Continuity mistake: Michael Keaton is giving the retiring colleague Stewart a bit of a friendly roast. When he says "The corner office is empty", the glasses in his pocket are pointing to the opposite direction than in the rest of the scene. (00:03:30)
Sammo
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum sits on the couch's arm, by one of the sisters who is holding Higgins' book in her lap. On her lap, under the book, there's the handkerchief she used when she was having tea. In the closer angle, there's no hankie, while Madge's is open wider. (00:18:20)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Higgins mocks "Tommy", who in close-up rips the page of the notepad where he scribbled down the partial license plate. In a wider angle a few seconds later into the verbal exchanges he rips the page again. (00:18:05)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the garage fiasco, Magnum sits down with the ladies who patronize him. During the scene, the sunglasses retainers run to the inside or the outside of the shirt collar, depending on the camera angle. (00:13:05)
26th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum escorted the two old ladies at the Fointanbleu Residence. The one in red, Madge, has her hand on Jeanie's arm when she says they were actresses, but she kept her hands to herself in the previous shot. (00:07:25)
26th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is at the old ladies' residence and is talking with the card collector. In the close-up of the baseball broadcast, the object on top of the TV are gone. (00:08:45)
26th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum creates a Rodin-esque stack of beer cans. His store manager lambasts him, and when they are looking at his creation, it looks different already - the can he put on top as finishing touch is missing, immediately noticeable. (00:02:15)
26th May 2020
The Dictator (2012)
Continuity mistake: The Wadiyan Games' 100 m race is edited from different takes. The distances between the athletes and Aladeen do not match, and even the start is shot with different timing. (00:01:30)
26th May 2020
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Continuity mistake: Georgia and Poupi are taking a walk after she admitted to be starved for sex. During their walk a girl in a green top accompanied by a guy in a brown T-shirt pass them to the left of Nia Vardalos, appear in reverse shot to the right of Alexis Georgoulis, and are back behind Nia. (00:17:40)
26th May 2020
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Gator shows up, he folds the map in the second shot, but all of a sudden he still has an unfolded map to mess with for some 'comedy' in the next shot, in a rather bad transition. (00:09:40)
26th May 2020
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Continuity mistake: When the Spanish tourists introduce themselves, Nia Vardalos is suddenly writing on the board and at the cut still holding the bribe money. (00:09:00)
26th May 2020
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Continuity mistake: Time to board the bus. Georgia tells the passenger that he can't smoke; she is holding her clipboard clutching it to her chest, then one hand, then arms crossed to the chest again. (00:08:05)
26th May 2020
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Continuity mistake: Georgia retorts to her boss that the tourists are the boring ones. The boss holds the papers in hand, in front of her, but in the following shot with the camera behind her, Maria is listening with her hands on her hips. (00:03:15)
26th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The kid in the hospital has a very slim bracelet on his left wrist. In close-up when he sets the modem up he has a thick one. (00:24:30)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the ending, when Rick tries to be happy for avenging his sister, and when his buddies try to lighten up the mood, Larry Manetti's hands go from juxtaposed to entwined, back and forth several times. (00:44:35)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the finale, Rick says "But those agents said..." his left hand in the shade and with its side flat on the table by the beer stack. Next shot and it's raised and in a different spot, and so on and so forth as the two angles switch. (00:44:20)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The final automatic weapon burst that brings down the baddies breaks in close-up the right stoplight and the back license plate. The car rolls over, and before the explosion the license is in one piece, but taped blank. (00:42:55)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Rick has covered the distance from the rocks to the house and touches the wall, it cuts back to TC's chopper with Magnum. In those two shots the chopper has flotation pads, while in all the other flight views it has the normal skids. (00:36:00)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum asks Carol Baldwin "Please, come on, I need to know" pointing at her bag containing a large folder. Her left hand holds the bag differently at the cut (thumb on the inside / thumb against the buckle). (00:24:05)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum stands up to drag Rick's debaucherous sister to Bambi; a drink appears in front of the girl all of a sudden, and so does Magnum's beer. (00:11:55)
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