Continuity mistake: Javed and his father are in the car and they need Javed's mother and sisters to help push the car to get it started. There is an ornament that looks like a traffic light hanging from the rear view mirror in the car, which can be seen in exterior shots of the car, but disappears when we are looking through the windscreen from inside the car. In the next scene after the car has successfully started, the rear view mirror ornament vanishes altogether.
Jedd Jong
7th Aug 2019
Blinded by the Light (2019)
28th Sep 2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
Trivia: Amanda Waller operates out of the "John F. Ostrander Federal Building." John Ostrander is the comic book writer who reinvented the Suicide Squad using the concept of a supervillain team forced to do the government's bidding. The Suicide Squad title was originally a World War II comic, akin to the Dirty Dozen.
28th Sep 2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
28th Sep 2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
Trivia: Fleetingly visible on screen among Harley Quinn's bio-data is the phrase "accomplice to the murder of Robin." In the comics, Jason Todd, the second Robin, was killed by the Joker - this took place before the character of Harley Quinn was created.
28th Sep 2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
Trivia: While he's only referred to as "Rick Flag", the character is actually Rick Flag Jr. - in the original Suicide Squad comics, Rick Flag Sr. Was the leader of the first Suicide Squad, a Dirty Dozen-style commando team operating during World War II.
1st Sep 2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ava shoots Damien, she has no bra under her sheer nightgown in one shot and then has one when she goes to the window in the next.
7th Jul 2013
The Mummy (1999)
Trivia: The location name "Fort Brydon" comes from the character "Colonel Brydon" who appeared in Stephen Sommers' earlier movie The Jungle Book, played by Sam Neill.
19th Nov 2010
Unstoppable (2010)
Continuity mistake: Colson is blasted in the face with grain when the train car carrying the grain explodes, and his hair is blown about. When he goes back into the cockpit of the locomotive, there is no grain on him and his hair is neat.
31st Jul 2010
Inception (2010)
Trivia: The song that is played to wake everyone up is Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien". Marion Cottillard (Mal) played Piaf in the biopic La Vie En Rose and won an Oscar for it.
25th Jul 2010
Toy Story 3 (2010)
19th Jul 2010
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Trivia: Lyricist Howard Ashman's suggestion to the voice actress of Belle (Paige O'Hara) was "Streisand". As such, Belle's singing voice is somewhat reminiscent of Barbra Streisand's.
2nd Jul 2010
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Revealing mistake: When Alejandro cuts off the shoulder of Elena's dress during their sword fight, the dress dips below Elena's nipple, and we can see a pastie covering it.
Suggested correction: I have looked at every frame of the video. I don't see a pastie. At more than one frame, I see her actual breasts and nipples.
1st Jul 2010
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
1st Jul 2010
Superman Returns (2006)
23rd Jun 2010
Superman Returns (2006)
Trivia: Bryan Singer claimed he would not make the film if he could not have access to John Williams' Superman themes.
23rd Jun 2010
Superman Returns (2006)
22nd May 2010
Iron Man 2 (2010)
20th May 2010
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Trivia: In the comics, Justin Hammer is an elderly man whose appearance is based on actor Peter Cushing and who is named for the Hammer Horror films in which Cushing appeared. He was aged down for this film to make him more of a contemporary rival to Tony Stark.
12th May 2010
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Trivia: Emily Blunt was originally cast as Black Widow, but scheduling conflicts with Gulliver's Travels caused her to pull out.
3rd May 2010
Hellboy (2004)
3rd May 2010
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
3rd May 2010
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Trivia: References to supposed Priory of Sion members are scattered throughout the film. For example, Botticelli's Venus graces the cover of Langdon's book "The Sacred Feminine" and there is a poster on the streets of Paris for Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.
3rd May 2010
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
1st May 2010
Angels & Demons (2009)
Trivia: Thure Lindhart, who plays Lieutenant Chartrand, was considered for the role of Silas the albino monk in The Da Vinci Code, but was later deemed too young and lost the role to Paul Bettany.
18th Apr 2010
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Trivia: Part of the film's publicity campaign included various parody shorts where Hellboy would cameo on television shows such as American Gladiator, Ghost Hunters and Inside the Actor's Studio.
18th Apr 2010
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
18th Apr 2010
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
15th Apr 2010
Die Another Day (2002)
Trivia: Samuel L. Jackson suggested that Halle Berry be given a more Fleming-esque Bond Girl name, such as "Cinnamon Buns". This was a running joke on the set.
7th Apr 2010
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Trivia: Guillermo Del Toro based the Bethmoora royalty on early European monarchy, when white skin was a symbol of purity and signified that they lived in luxury. Del Toro was also intrigued when he read that much of this early European monarchy was haemophiliac, and thus had Prince Nuada and Princess Nuala prone to easy bleeding.
