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15th Nov 2021

Eternals (2021)

Trivia: SPOILER: When Thena is practising with Excalibur, Sprite asks her if it's the Ebony Blade. The Ebony Blade is actually the sword that Dane Whitman unboxes in the post-credits scene.

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11th Nov 2021

Deadpool 2 (2018)

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Trivia: A promotional poster for the PG-13 version of this film (Once Upon a Deadpool) was released as a parody of a painting commissioned by the LDS church called "The Second Coming." This was reportedly done in response to the state of Utah - known for the LDS church having unconstitutional influence over its state laws - fining a theater that served alcohol for showing the first film, alleging that it violated state liquor laws by serving alcohol while showing nudity or simulated sex.

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11th Nov 2021

Deadpool (2016)

Trivia: Ryan Reynolds donated $5,000 to the defense fund of a theater in Salt Lake City that was fined for showing this movie. The theater in question is known for serving beer, and Utah state liquor laws prohibit the showing of nudity or simulated sex in places that serve alcohol. A U.S. district judge ruled that the law violated the theater's freedom of speech and ordered the state to pay them $474,000. In response to the fine, Reynolds tweeted "Thank god, they've found a way to legislate fun."

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10th Nov 2021

Black Panther (2018)

Trivia: This was the first Hollywood film in 35 years to be shown in theaters in Saudi Arabia.

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Trivia: An official poster wasn't released for this film until only around 6 weeks before its release date.

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9th Nov 2021

Morbius (2022)

Trivia: When the Daily Bugle is shown with the main article of Morbius being apprehended for murder, in the top right corner of the paper you can read "Black Cat: Friend or Foe?" This is a reference to the antihero and frequent Spider-Man ally Black Cat. Sony had previously attempted to develop a movie featuring Black Cat and Silver Sable, which would have been called "Silver and Black." This could be Sony planting the seeds of bringing the character to screen, or it may just be an Easter egg.

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6th Nov 2021

Eternals (2021)

Trivia: After 13 years and 26 films, this is the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to receive a "rotten" rating from Rotten Tomatoes upon release. This is somewhat ironic given that there were reports that Marvel considered it the best film they had made yet, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige felt it could be a nominee for Best Picture at the Oscars, particularly as its director ChloƩ Zhao had recently won the Best Director Oscar for Nomadland, which also won Best Picture.

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5th Nov 2021

Eternals (2021)

Trivia: SPOILER: The mid-credits scene sees the debut of Eros, brother of Thanos, who reveals himself to also be an Eternal. The reason why Thanos looks so different from his human-looking brother is because Thanos carries the Deviant gene.

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27th Oct 2021

X-Men (1992)

27th Oct 2021

X-Men (2000)

Trivia: Chris Potter, who voiced Gambit in the animated series, was brought in to audition for the role of Cyclops. By his own admission, he didn't want to play the character, and wanted to hold out and play Gambit in a live action role, feeling that Gambit would finally appear in the next installment following the release of every film. Potter for his part admitted he was too old to play the character by the time he was finally adapted to live action in 2009.

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27th Oct 2021

Dexter (2006)

27th Oct 2021

X-Men (1992)

25th Oct 2021

American Reunion (2012)

Trivia: If you pause the film when the camera is on the senior wishlist board at the reunion, Michelle's wish is "to improve on all talents flute-related." (01:24:42)

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22nd Oct 2021

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Trivia: This is the first James Gunn-directed film that does not feature a voice cameo from Rob Zombie.

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12th Oct 2021

Grand Theft Auto V

Trivia: Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit against Rockstar, alleging that her likeness was used for the character Lacey Jones without her permission. The lawsuit was dismissed.

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7th Oct 2021

After.Life (2009)

4th Oct 2021

Vice (2018)

28th Sep 2021

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: While filming a prank in which each of the four Jokers were working as cashiers at a grocery store, during Sal's turn, he was instructed to take a picture of a customer's credit card with his phone. This led to the customer calling the police on them. It turns out she had her identity stolen a couple weeks prior. According to Murr, the police took the woman out of the store to defuse the situation, and then came back in the store and told them that they are fans of the show.

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28th Sep 2021

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: Will Friedle originally lost the role of Eric to another actor. The actor - whom Friedle has identified as being named either Harry Branichee or Harry Branshee - was similar in height to Ben Savage at the time. The creators of the show realised this would be problematic when Ben Savage started to grow taller, eventually being taller than his onscreen older brother, so they went with Friedle.

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