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21st Sep 2009

Pandorum (2009)

2nd Sep 2009

Smallville (2001)

Action - S7-E5

Trivia: When the comics store is shown, one can see on display figurines of several other DC Comics characters, including Hawkman, Hourman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Starman, Mr. Freeze, Parallax, Black Canary, Robin, and others.

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Trivia: During filming, Samuel L. Jackson did not come into contact with any live snakes, because a contract clause prevented snakes from being within 25 feet (8 m) of the actor.

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28th Aug 2009

Smallville (2001)

22nd Aug 2009

Up (2009)

Trivia: Jordan Nagai, who eventually got the part of Russell, showed up to an audition with his brother, who was actually the one auditioning. However, the director realized Nagai behaved and spoke non-stop like Russell and chose him for the part. A similar situation happened with the casting of Short Round for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, whereby Jonathan Ke Quan was cast when it was actually his brother auditioning for the part.

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12th Aug 2009

Flyboys (2006)

Trivia: Blaine is given a small bear which he carries as a good luck charm. This is a reference to the 1927 movie Wings, the first ever film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, in which a pilot also carries a small bear as a good luck charm.

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11th Aug 2009

Flyboys (2006)

Factual error: In many of the CGI flying scenes, it is obvious that the engines are not moving. The rotary engines of early aircraft rotated along with the propeller at the same speed.

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Character mistake: Scarlett says that since McCullen is from Scotland, he speaks Celtic. Celtic is a group of languages, not a language unto itself (something a genius like Scarlett would most likely know); it would be like saying someone speaks Semitic or Germanic. McCullen would probably speak Scots or Scottish Gaelic, the official languages used in Scotland.

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Suggested correction: Scarlett certainly took this into account when she suggested the words for Ripcord to speak. Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language so Scarlett was still correct, she was just simplifying for expediency.

Phixius

No she wasn't correct. There is no such language as "celtic."

Factual error: The valet stand at Planet Hollywood is actually below, not above, ground. (00:50:05)

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10th Jul 2009

Transformers (2007)

Trivia: Michael Bay makes a cameo as someone flicked away by Megatron during the final battle in Mission City.

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2nd Jul 2009

Star Trek (2009)

1st Jul 2009

Star Trek (2009)

Trivia: Good friend and oft-collaborator of JJ Abrams Greg Grunberg (who worked with Abrams on Felicity, Alias, What About Brian and Mission Impossible: 3) makes an audio cameo as the voice of James T. Kirk's stepfather, who calls the young Kirk on his car phone. (00:12:15)

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Trivia: Shia LaBeouf's hand was seriously injured during a car accident. LaBeouf returned to filming, and the injury was written into the film as Sam damaging his hand falling out of the space bridge.

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Trivia: This film holds the Guinness World Record for the largest explosion with actors involved put on screen.

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Trivia: The student in the Marshall College library, that Mutt and Indy almost run over at the end of the chase, is Chester "Chet" Hanks, son of Tom Hanks.

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Continuity mistake: The CCCP emblem on the back of Irina Spalko's uniform appears and disappears between shots, most notably when she is descending off the cliff and we get a clear view of her back-minus the emblem.

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22nd Jun 2009

Hancock (2008)

Trivia: Producers Akiva Goldsman and Michael Mann cameo as executives in the boardroom during the first Allheart proposal.

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Trivia: When in the tent and forced to face the Crystal Skull, Indy dismisses the skulls as being from "Saucer Men From Mars". Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars was actually an early title for the film.

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