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13th Nov 2023

Better Call Saul (2015)

Hit and Run - S6-E4

Trivia: When Kim is sitting down to eat with Clifford Main, she mentions the place gives Java Joe's a run for its money. Java Joe's is actually the name of the real-life coffee shop whose building exterior was used as Tuco's headquarters in Breaking Bad.

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Trivia: This film will actually have the shortest amount of time elapsed between installments, releasing around 2 years and 4 months after Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Ghostbusters 2 released 5 years after the original film, the 2016 film released 27 years after Ghostbusters 2, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife released 5 years after the 2016 film.

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13th Nov 2023

Loki (2021)

Science/Fiction - S2-E5

Trivia: We learn in this episode that prior to being abducted by the TVA, Casey was an inmate at Alcatraz named Frank. This is Frank Morris, whose story was the subject of the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood. He and two of his fellow inmates managed to escape the prison, but were never seen again, with one accepted theory being that they drowned in San Francisco Bay. His TVA abduction here provides an in-universe explanation for his disappearance.

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12th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

11th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

11th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

Trivia: One of the code names Kamala suggests for Monica is Spectrum, which is one of the code names she has gone by in the comics.

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5th Nov 2023

Underworld (2003)

Trivia: Selene is based on a Marvel Comics character of the same name, who is also sometimes known as the Black Queen. She is also a vampire of sorts, having the ability to drain the life force from others.

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4th Nov 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

Stormy Weather - S3-E16

Trivia: Will Friedle was forced by the network to cut his hair ahead of filming this episode, as they felt it was getting too long. Director Jeff McCracken knew how upset Friedle was about this, so he went home and cut his own hair to make him feel better.

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4th Nov 2023

Iron Man (2008)

Trivia: An Iron Man film was in development at Fox in the mid-90s with Tom Cruise eyed for the lead role. The film never came to fruition, partly because the technology required to adapt the character to screen wasn't there yet, but also because Cruise's asking fee to star in it was not a price the studio was willing to risk on a largely unknown character.

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4th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

28th Oct 2023

Lincoln (2012)

Trivia: Daniel Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film, becoming the first (and thus far, only) actor to win the award three times. This was also the first Steven Spielberg-directed film to win an Academy Award in an acting category.

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Trivia: A teacher at a Miami charter school showed this film to his 4th-grade class. He allowed them to select the film they wanted to watch, and they picked this, with nobody realising it was a horror film. Apparently, the movie played for over 20 minutes before the teacher shut it off, despite earlier protests from his students about its content.

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19th Oct 2023

Mosquito Coast (1986)

18th Oct 2023

X-Men: Evolution (2000)

18th Oct 2023

X-Men 3 (2006)

Trivia: According to new reports, the real reason Matthew Vaughn left this film is because he found a large script featuring a scene in Africa with Storm ending a drought for thirsty villagers. The executives told him that was a fake script to entice Halle Berry into remaining in the film. Vaughn was disgusted with their duplicity and exited the project.

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Trivia: This film nearly had a completely different story. Marvel originally wanted Kraven to be the main antagonist, but Sony refused, as they wanted to establish Kraven in his own upcoming solo film before allowing him to appear in an MCU film.

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17th Oct 2023

The Great Escaper (2023)

Trivia: This is Michael Caine's final film. He decided to retire after making it, when he came to the realisation that, at age 90, he would only be landing roles of old men.

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