7th Apr 2010
Hellboy (2004)
Trivia: The cockroaches that emerge from the manhole cover in the subway system not only homage Guillermo Del Toro's earlier film Mimic, but also reference an incident from the director's childhood where he and his brother encountered a swarm of cockroaches while cleaning the house for five pesos.
4th Apr 2010
The Abyss (1989)
4th Apr 2010
The Abyss (1989)
4th Apr 2010
The Abyss (1989)
1st Apr 2010
The Abyss (1989)
22nd Mar 2010
Chuck (2007)
Chuck Versus the Helicopter - S1-E2
Trivia: During the test where Chuck is shown a series of images, he mentions an "Oceanic flight" that was shot down. "Oceanic" is the name given to many ill-fated fictional airlines, and has been used in films like "Executive Decision" and TV shows like "Lost".
17th Feb 2010
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
16th Feb 2010
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Trivia: In the stage version, the chandelier crash occurs after "All I Ask of You". However, in the film it is pushed back to after "The Point of No Return". This change was reflected in the Las Vegas version of the stage show.
16th Feb 2010
Holes (2003)
Trivia: Sigourney Weaver took on the role of the Warden at the suggestion of her daughter. Holes is her daughter's favourite book.
16th Feb 2010
Holes (2003)
16th Feb 2010
The Soloist (2009)
Revealing mistake: When the charity workers are unloading the food in Styrofoam packages at LAMP, the light shining through the packages reveals that they are empty.
12th Feb 2010
Star Wars (1977)
8th Feb 2010
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
4th Feb 2010
Avatar (2009)
Trivia: Grace's Avatar is shown wearing a "Stanford" tank top through most of the film. Sigourney Weaver is a Stanford alumnus. (00:18:50)
3rd Feb 2010
Evita (1996)
3rd Feb 2010
Evita (1996)
29th Jan 2010
The Rock (1996)
Trivia: When Stanley introduces himself, Mason replies with "but of course you are". James Bond said the same thing to Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds are Forever, and both Bond and Mason were played by Sean Connery.
26th Jan 2010
The Rock (1996)
Trivia: The line "I'll take pleasure in guttin' you, boy" is from another Alcatraz-related film, "Escape From Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood.
22nd Jan 2010
Iron Man (2008)
15th Jan 2010
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Trivia: Kirstie Alley once forgot to remove her Vulcan ears before going on a date after filming.
13th Jan 2010
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
4th Jan 2010
Avatar (2009)
6th Dec 2009
2012 (2009)
Continuity mistake: Nima says that Tenzin will meet them at the West Gate of Cho Ming valley, but a sign at the gate says it is the East Gate.
6th Dec 2009
2012 (2009)
Trivia: "Farewell Atlantis" was the fake working title of the film, the same name as the book written by Jackson Curtis in the story.
2nd Dec 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: This is the first Batman film in which Bruce Wayne does not appear in a tuxedo.
Suggested correction: He does; he is wearing one during the restaurant scene.
No, he's wearing a regular suit in the restaurant scene, if you're talking about the one where he and his ballerina date sit down with Harvey and Rachel.
I don't know what you think the definition of a tuxedo is, but it's equivalent to a dress suit or dinner suit (or even black tie). So basically, dress shirt, dress shoes, trousers and a jacket.
There's a distinction between a tuxedo and a suit, and what Bruce is wearing isn't a tuxedo. There's also a difference between a dress suit and a dinner suit, also known as a black tie, so dress suits and dinner suits are not equivalent. What British refer to as a dinner suit is what Americans refer to as a tuxedo. Wearing a suit at dinner or a black tie doesn't make it a tuxedo.
So what makes a tuxedo?
The type of jacket and pants (or trousers), and often the shirt, shoes and accessories. Satin on the jacket lapel and side of the pants and pants without belt loops. Usually a tux comes with a pleated shirt with studs instead of buttons. Often you wear a bow tie and cummerbund, but it's not necessary. A casual or dress suit is made out of all the same material with acrylic and uncovered buttons.
2nd Dec 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: The Dark Knight made as much money in six days as Batman Begins did in its entire domestic run.
2nd Dec 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
25th Nov 2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Trivia: Ewan McGregor asking "What is a Jedi Knight?" is especially ironic (and probably an "in joke") because he famously played Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel films.
20th Nov 2009
Pocahontas (1995)
Trivia: At least three actors in this film have been involved in other Pocahontas-related projects. Gordon Tootoosis also acted in Pocahontas: The Legend, while Irene Bedard and Christian Bale later appeared together in The New World.
