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Articles tagged "kyra sedgwick"NewsBrenda star: Kyra Sedgwick still finds her ‘Closer’ role fascinatingby Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][8.Jun.09] :. Kyra Sedgwick’s never lived with one character as long as she’s lived with Brenda Leigh Johnson, the endearingly driven cop at the center of TNT’s “The Closer.” And as... PopMatters Pick TV ReviewThe Closer: Season Five Premiereby Leigh H. Edwards[8.Jun.09] :. As The Closer evolves both formally and thematically, Brenda and her team are forced to reflect on their own assumptions and actions. PopMatters Pick TV ReviewThe Closer: Season Four Returnby Leigh H. Edwards[26.Jan.09] :. The fourth season return of The Closer finds fresh ways to mine the tensions between work and private life endured by LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick).  TV ReviewThe Closerby Leigh H. Edwards[21.Jul.08] :. In The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick's Brenda Johnson often walks a fine line between complex and irritating.  TV DVD ReviewThe Closer: The Complete Third Seasonby Jennifer Kelly[16.Jul.08] :. Johnson is a new breed of television heroine: smart, driven, successful and about three-eighths of an inch away from unlikeable. 40something (and up) women are taking over cable TVby 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... The Closer - The Complete Second Seasonby Leigh H. Edwards[19.Jun.07] :. Deputy Police Chief Brenda Lee Johnson cracks cases because she knows what makes cracked people tick. The Closerby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jun.07] :. At the office this season, Brenda faces ongoing budget issues that threaten to break up the team she spent two TNT seasons convincing they were a team. Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006by PopMatters Staff[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best. The Closerby Lesley Smith[13.Jul.05] :. The premiere of The Closer was a very good moment for women who watch women on the small screen. The Woodsman (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Apr.05] :. Director Kassell says, 'There's Kyra Sedgwick beating the shit out of Carlos Leon. I love this scene.'" The Woodsman (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.05] :. Walter (Kevin Bacon) lives in a world perpetually gray. Secondhand Lions (2003)by Todd R. Ramlow[18.Sep.03] :. The phallic imagery of guns as associated with male potency is everywhere in Secondhand Lions. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Dec.02] :. Each section lingers just a little, as if the characters will have trajectories beyond the minutes you see them. What’s Cooking? (2000)by Stephen TropianoWhat’s Cooking? opens with a photograph of a white, All-American-looking family gathered around a Thanksgiving turkey. As the camera zooms out, we discover the image is an advertisement... |
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