[SIZE="3"]Saw this yesterday and it blew me away. A harrowing experience. Choked me up at least half a dozen times in the third act -- something that simply doesn't happen with me -- and left me physically and emotionally drained. There's a 7-minute-long running/action take toward the end that has to be seen to be believed.[/SIZE]

Anyone know about this? I've seen it a couple times listed on imdb. I'm guessing it's a Showtime series but I haven't seen it advertised.

...What's special about it??? :confused:

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE.

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he said "no". Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence and caught the burglars red handed.

One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was Nobody Available!"

I love it!

Ken V.

NUTS! I posted this on the wrong forum . . . should have been "Off Topic Discussion." Ah, well.

I was wandering through the local DVD rental place last week and came across the title; THE SNOW WALKER.

It immediately reminded me of a book of short stories by the same name which was written by the celebrated Canadian author, Farley Mowat.

When I saw that it was directed by Charles Martin Smith -- who played Farley Mowat in the movie NEVER CRY WOLF -- I just had to see it.

Based on Mowat's short story, WALK WELL MY BROTHER -- and with elements from a couple of other short stories (The Blood In Their Veins, and The Two Who Were One) -- it's one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

It takes place in 1953, and begins when a Canadian world War II flier -- who is now a bush pilot -- makes a fuel cache in the far north. He sets the fuel drums near an Inuit fishing camp, and one of the Inuit men hires him -- paying him in Walrus Ivory -- to fly a young woman to the hospital in Yellow Knife . . . she has advanced tuberculosis. Charlie -- the pilot -- doesn't like the native people, but he can't turn down the ivory, so he takes her in the plane and flies away.

They run into a storm, the engine on the plane blows up, and the two of them crash land in tundra country, hundreds of miles from nowhere.

Not knowing anything about survival in the far north, Charlie packs up his kit and effectively leaves the young Inuit woman for dead, telling her that he's going to walk to the nearest town which is 200 miles away.

It's a very touching story about how this sick and fragile young woman saves his life, and how he learns to respect the people of the North.

A very touching story.

Charlie is portrayed by the Canadian actor Barry Pepper -- who played the scripture quoting sniper in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

And young the Inuit woman (kanaalaq) is played by Annabella Piugattuk -- her first movie role, in fact, her first try at acting -- and she does an absolutely marvelous job.

Filmed in Merritt, B.C., Churchill, Manitoba, (the polar bear capitol of the world) and Rankin Inlet, Nunavuk, the scenery is stunning.

And I have to repeat . . . it's a very touching story.

Ken V.

P.S. Before returning the rental, I had to buy a copy of my own.

Hi all.

I read a short story called Interlude at Duane's by Mr. Wilson. I love the Repairman Jack character and want to read the novels but I've read conflicting info on the chronology of the books.

Books & Bytes website has "The Tomb" as the first in the series but also second in the Adversary Cycle and does not have "The Last Rakosh" as a novel in the series.

Fantastic Fiction website has "Legacies" as the first in the series and "The Last Rakosh" as book nine.

Could someone please tell me the order of the series. Thanks

Sometime late last year, I heard that Bloodline would be coming out sometime in the Fall of this year. Now Gauntlet is making a big drumroll for the Spring.

...so when is it really coming out (give or take a month or so)?

[SIZE="3"]What a great, killer opening for the NYT's review:

"Vlad the Impaler was presumably expected to impale someone now and then. Bob the Builder would be demoted to mere Bob if he didn’t occasionally build something. This should concern Cedric the Entertainer..."[/SIZE]

Has anyone ever watched the Michael Apted series of films, 7 Up? I have wanted to see them for years, but was never able to find them until today-my library just got them on DVD. I checked out the first one today.

Guys have you seen the trailer of that new reality show celebrity edition called “Armed and Famous” on CBS? La Toya Jackson will definitely be hilarious for me and also Jack Osborne. First, I see this guy bragging about doing drugs and all of a sudden he gets to be trained as a cop? Talk about irony.