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8th Apr 2024

Immaculate (2024)

Trivia: This film was released two weeks prior to The First Omen, which is another film that deals with a young aspiring nun traveling to Italy and becoming impregnated by sinister forces within the Catholic Church.

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8th Apr 2024

The First Omen (2024)

Trivia: This film was released two weeks after Immaculate, which is another film that deals with a young aspiring nun traveling to Italy and becoming impregnated by sinister forces within the Catholic Church.

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6th Apr 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: Busta Rhymes appeared on an episode of WWE SmackDown to promote this film the day before its theatrical release. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson asked him if he would die in the film since horror films typically kill off black characters first. Rhymes simply responded with "Hell no."

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3rd Apr 2024

American Pie (1999)

Trivia: Eugene Levy originally turned down the role of Jim's dad, stating he didn't like the way the part was written, as well as asking why he would want to be in a movie that he himself wouldn't go see. His manager convinced him to meet with the directors. They agreed to let him improvise the part to his liking, and ended up expanding the role.

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3rd Apr 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

3rd Apr 2024

Boy Meets World (1993)

3rd Apr 2024

Batman (1989)

Trivia: When Bruce and Vicki are eating soup, Michael Keaton ad-libbed the line where he says he doesn't think he's ever been in that room before.

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31st Mar 2024

Phantom Thread (2017)

20th Mar 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: Ahead of its premiere, it was announced that Morph, who was created for the original animated series, would be non-binary. This led to backlash from some fans, claiming that the show was going "woke." Eric and Julia Lewald, who created the original series, pushed back against these fans, asking if they had learned nothing from the show and the comics that inspired it, as it was always an allegory for civil rights and highlighted people who were different from the norm and dealt with bigotry.

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20th Mar 2024

Game of Thrones (2011)

Trivia: According to recent reports, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss originally wanted to eschew the final two seasons of the show and instead close out the series as a trilogy of theatrical films.

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20th Mar 2024

X-Men (1992)

Trivia: Lenore Zann originally turned down the role of Rogue, as she had no interest in working on a cartoon, deeming it not serious enough. Her agent eventually convinced her to audition. When she finally read for the part, the casting directors immediately told her that she was exactly what they were looking for.

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20th Mar 2024

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: For reasons yet to be disclosed by either party, series creator Beau DeMayo was fired by Disney only days before its Disney+ premiere. Despite his firing, DeMayo regularly interacted with fans on X (formerly Twitter) regarding plot details following the release of each episode, as well as recommending what episodes from the original series fans should watch in preparation for the release of certain episodes of this series.

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20th Mar 2024

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: Brandon Call's mom did not allow the hair and makeup department to style his hair for each episode. She insisted on doing it herself.

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20th Mar 2024

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: Although the production paid to have Magic Mountain closed off for the cast and extras to film the show's opening titles sequence, the cast was not allowed to ride any of the rides for insurance reasons. The close-up shots of the cast on the roller coaster were done in front of a green screen, while the long shots were of stunt doubles.

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20th Mar 2024

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: At the very beginning of the opening titles, the woman in the red top and white pants walking on the left is actually Christine Lakin's mom.

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Trivia: The main antagonists of this series are a terrorist organization called the Flag Smashers, led by a woman named Karli Morgenthau. In the comics, the Flag Smashers are not an organization, but rather a man named Karl Morgenthau who goes by the moniker of the Flag Smasher.

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19th Mar 2024

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Trivia: Although he provided the artwork for the opening titles, artist Alex Ross had a very negative opinion of this film, calling it "sh*t on toast" in an interview with Wizard magazine.

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Trivia: Director James Gunn has said that this film contains an Easter egg that no fan to this day has been able to point out.

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