ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Witchslayer Gretl
9-11 PM SYFY
A grown-up Hansel [Stargate Atlantis'Paul McGillion] goes back to the forest to kick the witch's butt, only to find that his long-lost sister, Gretl (Shannen Doherty), is working for her. Poor Hansel. Brandon could have told him that sister was trouble.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Being Human
9-10 PM BBC AMERICA, SEASON PREMIERE
Annie, George, and Tom take care of a little baby. It's just like Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, and Steve Guttenberg, if two of them were werewolves and one a ghost. (Gute: You'd totally be a werewolf. It's the hair.)
SCIFI MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
Friday, March 2
10:45 AM Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
David Niven is the punctual Phileas Fogg of the famous Jules Verne novel, who makes a bet with his fellow club members in London that he can encircle the globe within 80 days--this in 1872, when travel proceeded at a snail's pace. Fogg is accompanied by his bumbling valet (the great Mexican mimic Cantinflas) and along the way picks up a wandering princess (Shirley MacLaine), while being pursued by a London detective (Robert Newton) who believes the globetrotter has somehow robbed the Bank of England. Around these leads an army of 46 famous personalities of the day appear in bit parts.
Director Philip Kaufman piloted Tom Wolfe's bestseller to four Oscars for its epic account of the U.S. space program, from 1947 to 1963.
Cast includes Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Charles Frank, Jeff Goldblum and Lance Henriksen.
11:30 PM 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick's vivid tableau of space travel in the 21st century. Oscar-winning effects.
Cast includes Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Bill Weston, Ed Bishop and Glenn Beck.
Saturday, March 3
02:15 AM 2010
A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.
Cast includes Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Madolyn Smith Osborne, MacGyver's Dana Elcar, Taliesin Jaffe, James McEachin, Mary Jo Deschanel and Elya Baskin.
04:15 AM Forbidden Planet
In the year 2257, a distant star has three inhabitants. Professor Morbius, his bewitching daughter, and Robby the Robot. When a space cruiser from Earth lands on the planet, the story develops into an adventure fantasy with elements of romance.
Cast includes Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Maverick's Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, Robby the Robot and The Virginian's James Drury.
06:00 AM Island of Lost Souls
The H.G. Wells tale of a doctor (Charles Laughton) conducting experiments with man and beast.
Cast includes Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Hans Steinke, Tetsu Komai and George Irving.
07:30 AM One Million Years B.C.
Stone-age melodrama with Raquel Welch and John Richardson vs. nature.
Cast includes Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Jean Wladon, Lisa Thomas and Malya Nappi.
05:30 PM The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise directed this thriller about an alien microorganism that decimates a town and threatens the world.
Cast includes Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs and Kermit Murdock.
Source: Film.com [follow link for complete column]
FILM.COM: WHAT 2 WATCH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
by Charlie Toft
February 21, 2012
... Witchslayer Gretl
(Syfy, 9 p.m.)
I figured we’d see attempts to capitalize on the success of Once Upon a Time before long, and here we go – the now-grown Hansel returns to the woods to seek revenge on the witch that killed his sister, only to find that Gretl is still alive and being played by Shannon Doherty.
GRIMM - VIDEO: 'THREE COINS IN A FUCHSBAU' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 AT 9/8C ON NBC
A botched jewelry-store robbery results in murder and raises questions about rare coins; a friend of Aunt Marie's visits Nick (David Giuntoli) with information about his family.
Guest stars include Titus Welliver, Jordi Caballero, Sharon Sachs and Brian Sutherland.
Source: Huff Post TV [follow link for complete column]
HUFF POST TV - WHAT TO WATCH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
by Laura Prudom
02/19/2012
... "Being Human"
(9 p.m. EST on BBC America) season premiere
In the return of the original British series, The Old Ones, powerful older vampires, are on their way and it's up to our heroes -- a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost -- to fight for the right to live in peace. Not only are there vampires to seek revenge on, there's also a malevolent ghost on the loose and someone's trying to expose the existence of werewolves ... Not to mention all the diapers that need changing.
BLUE BLOODS - VIDEO: 'WOMEN WITH GUNS' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 AT 10/9C ON CBS
Frank's (Tom Selleck) close friend (Margaret Colin), a high-profile reporter, is almost assaulted while she is out with him, on "BLUE BLOODS, Friday, March 2.
When Frank’s close friend, a high-profile reporter, is almost assaulted while in town investigating a story, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jackie (Jennifer Esposito) attempt to track down her would-be attacker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s (Will Estes) undercover case comes to a head.
Margaret Colin ("Gossip Girl") guest stars as Melanie Maines, Frank’s close friend and Tom Wopat ("The Dukes of Hazzard") guest stars as Craig Iverson, Melanie’s producer.
Additional guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Eric Morris, Jim Nuciforo, Mara Davi, Leslie Denniston, John Ventimiglia, Tino Sutras, Al Sapienza, Will Rogers, T. Ryder Smith, Jeremy Rishe, Zabryna Guevera and Shawn Michael.
MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
...Being Human
9:00 PM, BBCAM
If you like the Syfy series, check out the British show that inspired it, which starts a new season tonight. Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner and Lenora Crichlow star as werewolf George, vampire Mitchell and ghost Annie, who share a home and attempt to fit into the human world, in this engaging blend of horror, comedy and fantasy.
MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
... Witchslayer Gretl
9:00 PM, SYFY
All grown up 20 years after his encounter with a witch in a haunted forest, Hansel returns to the scene of his abduction in search of revenge. But a surprise is waiting for him: His sister, Gretl, whom he'd taken for dead, is now the witch's protegee. Shannen Doherty, Sarain Boylan and Jefferson Brown star in this new fantasy. [And Stargate Atlantis'Paul McGillion and Sanctuary'sEmilie Ullerup.]
MERLIN - SYFY VIDEO: 'LANCELOT DU LAC' SNEAK PEEK - AIRS FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 AT 10/9C
Watch a clip from the next all-new episode of Merlin, Friday at 10/9c.
Sir Lancelot (Santiago Cabrera) returns from the dead and attempts to reignite his relationship with Gwen (Angel Coulby), whom Arthur (Bradley James) has decided to marry.
Guest stars include Maureen Carr, Santiago Cabrera, Eoin Macken, Adetomiwa Edun, Rupert Young and Tom Hopper.
MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
... Black Forest
7:00 PM, SYFY
Ben Cross and Tinsel Korey star in this original film about a group of tourists who find themselves fending off fearsome fairy-tale creatures when they become lost deep in a magical forest.
EUREKA - SYFY VIDEO: THE FINAL SEASON PROMO - PREMIERES MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 AT 9/8C
On the final season of Eureka, everything you know is wrong. Season premiere Monday April 16 at 9/8c.
Eureka cast includes Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Joe Morton and Niall Matter.
Guest stars include Stargate Atlantis' Kavan Smith, Tembi Locke, Nathan Lehfeldt, Erin Simms, Troy Rudolph, Andrew Coghlan, Peter Ciuffa, Paula Lindberg, Patricia Isaac and The Guild's Felicia Day.
