Television

Neeson recently told reporters he had tucked in alongside other cast members after Carnahan asked for wolf stew to be prepared on set to help them get into character. "It was very gamey," said the Oscar-nominated actor. "But I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner." Unlike some colleagues who were apparently sick, Neeson said that he had been back for seconds. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Peta also criticised Carnahan for allegedly ordering wolf carcasses from a trapper for use in the film. "Many animals caught in traps chew off their own limbs in order to escape," said spokeswoman Jane Dollinger. "These animals go on to die of gangrene or other secondary infections, sometimes leaving nursing puppies abandoned to fend for themselves." - Halil

"wolf stew to help them get into character" - Achso... :[ - esther

Sherlock is a British television series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. After an unbroadcast pilot in 2009, the first series of three 90-minute episodes was transmitted on BBC One and BBC HD in July and August 2010. A second series of three episodes premiered on BBC One on 1 January 2012. A third series has been commissioned. - Abhishek from Bookmarklet

so who is planning on going to the gym in the new year? :-P - Halil from Bookmarklet

*bump* :-) - Halil

Not me. I avoid the gym at this time of year because of resolution makers. - Anika from FFHound!

:-) - Winckel

No more dangermouse :-( http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-... - wensleydalelass

I never learned to knit. The teacher gave up teaching me since I was sinister. - Eivind

It's probably up the critics to decide. If the show has only a few million watchers instead of tens of millions they are expecting, then it will get the axe. No matter how good or praised it is. - Jemm

This made me tear jerky, truth be told, I'm feeling a little fragile at the moment, so really shouldn't be listening to this stuff, but hey we are all gluttons for self punishment aren't we. :( - Halil from Bookmarklet

Beautiful! - Son of Groucho

The Last Train (Cruel Earth in Canada and America) is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by Matthew Graham and produced for ITV by Granada Television. In the United States, the Fox Network purchased the rights to produce a new version of the series soon after its original UK transmission. Retitled The Ark, the idea did not progress beyond the pilot stage.[citation needed] As of October 2010, the series has not been released on DVD or any other format, and has never played in the USA at all. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Checked all of Virgin Media TV, youtube, itvplayer and syfy, no joy! *joins esther and cries* - Halil

I love this song. ~ This is someone's edit at trying to extend the original song, not a bad effort: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Halil from Bookmarklet

Return Of The Jedi: Never-before-seen pics! We've come across some brand new pics from Return Of The Jedi as the countdown towards the Star Wars blu-rays nears its close on September 12 - Halil from Bookmarklet

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE ( /ˈjuːstɪnɒf/ or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/;[1] 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was, for much of his career, a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits, as well as a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and President of the World Federalist Movement. Ustinov was the winner of numerous awards over his life, including Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards, as well the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He displayed a unique cultural versatility that has frequently earned him the accolade of a Renaissance Man. Miklós... more... - Halil from Bookmarklet

So many great films! - Nils Sandin

Watching Murder on the Orient Express! :-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

Like Maitani, I haven't seen the films, but I read some of Christie's books. Not really a fan, but I do love watching mysteries. - Anika from Android

Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created and produced by Robert Rodat. The series picks up six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion. Tom Mason, a former Boston University history professor, becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a group of civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. The series premiered on June 19, 2011, and is broadcast on the cable television channel TNT in the United States.[1] It was renewed on July 7, 2011, for a second season of 10 episodes.[2] - Halil from Bookmarklet

>Why so quick to judge from just one episode?- Simple. Kids were in it. Never ever trust anything with kids in it. Need proof? Were there kids in Alias? Or BSG? Or Breaking Bad? - Guy

Grow Your Own Drugs is a hit British television documentary series, first broadcast on BBC Two, exploring the many remedies which can be provided by plants. James Wong, an ethnobotanist, presents the series and takes the view that people should start making their own remedies in order to save money and feel healthier plus providing simple remedies to everyday ailments. Wong tries out his remedies on members of the public in order to demonstrate the beneficial effects of natural remedies, adding appropriate safety warnings. He is careful to stress that viewers should always seek medical advice before trying natural medicines, and in discussing the outcomes of treatment always states "It's not a clinical trial..." and acknowledges that results might be attributed to a placebo effect. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Silent Running is a 1972 environmentally themed science fiction film starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull,[1] who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on such science fiction films as 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain. ~ Silent Running depicts a future in which all plant life on Earth has been made extinct. Only a few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters, just outside the orbit of Saturn. Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge, is the resident botanist and ecologist who preserves the forests for their eventual return to Earth and the reforestation of the planet. Lowell spends most of his time in the forests, cultivating the plant and animal life.[2] - Halil from Bookmarklet

yeah, true. - Guy

Full opening/closing TV theme! :-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

