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Factual error: The movie presents the location of Qumran as a tourist destination with intensive excavations. In 1937, Qumran was definitely not a tourist spot; it was not unknown, but the name value of the area was established only after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls a decade later.

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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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Factual error: Carrie Fisher and David Soul kiss in 1936 Trieste in front of a poster for the stock cube "Arrigo" from local food company Arrigoni. Sounds fine, but the ad used was launched in 1939. (00:11:30)

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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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Audio problem: When Carrie Fisher and David Soul make out in Trieste, a performer at the local restaurant is supposed to be singing the popular Italian song "Torna a Surriento", but his lips barely even move and it's self-evident that he's not the one singing. (00:11:30)

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Factual error: The Italian flags used in the city that stands in as Trieste are all modern flags of the Italian republic, with just the tricolour. In 1936 the flag would also have the coat of arms from Savoy, being still a kingdom. (00:08:30)

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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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Other mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Ginevra is reading the magazine but is interrupted by the outbreak of a thunderstorm. There is no rain at all, though, just the sound effect of thunder, with the car already wet at the beginning of the take to try to establish the illusion. (00:00:40)

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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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15th Mar 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Plot hole: It's not solely the adaptation's fault, but in the visual medium it sticks out more. We know that the killer used nail polish to simulate the blood the first time around, and then throws away the stained handkerchief and replaces it with a clean one which will be stained in real blood. The problem is, you see the fake blood, which is nail polish, drip down his pants and soak his hand; while the pants may not be too much of a problem since the doctor cuts them off in the proximity of the wound (even if we see a drip in the uncut part, it's likely that Poirot never took a look at them), Simon still has a hand covered in paint, which has also a characteristic odor as Poirot remarks in a different part of the movie, and wouldn't come out easily. Somehow that goes entirely unnoticed, and it wouldn't take the sharp instinct and senses of Poirot to pick up on the anomaly, you'd think. He was also of course mighty lucky that nothing spilled on the couch or carpet.

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15th Mar 2022

Night Cascades

Character mistake: In the inspection at the park, Diane is trying to figure out what the people involved in the first fire could have done. She says "Were they frightened? Desperate to get away? Or EXHILERATED by the blaze?", misspelling the world "exhilarated."

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15th Mar 2022

Halfway Home

Character mistake: When the protagonist gets in their room at the beginning of the game, the 'janitor' introduces them and leaves. The protagonist then monologues saying that "It's more COMFORABLE for me to be alone", with an obvious typo.

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15th Mar 2022

ENF Novels: Dress Code

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

Plot hole: One of the plot points of the episode lies in the fact that Kenmochi is accused to be the killer because only the cops had Busujima's phone number, apart from his two accomplices. That point holds absolutely no weight; the killer is a killer because he, well, killed someone, and that someone was exactly one of those accomplices. It's a fact that can't be ignored by even the most ignorant investigator, especially with the accomplice's phone being directly involved in the murder. (00:10:15)

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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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