Revealing mistake: When Kong is rampaging through New York there are women shown in a window on the upper right. If you watch that was on a loop because they keep doing the same thing over and over.
wolfman
11th Feb 2021
King Kong (1933)
4th Jul 2020
Thunderball (1965)
7th May 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Character mistake: Goldfinger is holding a S&W .38 in his plane. Bond says (in his explanation about shooting guns in planes), "That's a Smith and Wesson .45."
23rd Nov 2019
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Question: The whole plot of this movie makes no sense. What was the purpose of having all the soldiers "brainwashed' when they just used one to carry out what they wanted? Plus, why go to the trouble of doing all this when they could have just hired an assassin? Plus, how did they know, in 1952, that this man would be chosen to be the Vice-President?
19th Oct 2015
Big Red One (1980)
Factual error: Mark Hamill shoots a German several times in the incinerator, a total of 18 rounds without reloading. The M1 holds an 8 round clip. There was no pause at anytime for him to reload.
16th Feb 2015
American Sniper (2014)
16th Feb 2015
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Question: When Frog and The Bandit have stopped and are walking through the woods, you can see something that is wrapped around Burt Reynolds gut under his shirt. Does anyone know what that was?
2nd Feb 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Mayberry Goes Hollywood - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When Andy is listening to the Hollywood producer talking about how he wants the town back the way it was before, over Andy's shoulder the "window" in one of the stores is blowing in the wind.
22nd Jan 2015
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Trivia: The wild man that throws himself on the hood of the car is Kevin McCarthy, who was the lead man in the original 50's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
15th Jan 2015
Combat! (1962)
20th Nov 2014
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain - S4-E8
Continuity mistake: When Barney is "reciting" the preamble to the Constitution, he messes up his hair. When they show him in close-ups it is messed up, but when it goes back to him and Andy in the scene it is combed. It does that a couple of times.
7th Sep 2014
The Alamo (1960)
Trivia: John Wayne had been wanting to do this picture for years but he could not get any backing. He finally used his own money and he felt the financial setback for years, because the picture did not do as well as expected. Duke would always say that he had to continue to work and make pictures to survive. He was nowhere near broke, but to keep up his lifestyle he worked almost to his death.
7th Sep 2014
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: When the bus pulls up for the Taylor family to leave for Hollywood you can see behind the bus a California freeway with cars moving in both directions. I don't think that Mayberry had a freeway right outside town. The scene is fixed when they return in "Aunt Bee on TV." There has been a tree put there so the road wouldn't show.
23rd Aug 2014
Stagecoach (1939)
Continuity mistake: In town, towards the start of the film, it goes from a street scene in front of the coach to a shot of Andy Devine sitting on the coach. From the street you can see the buildings behind the stagecoach, but when it goes to Andy sitting on the coach, the background is sky, not buildings.
17th Aug 2014
Island In The Sky (1953)
14th Jul 2014
The Howling (1981)
26th May 2014
Cape Fear (1962)
Trivia: In the scene where Robert Mitchum is with Polly Bergen in the boat and picks up an egg and squeezes it. The fear on Polly Bergen's face is real. It was ad-libbed and she had no idea what Mitchum was going to do.
13th May 2014
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Question: Why was the movie called "The Sand Pebbles?
13th May 2014
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Revealing mistake: When Steve McQueen is in the hotel room very upset with Karl Malden because he was helping him win, he picks him up and slams him against the door. If you watch when this happens the entire wall shakes.
23rd Apr 2014
Combat! (1962)
Hills Are for Heroes: Part 1 - S4-E25
Continuity mistake: After Lt. Hanley says that the machine-gun needs to be set up closer and turns to go into the bunker, he is wearing a backpack. When he enters the bunker the backpack is gone. (00:04:30)
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Answer: It's confusing. The entire platoon was brainwashed to be witnesses and verify the fabricated story that Raymond was a "war hero" who saved their lives. Raymond was unknowingly mentally programmed to become a sleeper agent to be used when needed by the Russians or Chinese. He was chosen because Raymond's monstrous mother, Eleanor Iselin, was married to a ruthless, ambitious "Joseph McCarthy-esque" U.S. Senator. She was propelling her husband into being their party's presidential candidate and contacted Communist agents to arrange for her husband's political rival to be assassinated. She was initially unaware that her son would be the chosen assassin. Raymond, being brainwashed, never realised he was a programmed assassin who would have no memory of executing his assignments. He apparently was recruited because of his step-father's political position. It is a rather incredulous plot, to say the least.
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