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Continuity mistake: Carol sits down with Dr. King and begins explaining what was her mother did for a living before her marriage. King listens to her with her hands on her knees, which turn into clasped hands at the cut. She then listens leaning her chin against her fist, and under certain camera angles the hand stays there even when she changes position. (00:31:50)

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Continuity mistake: Freshly arrived to the hotel in Jerusalem, Dr. King looks down from the balcony and spots Raymond eating something at the table with his family. In the next shot, he's not munching anymore, and he's already smiling at her. (00:28:05)

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Continuity mistake: After the beatdown, Cope clutches in hand his ill-advised gift to Nadine as he says "It was just a figure of speech." It's closed, but when he gets up it's open. (00:23:55)

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Continuity mistake: Lennox pulls out of his jacket the infamous cigarette case. In the reaction shot, Carrie Fisher's fingers are curled, in the wider angle they are straight along her cheek. Notice in this shot also Carol, with her arms down her sides. Next shot and she has her hands clasped. (00:23:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Emily picks Jefferson's glass, she is holding the bottle of expensive champagne at the bottom of the cloth, and at the top in close-up. (00:22:25)

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Continuity mistake: On the ship, Emily plans to kill her lawyer who just left her cabin. She holds the bottle of heart medicine, and in close-up the fingers are positioned differently on it. (00:20:05)

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Continuity mistake: Emily Boynton tells her lawyer to stop the affair with her daughter-in-law and leave. He threatens her (not quite clear with what) and tells her "I want those children of yours to have a chance." Notice Emily's shadow, perfectly clear under the window. Next shot, and there's no shadow. (00:19:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. King approaches Poirot with the scopolamine syrup, in close-up Ustinov's hand is a bit lower on the glass, and, the woman in the background, who had her hand up, has it down; not that she has a choice, since you can tell she is forced to keep firmly her hand down her side to hold in place her skirt (the wind would otherwise make it flap around all over the place). (00:17:55)

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Continuity mistake: Nadine tells her husband Lennox that they should disappear when they hit Jaffa. Lennox asks her "What do we use for money", his left arm folded, hand up. Close-up, and it's hanging all the way down. (00:17:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Poirot moves across the beach volley (ship volley?) court, a girl in an ample blue skirt is moving left to right towards him, and is completely gone at the cut. (00:16:45)

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Continuity mistake: Poirot's stomach is upset by the effluvia of the 'dead duck' that some random prankster exposes in front of him. Visible fumes are in front of Peter Ustinov, immediately gone in the wider angle. (00:14:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Miss Quinton finds her lost cigarette case, Dr. King in the background is laughing. She changes position, but in Poirot's reaction, which should be in perfect continuity since the quarrel does not pause, she is sitting with her arms perfectly still. (00:14:00)

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Continuity mistake: Nadine reads Cope's inscription on the cigarette case in close-up. One of his fingers is on the right side of the box, and it's absent in the next angle. And when he closes it, Carrie Fisher's right hand which was lowered, is at bosom level. (00:12:00)

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Continuity mistake: Hearing that Cope is around, Nadine asks "He's not here, is he?" as she stands up from the bench. Without her handbag, that is suddenly there at the cut. (00:09:50)

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Continuity mistake: The family is sightseeing London, and the eponymous Tower. A yeomen warder points up; Nadine is looking where he's pointing assuming a different position in the two shots, with the sunlight being as well different. (00:05:45)

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Continuity mistake: After the will was read, Mrs. Boynton tells the 'children' that she has a lovely surprise. Carrie Fisher in the wide angle changes position leaning her chin against the back of her hand, and repeats the gesture in a subsequent shot. (00:04:15)

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15th Mar 2022

House of Gucci (2021)

Continuity mistake: When Paola stands and leaves with vague promises of strudel deliveries, Patrizia's hands are joined. Cuts to her watching Paola leave, and she's smoking, hands apart. (01:43:25)

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14th Mar 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: The lighting in the scene with Venkman stalking Dana outside the concert hall is inconsistent. For instance, when he quips "I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me", Dana's stiff friend leans against a fountain that is bathed in sunlight. Mere moments later the section of the square is in the shade. (00:43:10)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 2 - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi confronts Akechi in the corridor of the station about his decision to issue an arrest order for Kenmochi, you can notice two billboards; the one to the left has a single poster on it, and its height (compare it to the ones on the board to the right) changes between shots. (00:07:30)

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