Trivia: The actresses who play Fanny and Susan at the beginning of the film are sisters in real life.
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27th Aug 2008
Mansfield Park (1999)
27th Aug 2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
24th Aug 2008
MLB 08: The Show
24th Aug 2008
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
23rd Aug 2008
Angel (1999)
Trivia: Because they were both friends with Glenn Quinn, David Boreanaz and Christian Kane were uncomfortable filming the Lindsey-posing-as-Doyle arc.
23rd Aug 2008
Angel (1999)
Trivia: Joss Whedon wanted Sarah Michelle Gellar to guest star as Buffy in "You're Welcome" (the show's 100th episode) and "Power Play" (the penultimate episode), but she was unavailable. She later became available for the series finale, but Whedon declined, wanting the series to end focused on Angel. Conversely, David Boreanaz was available for the Buffy finale, but only for a limited amount of time.
21st Aug 2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Question: I'm aware that William Petersen will be leaving the show this year, but will he continue to serve as a producer?
20th Aug 2008
Street Kings (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Diskant is chasing Quicks, there is a cigarette behind Quicks' ear that disappears and then reappears.
20th Aug 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Tree House of Horror IV: The Simpson's Halloween Special IV - S5-E5
Trivia: When Marge asks Bart to explain how scary the episode is, she mentions the "War of the Worlds" broadcast on NPR. Narrated by Orson Welles, that radio serial was so chilling, a number of listeners actually believed Earth was under attack.
18th Aug 2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: This was the first film since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to remain #1 at the American box office for four consecutive weeks. It was finally knocked out of the top spot by Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder.
18th Aug 2008
Guitar Hero
Factual error: After the last verse of "Smoke on the Water," there is a guitar solo that's not present in the master track.
17th Aug 2008
Nim's Island (2008)
Question: Is Gerard Butler playing two roles a reference to "Peter Pan," in which the same actor usually plays both Mr. Darling and Captain Hook?
Chosen answer: No. Gerard Butler plays Alex Rover because Nim imagines him looking like her father. Alexandra Rover sees him like that merely for the sake of consistency within the film.
16th Aug 2008
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Question: Before she joined NCIS, how long was Kate with the Secret Service?
Chosen answer: It is never stated, however she must have been there several years if she is on presidential detail.
16th Aug 2008
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Question: Was the process in which a vampire sires a human borrowed from Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula? Having seen that film recently, I noticed that, when Dracula sires Mina, the process was the same. Or was it taken from vampire mythology?
Chosen answer: It is classic vampire mythology.
14th Aug 2008
General questions
Is there a specific reason Tuesday was chosen as the release day for new DVD/Blu-Ray releases?
Chosen answer: A lot of reasons went into this decision. Most prominently: Sales figures are released on Mondays. Releasing a DVD on Tuesday maximizes the number of days in which to make sales that will count toward that figure. Next, if a video is selling particularly well, the retailer has plenty of time to order more copies for the weekend shoppers. Finally, releasing on Tuesday, as opposed to Monday, gives the retailer more time to stock their shelves. Not a big issue with super-huge chain stores, but rental establishments especially need time to reorganize everything on their shelves to fit the new releases in. Doing this over the weekend, when the store is most likely to be full of customers, for a Monday release isn't practical from a business perspective. Tuesday releases allow retailers to use the typically slow business day of Monday to get everything ready.
13th Aug 2008
Get Smart (2008)
13th Aug 2008
Angel (1999)
Trivia: During the season's Angelus arc, a lot of David Boreanaz's dialogue was improvised.
11th Aug 2008
General questions
I've been watching "Melrose Place" on DVD, and I'm curious: since the show was aired on FOX, why are the DVDs released by CBS?
Chosen answer: CBS bought the rights to the show. You can also view them at cbs.com.
8th Aug 2008
Nim's Island (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Alex reads Nim's first e-mail reply, there's an extra sentence ("He'll be back on Thursday") that Nim never wrote.
4th Aug 2008
Stalag 17 (1953)
Continuity mistake: When the POWs are preparing to move Dunbar, Sefton draws his pocketknife and throws it into the table, slanted, near a square etched into the tabletop. In the following shot, the knife is farther away from the square, and it stands up straight. (01:48:15)
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Chosen answer: He will continue to occasionally act (he wants to persue live theater) and serve as executive producer.
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