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4th Nov 2023

Iron Man (2008)

Trivia: An Iron Man film was in development at Fox in the mid-90s with Tom Cruise eyed for the lead role. The film never came to fruition, partly because the technology required to adapt the character to screen wasn't there yet, but also because Cruise's asking fee to star in it was not a price the studio was willing to risk on a largely unknown character.

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4th Nov 2023

The Marvels (2023)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

30th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

28th Oct 2023

Lincoln (2012)

Trivia: Daniel Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film, becoming the first (and thus far, only) actor to win the award three times. This was also the first Steven Spielberg-directed film to win an Academy Award in an acting category.

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Trivia: A teacher at a Miami charter school showed this film to his 4th-grade class. He allowed them to select the film they wanted to watch, and they picked this, with nobody realising it was a horror film. Apparently, the movie played for over 20 minutes before the teacher shut it off, despite earlier protests from his students about its content.

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19th Oct 2023

Mosquito Coast (1986)

18th Oct 2023

X-Men: Evolution (2000)

18th Oct 2023

X-Men 3 (2006)

Trivia: According to new reports, the real reason Matthew Vaughn left this film is because he found a large script featuring a scene in Africa with Storm ending a drought for thirsty villagers. The executives told him that was a fake script to entice Halle Berry into remaining in the film. Vaughn was disgusted with their duplicity and exited the project.

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Trivia: This film nearly had a completely different story. Marvel originally wanted Kraven to be the main antagonist, but Sony refused, as they wanted to establish Kraven in his own upcoming solo film before allowing him to appear in an MCU film.

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17th Oct 2023

The Great Escaper (2023)

Trivia: This is Michael Caine's final film. He decided to retire after making it, when he came to the realisation that, at age 90, he would only be landing roles of old men.

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11th Oct 2023

V for Vendetta (2005)

Trivia: Adam Sutler's surname in the graphic novel is Susan. It was changed here to be a portmanteau of Susan and Hitler.

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Trivia: This series was originally announced as "Agatha: House of Harkness" on Disney+ Day in 2021. The subtitle was then changed to "Coven of Chaos" in July 2022, before being changed again to "Darkhold Diaries" in September 2023.

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8th Oct 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

7th Oct 2023

Thanksgiving (2023)

Trivia: Like Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun before it, this film is based on a fake trailer that played during the 2007 Grindhouse double feature of Planet Terror and Death Proof.

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5th Oct 2023

Gotti (2018)

Trivia: John Travolta had to ironically wear old-age makeup to play John Gotti, despite the fact that Travolta was already 3 years older at the time of making this film than Gotti ever lived to be.

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1st Oct 2023

Saw X (2023)

Trivia: After 19 years, this became the first film in the franchise to receive mostly positive reviews from critics. The original film was previously the best-reviewed entry in the franchise according to Rotten Tomatoes, but only received mixed reviews.

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