Continuity mistake: When Kathy enters her bedroom she falls backwards onto her bed. In one shot her head is resting on an all-white pillow, yet in the next closeup her head is now resting on a white pillow with gold tassels attached to it. (00:29:20)
Hamster
13th Nov 2005
Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
13th Nov 2005
Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Rafkin enters the study where the Lawyer and Arthur are, he puts his toolbelt on the table. During following shots, it constantly changes position. (00:27:35)
13th Nov 2005
Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Kathy is sitting on the bathtub, washing her face in front of the Angry Princess, blood stains around the bathtub near the drain keep disappearing and reappearing. (00:36:15)
13th Nov 2005
Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Kathy is sitting on the bathtub, washing her face in front of the Angry Princess, how far rolled up her sleeves are changes, depending on the shot. (00:36:20)
11th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jake says "your just like your mama, always scared of things," the shadow of a boom mike is clearly cast on the wall behind Grace. (01:24:45)
11th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Revealing mistake: In one overhead shot where Jake is apparently giving anal to Grace, the straps of his flesh-coloured thong are visible. (01:22:35)
11th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: Crew reflected clearly in Grace's eyes, along with camera, in an extreme closeup after she shoots Bobby. (01:53:45)
9th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: When Bobby returns to find his car totally taken apart at the front, when he says "how much?", you can see the head of a crew-member reflected in the windsheild. (00:28:50)
9th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: When the shopkeeper shoots the second robber, as he flies backwards you can see a long black wire coming from out his shirt. (00:27:15)
9th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: Crew are reflected in Bobby's and Grace's shades throughout the movie. (00:09:35)
9th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: In the opening credits after the car radiator bursts, in one shot the shadow of a high crane filming the overhead shot is very visible. (00:03:40)
9th Nov 2005
U Turn (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: Reflected in the phone as Bobby speaks to Grace. (01:15:00)
7th Nov 2005
Saw II (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Matthews' friend is watching the puppet on TV at the beginning of the movie, the channel indicator on the television keeps changing from displaying channel 3 in one shot to being covered up with duct tape in the next. (00:01:50)
6th Nov 2005
Mary Poppins (1964)
6th Nov 2005
Jaws 2 (1978)
Continuity mistake: In the shot of Eddie falling backwards out of Tina's Joy into the water, his hair is wet before he hits the water. (01:10:15)
6th Nov 2005
Jaws 2 (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the divers are snorkelling underwater for lobsters, the diver in the blue swimsuit's snorkel keeps switching which side of his face it is strapped to. (01:03:40)
5th Nov 2005
Saw II (2005)
Visible crew/equipment: Crew is reflected in one of the large white SWAT vans which pulls up outside Wilson Steel factory. (00:10:50)
3rd Nov 2005
Now and Then (1995)
Revealing mistake: Sam and Teeny clearly look down at their actor marks as they walk to Sam's Grandma's door. (01:09:45)
2nd Nov 2005
Now and Then (1995)
Continuity mistake: The way Teeny holds her Cosmopolitan magazine changes between shots, just before she reads her horoscope aloud. (00:20:00)
2nd Nov 2005
Now and Then (1995)
Revealing mistake: When the girls are looking at Sam's mum out of the window, Teeny (Thora Birch) briefy looks over at the camera. (00:18:10)
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