Phaneron

13th Nov 2023

X-Men: Evolution (2000)

Adrift - S2-E6

Factual error: The map of the western United States shown during the weather report at the start of the episode shows some states drawn incorrectly. Idaho's entire western border is a straight line, whereas in real life, Oregon has a horn-shaped indentation on its northeastern border that it shares with Idaho. Idaho also looks like a crude staircase, with the southwestern border of Montana going down to central Wyoming, whereas that area in real life is around the northwestern part of Wyoming.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

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 17 years after Ghostbusters 2, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife released 5 years after the 2016 film.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

Beast of Bayville - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Principal Kelly is placing the caution tape across the destroyed restroom wall, he applies it at a diagonal angle. When the shot changes, the tape is now at a horizontal angle, and he is now applying a second piece at a diagonal angle.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

4th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

30th Oct 2023

The Holdovers (2023)

Answer: The best information I read was from an online "People" magazine article. Actor Paul Giamatti says he is sworn to secrecy on how the lazy eye effect was achieved, other than to say it was "movie magic." I hope someone finds additional information and shares it here, as I'd like to know more.

raywest

According to a YouTube video from WhatCulture that I watched today, Giamatti recently revealed on the Howard Stern Show that he wore a big soft contact lens, which practically blinded him in that eye.

Phaneron

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Cobweb (2023)

Plot hole: Peter's sister has the strength to rip people apart with her bare hands, but somehow wasn't able to break down doors while pursuing Peter or Ms. Devine, or even break down the walls she was imprisoned behind (Ms. Devine broke apart one of those walls with a fireplace poker).

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

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.

Phaneron

19th Oct 2023

Mosquito Coast (1986)

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