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Trivia: Ke Huy Quan had been retired from acting for around 20 years prior to appearing in this film. He was inspired to return to acting after seeing the film Crazy Rich Asians, as he felt he was missing out. To his fortune, he ended up winning numerous awards for his role in this film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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21st Mar 2023

Game of Thrones (2011)

Trivia: Although he plays the eldest Baratheon brother Robert, in real life, Mark Addy is nearly 8 years younger than Stephen Dillane, who plays the middle brother, Stannis. Additionally, the real-life age gap between Dillane and Gethin Anthony, who plays the youngest brother, Renly, is more than 26 years.

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Trivia: SPOILER: The three main variants of Kang seen during the mid-credits scene are some of his better known variants from the comics: Rama-Tut, Immortus, and Scarlet Centurion.

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16th Mar 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: Michelle Yeoh won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film, making her the first Asian woman to win the award.

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16th Mar 2023

The Whale (2022)

Trivia: Although he was nominated for the Golden Globe Best Actor in Drama (in The Whale), Brendan Fraser chose not to attend the Golden Globe Awards, as he alleges that in 2003 he was sexually assaulted by a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the body behind the Globes' nomination and voting processes. That incident, along with some health issues, largely derailed his acting career.

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Trivia: This is the first film based on a Marvel property to be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category, with Angela Bassett being nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

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13th Mar 2023

The Room (2003)

13th Mar 2023

Captain Marvel (2019)

Trivia: A few months after Brie Larson was cast, issue #12 of Spider-Man/Deadpool depicted a scene in which Deadpool gives Carol Danvers a DVD copy of the infamous film The Room, with Danvers stating she actually wanted Room, the film for which Brie Larson won the Best Actress Oscar.

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28th Feb 2023

Black Widow (2021)

Trivia: This film marks William Hurt's fifth and final appearance as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. He died from prostate cancer the following year, and his role was recast with Harrison Ford moving forward.

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23rd Feb 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19

Trivia: The reason why Harley is played by a different actor for this episode, and then subsequently written out of the show and replaced by Griff, is because Danny McNulty, in his own words, suffered a bipolar meltdown during the table read and ended up checking into a mental health facility for around a month. He said it ended up largely derailing his acting career until he returned to play Harley again in Girl Meets World.

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17th Feb 2023

Common mistakes

Factual error: Films set in or around the middle ages depict horses being the size of modern horses. In actuality, horses during that time period were smaller, closer to modern ponies.

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17th Feb 2023

Common mistakes

Factual error: Films depicting criminal trials in American courtrooms frequently show the defendant receiving their sentence right after their guilty verdict is rendered. In real life, people found guilty will have a separate hearing to receive their sentence several weeks later.

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Trivia: John Leguizamo was nearly cast as the Vulture before Michael Keaton finally accepted the role after multiple offers. Leguizamo stated on his Instagram account that the studio just used him as a pawn to get Keaton to accept the role, and that he could have sued if he wanted.

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16th Feb 2023

Batman Forever (1995)

Trivia: Jerry Heller filed a lawsuit against numerous individuals involved in the making of this film, alleging they used parts of his autobiography without his permission. He died about 10 months after filing the lawsuit, which was dismissed a couple years later.

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16th Feb 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

16th Feb 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9

Trivia: While filming the wrestling match between Vader and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the actual wrestling fans in attendance didn't like Vader and shouted insults at him. Ethan Suplee said he almost got into a fight with some fans because of this, and a crew member had to tell him to stop engaging with the fans because he was mic'd up.

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15th Feb 2023

General questions

14th Feb 2023

The Dark Knight (2008)

Trivia: There was speculation that this film would receive a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Although this didn't come to fruition, the Academy Awards the following year expanded its Best Picture field from five nominations to ten, allegedly in response to the backlash it received for snubbing the film.

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