Continuity mistake: During the whole sequence when Alita wakes up in bed, in the closer shots the blanket directly by her pelvis is on top of the mattress, while in the shots from a wider angle part of the blanket dangles off the side. (00:04:00)
Sammo
12th Sep 2019
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As Poirot and Hastings watch the farce, the sword gets grabbed from the table by two hands, the left one doing the lifting by the handle. But the comedian in the following shot has it in his right hand. (00:32:04)
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Bert and Cec put their groceries down in the kitchen, Cec takes his hat off, Bert does not and shows no contempt about it. After a brief cut, once Miss Fisher is exiting the room Bert is now without his hat. (00:13:50)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: Claire is talking in the corridor to the principal: he hands her the transfer request, his fingers let the paper go, but in the following shot he's still holding the top of the sheet. (00:31:55)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: When O'Malley's lawyer arrives in front of the precinct, no protester is left in the street, at least the part behind him - in the following close-up though, in the background a few extras populate the frame. (01:06:05)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Hastings stops his car in front of the train station at the end of the episode, he talks to Poirot holding his hand on the outer circle of the steering wheel, or on the inner part in the reaction shots. (00:49:20)
12th Sep 2019
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Continuity mistake: Alita sends Zapan face-first into a wood table when he grabs her by the throat. When the section of the table breaks, a bowl with snacks is still on it. When Zapan reacts, the bowl is gone. (01:00:05)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: Once Kevin has been bullied in front of the hot cashier by the nasty ginger and his goons, Noah gives them the stinkeye in a closeup in obvious bad continuity with the previous shot, facing away as he is. (00:08:35)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: When the transvestite robs the puny bald street vendor of his coats and furs, absolutely nothing is left on the rack. But in the next shot the poor schmuck has at least a clothing hanger in front of him. (00:13:20)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: After Noah's creepy "it got pretty wet here this weekend" joke at the family dinner table, Jennifer Lopez holds her tray in a complete different way between shots, multiple times depending on the angle. (00:29:00)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
12th Sep 2019
Late Night (2019)
Continuity mistake: Mindy Kaling in her first scene gets a garbage bag to the face. When the black bag hits her, a couple of passersby disappear in the immediately consecutive shot. (00:06:15)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Talking with her daughter at the end of the episode, Chloe stifles her laughter with her hand in front of her mouth. In the matching reaction shot her hand is still on her chest. It happens again twice. (00:40:30)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Hastings is reading a letter that makes him go "Good Heavens." He is holding the letter by the top left corner, which becomes the top right in the (lack of) reaction shot from his Belgian friend. (00:24:20)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the secretary leans in to console "Henry" after Walton has been escorted away, he pins her handkerchief hand to the desk; in the next shot the hand is turned differently and caught in midair. (00:07:45)
12th Sep 2019
Late Night (2019)
Continuity mistake: When 7 (Tom) tells 8 (Molly) to get her metaphors straight, a woman carrying flowers, her hair tied in a short bun, walks by. In the reverse shot, she turns into a different woman with long hair. (01:07:30)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: When Coffin and Gravedigger go to Lo Boy's hideout and hold him on his feet, multiple continuity errors happen as their hands' position on his arms greatly varies depending on the different angles. (00:33:00 - 00:34:00)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Jennifer Lopez keeps cutting the same single slice of cake. She also partially slides it out twice, the second time not really showing in the matching reverse shot. (00:02:45 - 00:03:50)
12th Sep 2019
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Lockhart suggests Hannah give him her bike, in the frontal shot she is holding her hands away from the proper handle position, but they are back in the correct position in the side view. (01:05:10)
12th Sep 2019
The Boss (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Kirsten Bell tells to a Dorito-breath Melissa McCarthy "Michelle, you can't sleep in my bed, I don't want you in here", Michelle's hand is in a completely different position between shots. (00:23:50)
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