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24th Feb 2014

The Closer (2005)

24th Feb 2014

The Closer (2005)

24th Feb 2014

Oldboy (2013)

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Continuity mistake: Joe is looking through his yearbook while Marie chats with the old headmistress. He finds the page with Adrian's photo. At first, the name under the photo is Adrian Pryce. In the closeup shot, it now reads Adrian Doyle Pryce. (01:12:20)

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24th Feb 2014

Oldboy (2013)

Trivia: During Joe's hunt for the dumpling restaurant, he pauses to look at a squid in a fish tank, a nod to the original movie. (00:40:00)

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17th Feb 2014

Robin Hood (2010)

Continuity mistake: The Sheriff asks why Marion is treating him like an enemy when she knows that he wants her, and has just forcefully grabbed her. His right thumb is on her left cheek in medium shots and is missing in close-ups of Marion's face.

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Suggested correction: I just watched that scene and there are two angles. One on Marion's face, the other on the sheriff's face. You can see the sheriff's thumb on Marion's face shot. His thumb can be seen briefly in the reverse angle.

17th Feb 2014

Robin Hood (2010)

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Continuity mistake: Marion is guiding a plow horse when a man comes to collect more tax. As she turns to tell him that her father-in-law is too poor to pay him, her long braid, which has been in front of her right shoulder, is now hanging behind her.

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11th Feb 2014

Underworld (2003)

Continuity mistake: Lucian has just walked into the werewolf fight right after the opening subway chase scene. His face is faintly lit in medium shots and completely in the shadows in closeups. (00:11:00)

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25th Jan 2014

Notting Hill (1999)

25th Jan 2014

Notting Hill (1999)

Continuity mistake: Will has just spilled orange juice all over Anna's shirt and is telling her that she could go change at his house. The left side of his face is fully bathed in sunlight in shots from the front and is in the shadows in shots from behind. (00:12:05)

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25th Jan 2014

Notting Hill (1999)

Continuity mistake: After the porn scandal, Will finds Anna again at his door. Her hair is all tucked behind her ear in shots from the front. From behind, a bit of hair is hanging by her right ear. (01:06:45)

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25th Jan 2014

Notting Hill (1999)

Continuity mistake: Will and Anna are having dinner after watching a movie, just before Will confronts the group of rude men. The menu on their table is either folded or not throughout the scene. (00:51:40)

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25th Jan 2014

Notting Hill (1999)

Continuity mistake: Will is about to try to scale the fence a second time. Anna's right arm is on her hip in shots from the front and down by her side in shots of her back. (00:47:10)

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6th Jan 2014

The Underneath (2013)

Continuity mistake: The movie opens with a man walking with a dog by a body of water. He is holding the leash with his left hand and the dog is by his left side. Cut to the next shot taken from across the water, the leash is now in his right hand and the dog is on his right. (00:00:20)

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29th Dec 2013

Battleship (2012)

Continuity mistake: Hopper has just stepped on to the alien craft and is looking up at the vertical wall that is the ship's hull. The amount of sunlight on his upturned face significantly changes in consecutive shots. In the first close-up shot, only the left side of the face is in sunlight. In the immediate next shot, as the camera zooms out vertically, his entire face is bathed in much stronger sunlight. (00:40:25)

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Trivia: The ball from Luxo Jr. Is drawn on the stone wall during the first scare game. (00:39:50)

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Trivia: A Pizza Planet truck is parked next to the party house when Mike arrives on the mascot pig. (00:18:45)

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Continuity mistake: Erik meets two Germans at the bar in Argentina, a pig farmer and a tailor. The amount of beer in the farmer's glass increases after Erik walks towards him. (00:23:20)

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Continuity mistake: A sleepy Raven snuggles up to Charles and tells him to read something to her. He reads her his thesis. The way he holds his thesis and the way his left hand rests on the sofa behind her is different between shots. (00:13:40)

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Continuity mistake: After his mother is shot, Erik squashes the bell on the doctor's desk. Its shape is completely different in all subsequent shots. (00:07:50)

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Continuity mistake: The Nazi doctor shoves a coin towards the edge of his desk, telling young Erik to move it or he'd shoot his mother. In a shot from behind the desk, the coin is much closer to the edge than in other shots. (00:07:15)

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