Trivia: The first episode "The Good Father" is named as a nod to the title of the first episode of the original series: "The Good Son".
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12th Oct 2023
Frasier (2023)
12th Oct 2023
Frasier (2023)
Trivia: David Hyde Pierce chose not to reprise the role of Niles, saying "I love those characters, but I don’t miss them."
12th Oct 2023
Frasier (2023)
Trivia: The bar "Mahoney's" is named after the late John Mahoney, who played Frasier's father in the original show.
11th Oct 2023
Die Another Day (2002)
Factual error: After the window of the plane is shot out, the aircraft dips into a major dive which Jinx struggles to rectify. There's no reason this would happen simply due to decompression - that would be uncomfortable for the passengers but not affect the plane's flight characteristics.
10th Oct 2023
The Rewrite (2014)
Trivia: The carousel Marisa Tomei shows Hugh Grant was also used as the location where Nic Cage's son is killed in Face/Off.
10th Oct 2023
The Rewrite (2014)
Trivia: Professor Weldon says people think she's an "Elinor" from Sense and Sensibility. Keith says he knows the character. Hugh Grant played Elinor's love interest in the 1995 film.
10th Oct 2023
The Rewrite (2014)
Trivia: Writer/director Marc Lawrence went to Binghamton University.
10th Oct 2023
The Rewrite (2014)
Trivia: The award speech Hugh Grant watches his younger self give is his actual speech when he won the Golden Globe for Four Weddings and a Funeral, with extra plot-specific lines added.
3rd Oct 2023
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Factual error: The scene in Piccadilly Circus shows the Shaftesbury Memorial Statue, but this film is set in 1890 and that statue was only unveiled in 1893.
16th Sep 2023
Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Trivia: Willa is played by Timothy Olyphant's daughter Vivian.
10th Aug 2023
Haunted Mansion (2023)
Trivia: Harriet's chair in the spirit session is styled after the vehicles in the Haunted Mansion theme park ride.
9th Aug 2023
The Flash (2023)
Continuity mistake: In the Soviet bunker, Batman hooks a soldier taking cover at a distance. In the next shot he's suddenly closer and in range to kick him.
9th Aug 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Continuity mistake: During the fight at Osaka Continental between John and Caine, a knife lands near a display case corner. However, when the shot changes, the knife disappears.
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: The opening of the film is a direct nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: Mermaid Barbie was originally going to be Denise Richards, but she had to drop out. Dua Lipa replaced her.
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: Emma Mackey was partly cast as she and Margot Robbie are often confused for each other. Greta Gerwig wanted to make a joke about that fact in the film, but once they were both dressed up as their respective characters they didn't look like each other much, so the idea was scrapped.
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: Ruth Handler (Rhea Perlman), co-founder of Mattel and creator of Barbie, did indeed faced tax issues. In 1978 she was accused of evading $1.5 million in taxes by hiding money in Swiss bank accounts and using shell corporations. In 1979, she pled guilty to tax evasion.
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
9th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: The studio wanted the scene on the bench to be cut, arguing it had no impact on the story as a whole. Greta Gerwig refused, saying "If I cut the scene, I don't know what this movie is about".
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