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30th Apr 2011

Thor (2011)

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Trivia: Stan Lee makes his customary appearance as the driver of the white pickup truck that tries to free Mjolnir from the ground. (00:36:10)

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27th Feb 2011

Paul (2011)

Trivia: Stick around after the movie has finished, at least 4 minutes of extra footage is shown.

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12th Aug 2010

Total Recall (1990)

Trivia: The sound effect used for when Quaid presses his hand into the device to start creating air on Mars is the same as the targeting reticule in Predator. (01:43:10)

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2nd Aug 2010

The Karate Kid (2010)

Trivia: Whilst this movie is a remake of the 80's Karate Kid, and is named the same, no actual karate is performed at all. It's all kung-fu.

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12th Jul 2010

Predators (2010)

Trivia: The famous line from the original Predator "You're one ugly motherf**ker" is included in Predators, but most people have missed it unless they speak Russian. Nikolai says the line before blowing himself up.

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14th Jun 2010

Kick-Ass (2010)

Trivia: The yellow Range Rover that Cody gets crushed inside is a nod to one of director Matthew Vaughns previous movies, Layer Cake, which featured the same brash coloured model.

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13th Jun 2010

The A-Team (2010)

24th Apr 2010

Superhero Movie (2008)

Trivia: Hang around during the end credits, for some quite lengthy outtakes and extra scenes.

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8th Apr 2010

2012 (2009)

Trivia: It's not an accident that Wisconsin was chosen as the new South Pole in the movie, its position being 44N/90W, 44 being a number that Roland Emmerich tries to sneak into every movie he makes since his 'Moon 44' days. (01:37:25)

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1st Feb 2010

Kick-Ass (2010)

Trivia: The lead character Kick Ass AKA Dave Lizewski got his 'real' name in response to a competition held to give Kick Ass his alter ego. Not surprisingly, the person who won the competition is also called Dave Lizewski and opted to use his own name.

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16th Nov 2009

Cars (2006)

Trivia: The 'Hidden Mickey' is revealed when all of Radiator Springs' neon lights are fixed after Lightning McQueen's makeover. On the roof of Flo's V8 Cafe, a rotating neon light lines up to form the 'Hidden Mickey'.

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Trivia: When the helicopters and aircraft are firing missiles at the Robot for the first time, one of the missiles says "ET go home" on it, and as it appears onscreen, a couple of bars from the main ET theme can be heard.

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4th Nov 2009

Up (2009)

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Trivia: A scene in the airship of the dogs playing poker is a homage to the same named series of pictures painted by C.M. Coolidge. A further detail is that instead of having an ace up his sleeve, one of the dogs has the ace hidden in his collar.

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31st Oct 2009

Robocop 3 (1993)

Trivia: When Kanemitsu is talking to the CEO and is being translated by the computer, this was achieved by using the SAY program on the Commodore Amiga, a home computer released in 1985-1994.

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21st Oct 2009

The Incredibles (2004)

Trivia: The "hidden Mickey" is revealed when Mr.Incredible first enters the cave where Gazerbeams body is. As he gets thrown into the air by the water, in the background the shape and gaps in rocks reveal the "hidden Mickey".

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4th Oct 2009

Fame (1980)

Trivia: Director Alan Parker makes a fleeting cameo appearance. When Ralph starts his routine and says, "I'm a professional asshole", the camera moves to Coco's reaction, and then the next shot is the brief shot of Alan Parker before the camera shot moves down onto another actor. (01:41:40)

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28th Sep 2009

Wall-E (2008)

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Trivia: When Wall-E leaves orbit on the rocket, they crash through a load of satellites. One of the satellites stuck to Wall-E is Sputnik, which according to the DVD commentary, was added on purpose as a tribute. (00:32:10)

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