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Portal: No Escape picture

Other mistake: When the captive begins her escape, she kicks the bed through the orange portal offscreen, but the portal only starts about a foot off the ground, so the bed would have hit the wall, rather than have gone through the portal.

Knever

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Deliberate mistake: The driver's side mirror would not be able to capture the view of the store that Monique is robbing - the mirror is slightly angled towards the rear of the car, plus Arthur's car is parked too close across the street. (00:00:33)

KeyZOid

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Plot hole: When Sam first encounters Dan, the headmaster, Dan reveals that he had to quit his musical career when he impregnated and married a groupie, but that he loved his daughter. Later, Sam runs into Courtney behind a liquor store, and Courtney, who is actually Dan's above-mentioned daughter, discusses her "aggro older brother". If Dan's original error in timing resulted in a daughter, how could she have an older brother?

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Factual error: When Andy is headed to Mr. Simon's house, a white 90s Lincoln Town Car can been seen in the background, out of place for the 1965 setting. (01:31:45)

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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer picture

Other mistake: At the beginning of the thrill race, Judy announces that it is Tuesday, July 7th. If July 7th was on a Tuesday, August 4th (the day Rocky performs in the circus) would also be on a Tuesday. However, the fact that Judy and Stink went to a bigfoot meeting (and then had a stake out) the day before they chased bigfoot, found Mr. Todd, and went to the circus suggests that August 4th was actually a Wednesday, not a Tuesday, because Zeke says at the beginning that bigfoot meetings are on Tuesdays.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace picture

Audio problem: When the Droidekas start shooting at Yoda and Han, one of them shoot however the sound comes after the shot is fired. (00:16:05)

Casual Person

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Factual error: Colonel Meyer's promotions are listed in his SS ID card as Hauptmann, Oberstleutnant and Oberst. Since the SS used a different ranking system from the Wehrmacht, they should actually be Hauptsturmführer, Obersturmbannführer and Standartenführer.

Necrothesp

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I Don't Know How She Does It picture

Continuity mistake: Kate's stockings change colors, from black to beige, while she's running late to work. (00:12:10)

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The Sleeping Voice picture

Visible crew/equipment: While Maria Leon is talking in the corridor to the head of the house she is applying to, the tip of a microphone appears on the top of the picture. (00:11:10)

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Continuity mistake: Mariso Golfetto is beginning a tirade about immigrants and assaults on women. A woman gets her drink from the barman, picking it up with her right hand, completing the movement. Reverse shot, and not only she repeats the gesture and still needs to pick up the glass, but she does it with her left hand. (00:07:00)

Sammo

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer picture

Continuity mistake: Coulson has just entered the supermarket and is holding 2 donut packages in each hand. Watch his left thumb. In the close-up shot it is on the 'D'. In the next shot, it is below the letter on the red band on the plastic wrap. (00:00:55)

ployp

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Factual error: The car doors wouldn't protect Adam and the other police officers from being shot - they offer no protection against bullets.

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Another Happy Day picture

Revealing mistake: While Lynn is driving, the scenery outside the driver's side window goes white a few times and, other times, with intermittent specks of green tree leaves/shrubs. The white-outs are too low to be representing the sky. For a period of time, the lower third or so of her side window is a horizontal white bar. (00:02:20 - 00:03:38)

KeyZOid

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Continuity mistake: In the scene in the kitchen when Helen is telling Joe that she is pregnant, Joe is wearing suspenders over his shoulders. As the camera moves back and forth between the characters during the dialogue, Joe's suspenders "disappear." When the camera pans out, you can see that they are now hanging below his waist.

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Audio problem: During the party at the end of the film, the hand clapping and dancing drifts out significantly out of time and sync with the music.

Neil Jones

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Continuity mistake: When Laurence asks Colin for a cigarette in the screening room, he has it between his fingers when Colin lights it, but when the shot cuts, his fingers have disappeared from around the cigarette. (00:45:30)

Cubs Fan

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Plot hole: When the hikers heard the voice calling out for help, they were yelling "can anybody hear me" and "is anybody there" in English. Once they rescued her and they tried to talk to her, they said she didn't know any English.

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Other mistake: At the beginning of the trip we see close-ups of the passports of the three girls being stamped. The date is 19 Jun 2010. During the climax of the movie Emma's boyfriend puts a copy of "Le Parisien" on the counter, and the date there is Jun 10 2010. (00:12:00 - 01:26:20)

Sammo

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Miyoko has a drink in her hand while she frustrates the advances of her purple-sweatered coworker. Her grip on the chalice differs depending on the camera angle. (00:01:25)

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