26th Sep 2009
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Trivia: When Hans Landa is strangling Bridget von Hammersmark, those were actually Quentin Tarantino's hands, not Christoph Waltz's.
22nd Sep 2009
Small Soldiers (1998)
Trivia: The voices of the Commando Elite, except for Chip Hazard and Link Static, are provided by the actors of The Dirty Dozen and the voices of the Gorgonites, except for Archer and Ocula, are played by the actors of This Is Spinal Tap.
21st Sep 2009
Pandorum (2009)
Trivia: This is Dennis Quaid's third time playing an astronaut.
2nd Sep 2009
Smallville (2001)
1st Sep 2009
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Trivia: During filming, Samuel L. Jackson did not come into contact with any live snakes, because a contract clause prevented snakes from being within 25 feet (8 m) of the actor.
28th Aug 2009
Smallville (2001)
22nd Aug 2009
Up (2009)
Trivia: Jordan Nagai, who eventually got the part of Russell, showed up to an audition with his brother, who was actually the one auditioning. However, the director realized Nagai behaved and spoke non-stop like Russell and chose him for the part. A similar situation happened with the casting of Short Round for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, whereby Jonathan Ke Quan was cast when it was actually his brother auditioning for the part.
12th Aug 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
12th Aug 2009
Flyboys (2006)
11th Aug 2009
Flyboys (2006)
Factual error: In many of the CGI flying scenes, it is obvious that the engines are not moving. The rotary engines of early aircraft rotated along with the propeller at the same speed.
7th Aug 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Character mistake: Scarlett says that since McCullen is from Scotland, he speaks Celtic. Celtic is a group of languages, not a language unto itself (something a genius like Scarlett would most likely know); it would be like saying someone speaks Semitic or Germanic. McCullen would probably speak Scots or Scottish Gaelic, the official languages used in Scotland.
25th Jul 2009
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Factual error: The valet stand at Planet Hollywood is actually below, not above, ground. (00:50:05)
12th Jul 2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Trivia: Christa B. Allen, who plays the teenaged Jenny, had previously portrayed another younger version of a Jennifer Garner character in 13 Going On 30.
10th Jul 2009
Transformers (2007)
2nd Jul 2009
Star Trek (2009)
Trivia: To perfect Scotty's accent, Simon Pegg practised with his wife Maureen, who is from Glasgow. (01:23:15)
1st Jul 2009
Star Trek (2009)
Trivia: Good friend and oft-collaborator of JJ Abrams Greg Grunberg (who worked with Abrams on Felicity, Alias, What About Brian and Mission Impossible: 3) makes an audio cameo as the voice of James T. Kirk's stepfather, who calls the young Kirk on his car phone. (00:12:15)
26th Jun 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Trivia: Shia LaBeouf's hand was seriously injured during a car accident. LaBeouf returned to filming, and the injury was written into the film as Sam damaging his hand falling out of the space bridge.
25th Jun 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Continuity mistake: The CCCP emblem on the back of Irina Spalko's uniform appears and disappears between shots, most notably when she is descending off the cliff and we get a clear view of her back-minus the emblem.
22nd Jun 2009
Hancock (2008)
Trivia: When in the tent and forced to face the Crystal Skull, Indy dismisses the skulls as being from "Saucer Men From Mars". Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars was actually an early title for the film.
Trivia: Among the artifacts that fall out of the crates Spalko and gang push aside in the warehouse scene is Moses's staff. Property master Douglas Harlocker modelled it after the staff wielded by Charlton Heston as Moses in Ten Commandments. Incidentally, the Indiana Jones videogame, 'Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings', is about Indy's quest for Moses's staff.
2nd Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Trivia: The cast and crew of this film suffered a fair share of mishaps. Christian Bale broke his hand, Sam Worthington injured his back and special effects technician Mike Menardis almost lost his leg filming an explosion.
2nd Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
27th May 2009
Angels & Demons (2009)
23rd May 2009
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Deliberate mistake: The device that rises out of the Jolly Jack factory and summons the laser beam shatters the decorative head, appearing to do so for the first time. However, we have already seen the destructive beam in action, meaning that device must already have emerged. This was acknowledged on the commentary by the filmmakers who wanted to show the visual metaphor of the Joker driving the young Tim Drake insane.
20th May 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Trivia: For the beginning of the making of this film, Liev Schreiber had the claws he wears as Sabretooth superglued to his fingernails, but he found that to be very uncomfortable and later gloves with the claws bonded to them were developed for him to wear.
