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8th Oct 2023

Kojak (1973)

6th Oct 2023

Kojak (1973)

Web of Death - S1-E2

Audio problem: Joanna has been drinking on her own in front of the TV. The actress looks towards the door a second before the sound effect of the lock being tried is added. (00:23:00)

Sammo

6th Oct 2023

Kojak (1973)

6th Oct 2023

Kojak (1973)

Siege of Terror - S1-E1

Audio problem: When the cops are grilling the owner of the parking lot, Crocker shouts, "Come on, George, start making sense!" and the guy interjects, "No, honest, I..." His lips are not moving, and he can't be articulating those words. (00:27:50)

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Audio problem: At the beginning of the movie, a local errand guy delivers a box to Poirot from a gondola. The actor is supposed to be speaking Italian in his first phrase, but he says "Segnor Poirot, lo pesce!" (Mr. Poirot, your fish!), totally off in accent and grammar, obviously from an English-speaking actor poorly faking an Italian accent. Moreover, the box does not contain fish, but turns out a few minutes later to be a box of chocolates. In fact, the Italian version redubs this line entirely and the guy says the equivalent of "Mr. Poirot, your sweets" in a Venetian accent ("Sior Poirot, I suoi dolcetti!").

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Audio problem: Helen reminds Miles the line he used "To forever be remembered in the same breath as the Mona Lisa." The line is said in the span of a couple different angles; when she says the word "in the same", the camera is behind her, and you can see that her jaw is not moving. (02:09:15)

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Audio problem: Lionel learns that the whole Glass Onion runs on the dangerous power source. He tries to quit, but Miles puts a hand on his shoulder and says "Bro, you are not getting out." Edward Norton's lip movement does not match the sentence. (00:45:20)

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Audio problem: Blanc and Lionel are talking about Andi on the ship headed to the island. "In one legal move, he cut her out completely", Lionel says, but the second half of the phrase his chin (as you can tell by his conspicuous beard) is not moving. (00:18:45)

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Audio problem: When Lionel tells the others to lift the button at the center of the compass, you can notice that the music box is still playing, but the drum of the machine is still. (00:08:30)

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6th Jan 2023

Dark Glasses (2022)

Audio problem: In the original version, it's crystal clear that the last sentence from inspector Gemma Bajani after she hands her calling card (when she says that they'll be back with a search warrant) was added in post, lacking ambience and even mixed at a different level than the rest of the dialogue. (00:39:10)

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16th Nov 2022

Dark Glasses (2022)

Audio problem: When Baldacci shoots the van that is coming at him full force, the sound bits inserted are of bullets hitting metal. Since he is aiming at the windshield, either his gun does not shoot straight or someone has been very lazy with the sound editing; even if he hit bulletproof glass, the sound it would make would not be like that at all. And a few seconds later his colleague shoots at the van from the side and there is no bullet impact sound at all; to Miss a static target of THAT size from a few feet of distance she'd have to blind as well. (00:43:05)

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10th Nov 2022

Hard Times (1975)

Audio problem: After the flawless victory, Chaney and Speed head via train to Speed's home turf, New Orleans. The name of the city though is dubbed in a pause of the dialogue by a voice that does not even sound like James Coburn's while he opens his suitcase. You can even see that his tongue and mouth don't move to articulate the word. (00:11:35)

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8th Nov 2022

Hard Times (1975)

Audio problem: The very first punch we see thrown in the movie happens when Spencer 'Speed' Weed 's man, 'Chuck Boy', swings at the opponent. It is a wide shot, and even from that distance you can see a lot of light between the haymaker and the opponent's face, but of course there's a thunderous sound as if the guy got socked hard in the mush. (00:05:45)

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21st Jul 2022

Death on the Nile (2022)

Audio problem: Katherine visits Poirot at the field hospital; the opening line has a loud gulping, most likely dubbed, and then Branagh's voice says "I asked you...not to come" with the second part of the sentence added in dub; his lips don't move. (00:05:45)

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Audio problem: In the cemetery, Christie fights a cop who attacks her with a baton that makes a super-exaggerated 'swoosh' sound; exaggeration aside, the last 'swhoosh' happens during a motion with no speed, so the sonic boom there is not just overkill, it's wrong. (01:06:40)

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19th Jun 2022

Trancers (1985)

Audio problem: When Jack hauls Baby McNulty out of the apartment, the young actress (Alyson Croft) 's lines are dubbed over and you can also see she actually bursts out laughing at the turn of the corner. (00:43:00)

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19th Jun 2022

Trancers (1985)

Audio problem: At the 'punk' club in Chinatown, the live singer (or yeller) is lip-syncing (and with lots of lips but very little of the synching). (00:38:10)

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18th Jun 2022

The Intern (2015)

Audio problem: Jules had one drink too many and she falls back slurring "Thanks agaaaaain" - her lips however don't move, it was dubbed over. (01:17:40)

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Audio problem: When Christie moves on to the second girl in the hot tub to strangle her, she screams "N-noooo!" but her lips and facial muscles don't move. (00:44:20)

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