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5th Jan 2020

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

5th Jan 2020

Knives Out (2019)

5th Jan 2020

Knives Out (2019)

Trivia: Jacob Thrombey, the far-right troll, was based in part on the backlash and targeting that Rian Johnson experienced after The Last Jedi was received unfavourably by some people. He's stated it's a broader commentary on the state of social media, not about his Star Wars experience specifically. "It doesn't matter if you made a Star Wars movie or if you have a cooking YouTube channel, or you collect books on the internet, someone's gonna be yelling at you on the internet."

5th Jan 2020

Knives Out (2019)

Trivia: Joseph Gordon-Levitt cameos, at least his voice - he's heard on the TV show Marta's sister is watching. He's a frequent collaborator with director Rian Johnson.

5th Jan 2020

The Two Popes (2019)

Trivia: The director only came across Jonathan Pryce because he was searching for photos of Pope Francis, and the two people were frequently being compared as they look so similar. He looked into Pryce's body of work and realised he'd be an excellent choice for the part.

5th Jan 2020

Cats (2019)

Trivia: Cats was originally going to be entirely animated. Director Tom Hooper was then brought on and wanted it "live action", with...mixed results.

27th Dec 2019

Cats (2019)

Trivia: Universal had to fix various errors due to unfinished CGI, releasing a new version to theaters.

27th Dec 2019

Frozen II (2019)

Trivia: Olaf looking for his friends and ending with "Sven? Samantha? I don't even know a Samantha!" may well be a very obscure reference to the BBC radio comedy panel show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". The (fictional) scorer Samantha is occasionally "replaced" by an equally fictional scorer called Sven.

27th Dec 2019

Frozen II (2019)

Trivia: During "Into the Unknown", Elsa spins around and makes a circle of ice. Two other circles briefly appear above it, making a "hidden Mickey".

27th Dec 2019

Frozen II (2019)

Trivia: The "new Danish author" that Prince Agnar is reading is most likely Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote "The Snow Queen", the basis of Frozen.

8th Oct 2019

Joker (2019)

Trivia: Director Todd Phillips has specifically said that he doesn't see this movie connecting with any other DC movies - it stands alone.

8th Oct 2019

Joker (2019)

Trivia: Arthur's joke "When I was a little boy and told people I was going to be comedian, everyone laughed at me. Well no one's laughing now" is a near-direct copy of a joke from late British comic Bob Monkhouse.

Trivia: Patton Oswalt replaced Louis CK as Max after Louis CK's sexual misconduct.

27th Sep 2019

Fleabag (2016)

Trivia: The show originally began as a play at the Edinburgh festival in 2013.

27th Sep 2019

Fleabag (2016)

Trivia: Fleabag is the actual nickname used for star Phoebe Waller-Bridge by her family.

27th Sep 2019

Chernobyl (2019)

Trivia: Despite the overall level of accuracy in the show, one deliberate choice was to use "comrade [surname]", rather than the full name as is typical in formal Russian address. It was felt it would be too distracting for viewers.

27th Sep 2019

Chernobyl (2019)

Trivia: The musical score was based on ambient audio samples taken from a decommissioned Lithuanian power plant where the series was filmed.

Trivia: The director of one of Rick's Italian films is "Antonio Margheriti". That's also the alias Donny Donowitz uses in Inglorious Basterds.

25th Sep 2019

Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

Trivia: Jason Statham's line "things I've done I have to make amends for" has been specifically stated to reference him killing Han in Fast and Furious 6. A campaign was started online called "Justice for Han", prompting the acknowledgement of this needing to be dealt with in-universe. (01:37:50)

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