18th May 2009
Godzilla (1998)
16th May 2009
Executive Decision (1996)
13th May 2009
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Trivia: The filmmakers decided to make the production environmentally-friendly, using hybrid vehicles on set, zero-or-low VOC paint and locally-sourced yellow pine to build the sets, among other measures. As such, it became the first blockbuster film to receive the Environmental Media Association's Green Seal, which is displayed during the end credits.
9th May 2009
Birth (2004)
Trivia: During the controversial bathtub scene, Cameron Bright was never naked and he and Nicole Kidman were never even in the same room during the filming of the bath scene, apart from one camera shot, and when this shot happened both actors wore special clothes that were not visible to the camera.
3rd May 2009
World Trade Center (2006)
Factual error: Rescuer and US Marine Jason Thomas is an African-American in real life, but was portrayed in the film as a white man. The film's producers realized the mistake only after production began, and apologized to Thomas, whose identity had not been widely known for years after September 11th.
25th Apr 2009
Batman Begins (2005)
Trivia: This film marks the second time a wife of Tom Cruise has played a Batman love interest, after Nicole Kidman's turn as Chase Meridian in Batman Forever.
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Trivia: George Lazlo's appearance in "Beast Wizard 7" (which John and Kacy watch clips of on TV) is an obvious parody of Conan the Barbarian, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, who also played the Terminator in the original films.
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Trivia: Patrick Kilpatrick (who plays the Bedell Terminator) has previously played a human-like cyborg in the sci-fi comedy Class of 1999. He played a "Tactical Education Unit" which was programmed to teach and was outfitted with weapons to handle discipline problems.
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Trivia: The actress who plays Catherine Weaver, Shirley Manson, is actually a professional singer and sang the song "Samson and Delilah" featured in the start of the episode.
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
W. (2008)
Trivia: Christian Bale was originally cast as George W. Bush, but left the production before filming started. Josh Brolin was cast at the last minute instead.
14th Apr 2009
X-Men 3 (2006)
11th Apr 2009
Titanic (1997)
Trivia: Director James Cameron initially wanted Gwyneth Paltrow to play Rose, but she passed on the role telling the media is wasn't "her cup of tea". Coincidentally, Kate Winslet rejected the role of Viola in Shakespeare in Love, which eventually went to Gwyneth.
10th Apr 2009
Coyote Ugly (2000)
10th Apr 2009
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Trivia: Although Piper Perabo was able to sing for her character, it was decided that LeAnn Rimes would provide Violet's singing voice, albeit with a deliberate deviation from her natural vocal range. This means that during LeAnn's cameo in the movie, she is effectively duetting with herself.
10th Apr 2009
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Trivia: Another link to the Godfather series: Al Pacino and Andy Garcia had previously starred together in The Godfather Part III in 1990.
1st Apr 2009
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Trivia: For this film, Daniel Craig truly suffered for his art: he had the tip of a finger sliced off, injured his shoulder and got a cut on the face that required 8 stitches to fix.
30th Mar 2009
Batman (1989)
Trivia: Willem Dafoe was briefly considered for the role of the Joker. Writer Sam Hamm recalls, "We thought, 'Well, Willem Dafoe looks just like The Joker.'" Coincidentally, Dafoe would go on to play the archenemy of another superhero, the Green Goblin from Spider-Man.
20th Mar 2009
Robocop (1987)
Trivia: In the locker room scene, there is a fleeting shot of a topless policewoman putting on her uniform. Director Paul Verhoven said the shot was included to show the gender neutrality of the future, but was so fleeting it went largely unnoticed. The shower scene in Starship Troopers (also directed by Verhoven) was in a similar and more noticeable vein. (00:57:20)
18th Mar 2009
V for Vendetta (2005)
18th Mar 2009
V for Vendetta (2005)
18th Mar 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: Several sequences in the film were filmed in the IMAX format, including the chase in Lower Wacker. During the chase, a car hit and damaged one of the IMAX cameras, leaving just three in existence. However, the scene was captured with another camera as well and was deemed impressive enough to make it into the final cut of the film.
4th Mar 2009
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Trivia: Harrison Ford was a Boy Scout in his youth, reaching the level of Life Scout. Steven Spielberg paid homage to this by making young Indy a Life Scout.
4th Mar 2009
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
3rd Mar 2009
Eagle Eye (2008)
Trivia: The voice of ARIIA is actually Julianne Moore who went uncredited for the role.
3rd Mar 2009
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Trivia: Ronald Lacey, who played Thot in Raiders of the Lost Ark, cameos as Hitler's top adviser Heinrich Himmler during the book-burning sequence.
2nd Mar 2009
Underworld (2003)
Trivia: Kate Beckinsale plays a vampire and Michael Sheen plays a werewolf, both eternally warring in the film. Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen were formerly romantically involved, and in fact they have a daughter from their long-time romance.
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