*Reaches for the box of tissues* - Halil from Bookmarklet

^YES. - Jenny R

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex. Extra wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Halil from Bookmarklet

Ah - you remembered it at last! Must look this up :) - WoH: Minding her Steves

LOVE - JA Castillo

Don't watch this, if you've not seen the film yet, not that there's much to spoil the film from this scene. But just saying! :-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

:-P - Halil

Days Gone Bye. Series 1, episode 1 US drama series. After waking up from a coma in an abandoned Atlanta hospital, Officer Rick Grimes embarks on a survivalist adventure in a world overrun by zombies. Morgan and Duane, whom he meets along the way, help teach Rick the new rules for survival. - Halil from Bookmarklet

I'm guessing because they wanted to be different from the eighty-bazillion other zombie stories out there. - Slippy

It's not often one finds oneself dancing with discomfort on one's chair, is it now? But The Booth at the End will do it to you. It began as 62 two-minute webisodes on, you know, the web, which are now being broadcast in larger chunks on FX every night this week. A man (Xander Berkeley, delivering a performance so brilliant it should be used as an acting masterclass) sits at the end booth in an anonymous diner. People come to him with problems. He offers them each a deal. They must perform a task – rob a bank to be prettier, kill a stranger's child to save a cancer-stricken son – tell him the details, and they will get what they want. Whether they agree and fulfil their side of the bargain is entirely up to them. Even before the stories begin to overlap and complications start to arise, the programme has you in its grip. It might seem at first that the format is designed to pander to our wretchedly brief and fragmented attention spans, but in fact each little piece is simply a miracle... more... - Halil from Bookmarklet

Watched this last night, I'm guessing it'll get darker and darker. Another success story of a webseries to TV! It's on again tonight, 11pm FX! - Halil

I missed this last night, fell asleep and woke up after it finished, lol. Oh well, but a little annoying as it's on every night, so there's no chance to watch a catch-up repeat for missed episodes. :( - Halil

Working from one of the grandest offices in Whitehall, the cabinet secretary is the most powerful unelected member of the government - the real-life Sir Humphrey from the programme Yes, Prime Minister, and he pulls the invisible strings across the whole of government. There have only been 10 cabinet secretaries since the Cabinet Office was formed nearly a century ago, but there have been three times that many different governments. The relationship between the Sir Humphreys and their prime ministers form a hidden history of modern Britain. In Whitehall where knowledge is power, the cabinet secretary knows the most of all. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Indeed, I find it very worrying an unelected person has higher clearance than the elected members of the house, especially the PM! Seems we might of underestimated the authenticity of Sir Humphrey Appleyby's character! :( - Halil

:-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

Elephants can live for 70 years. But what happens when one of these magnificent beasts dies in the wild? This stunning film turns normal wildlife documentaries on their head to find out what happens after death, as a five-tonne adult elephant is transformed into six million calories worth of fat, meat and guts, feeding a whole new cycle of life. The documentary gives scientists the chance to watch close up, day and night, as animals from leopards, hyenas and vultures to flies and beetles take just days to reduce the largest land animal on earth to bare bones. Biologist Simon Watt leads a team of experts watching the events unfold in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. They follow the action as never before, using remote cameras and night vision equipment under the supervision of animal behaviour expert Warren Samuels. The elephant, a young adult male, had to be put down by a vet after being mortally wounded by ivory poachers. But his remains will provide a feast for the local ecosystem... more... - Halil from Bookmarklet

I'm going to watch this instead http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer... - M F

:-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

Interestingly, this film did make a fundamental social point about the potential of such technology. I'll keep quite in case you haven't seen the film yet, but it's well worth watching. - Halil

Yes one of my favorites for that reason. It was dead on. - Melanie Reed

this used to scare the shit out of me when i was a kid. i can always remember it being on a sunday night at 10pm kelvmeister4 <~~ Ditto! - Halil from Bookmarklet