Visible crew/equipment: Boom mics, crew members, equipment and lighting screens are reflected constantly on the actors' sunglasses throughout the movie (during the fresh clam terrace scene, when Augie and Ginger tell Jasmine and Hal about the lottery, when Augie and Ginger have a picture taken next to a yellow boat... etc.).
Sacha
18th Nov 2013
Blue Jasmine (2013)
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: Josh stumbles into McMillan, scattering papers everywhere. Susan picks up hers and presses them against her chest. In a close-up they're tidy, yet a shot later they're all messed up.
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Audio problem: When Josh is about to be interviewed, a woman says "Personnel director would like to see you now" but she's not mouthing the lines.
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: While Billy and Josh read the newspaper ads, note Billy's ice cream: the spoon stands-out longer or shorter and the pattern of the chocolate differs between shots.
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: In the equipment room, after adult Josh sings to Billy, his hair swaps from messy to brushed right before he says "Josh you look terrible."
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Billy enters the equipment room and confronts adult Josh, note the top ball's yellow sticker: it's either facing his face or away, depending on the angle.
28th Oct 2013
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: Before adult Josh leaves home, he grabs Zoltar's card by twisting his hand around. In the close-up, the hand's position is different.
17th Oct 2013
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: During Halloween night, a guy smashes an egg on Elliot's mom's car. A second later the car is clean and the guy is throwing the egg again.
17th Oct 2013
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts with all of Mike's friends in the house, one of them picks up some snacks while someone speaks on the phone, yet in the inmediate angle from behind his hand is lowered.
12th Oct 2013
Breaking Bad (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Walter White is with the Neo-Nazis waiting for Jesse to appear, one of the thugs throws Walter's car keys and wallet on the pool table. Their position changes between shots, sometimes being parallel to each other, other times very far apart. (00:40:15 - 00:42:10)
10th Oct 2013
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Revealing mistake: When McClane is hanging on the steel cable which pulls their car to the river, right when he says "Run, run" there's a brief shot and it's very obvious that the guy is Bruce Willis's stunt double.
24th Sep 2013
Breaking Bad (2008)
15th Sep 2013
Mud (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Ellis falls in the snake pit, a snake crawls around his throat. A frame later, from a different angle, the snake is gone.
28th Aug 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Continuity mistake: The pots inside the microwave during chaos in the kitchen change positions between shots.
28th Aug 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Continuity mistake: When the crazy Gremlin pops out of the pot, his right arm swaps between being covered in noodles or not, back and forth between shots.
28th Aug 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Marla is trapped in the web, she either has a huge web in front of her, or nothing at all, depending on which angle is focusing.
28th Aug 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Billy is tied up in the dentist's chair, he's got a single wire tying him up, but a double wire in the close-ups. The bandage on his forehead is also either covering his eyebrows or not, depending on the angle.
28th Aug 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Other mistake: Gizmo can't be exposed to sunlight, yet when the shop is demolished he walks out on the street. Note how he is walking past the shady part of the curb to the sunny part, suffering no harm whatsoever.
19th Aug 2013
World War Z (2013)
Continuity mistake: When Brad Pitt and his wife say goodbye, her right arm is extended, but a frame later it's bent and holding Pitt's hand. (00:32:25)
19th Aug 2013
World War Z (2013)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts with the family lying on the bed, Brad Pitt's arms keep changing positions between frames. (00:03:30)
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