sep.06] :. A well-meaning and well-done story of one woman's crusade against an unjust practice.

 

The Shield

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jan.06] :. The betrayals work in all directions at once.

 

The Shield: Season 4

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Jan.06] :. Most of the brilliant fourth season is focused on the interplay of Vic with the two single-season 'heavyweights', Glenn Close as Captain Monica Rawling and Anthony Anderson as local kingpin Antwon Mitchell.

 

Heights (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jul.05] :. Isabel dances along the edges of her life, hoping to maintain enough speed so as not to have to look at it.

 

The Shield

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Mar.05] :. Vic is the man in every way: mean, impulsive, voluble, in love with his authority but resentful too, resisting his own responsibility.

 

The Stepford Wives (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Nov.04] :. Director Frank Oz asserts, 'There is no such a thing as Stepford. Stepford is in the mind.'"

 

The Stepford Wives (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jun.04] :. Joanna's paucity of spirit is odiously illustrated during the first five minutes of The Stepford Wives.

 

Le Divorce (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Aug.03] :. Like previous Merchant-Ivory productions, Le Divorce concerns culture clashes, disruptive expatriates, and squabbles over stuff.

 

The Safety of Objects (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Mar.03] :. For Esther (Glenn Close), Paul's coma makes him safe to love: he'll never leave her, never get in trouble worse than what he's in now.

 

The Shield

by Cary O'Dell

[7.May.02] :. The success of 'The Shield' has doubtless upped the ante in regard to what networks will allow -- and resort to -- in order to gain ratings.

 

The Shield

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Jan.02] :. As played by new Emmy winner Michael Chiklis, Vic Mackey is casually racist and homicidal, by turns charismatic and appalling.