Trivia: According to Eddie Murphy, Reverend Jesse Jackson came up to him and personally thanked him for casting so many elderly actors in the barbershop scene. When Eddie responded that he, in fact, played all of them, Jesse was mortified and said he needed to watch the film again.
Gavin Jackson
26th Nov 2025
Coming to America (1988)
16th Oct 2025
Nightmares (1983)
Question: Why is William Sanderson, who plays the gas station attendant in the first story, uncredited?
15th Oct 2025
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the mall chase scene, the cop car that flips over is sliding diagonally. When we see the faces of the cops inside, the car is sliding dead straight.
1st Sep 2025
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Trivia: Richard O'Brien, who played Riff Raff and also co-wrote the film as well as writing all the songs used in the film, originally wanted the film to start off in black and white and suddenly turn into colour during the Time Warp number when they all run into the huge room and see everyone singing and dancing. But the studio refused.
21st Jul 2025
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Question: Why did Glen hate Rod? I get that Glen was a mommy's boy who lived in a nice big house, whereas Rod was a troubled person who probably came from a poor broken home, and as such, Glen possibly viewed him as a worthless lowlife. But we later see a picture of Glen, Rod, Nancy, and Tina together, which meant they were all close once. So I'm curious why Glen despised him.
Answer: A group of friends might include someone who you don't like much, but you need to tolerate/deal with them if you want to be with the rest of the group. Maybe Glen and Rod took the picture because the girls wanted them to. Or they used to be better friends with each other when the picture was taken, but something happened.
30th Apr 2025
Octopussy (1983)
Stupidity: If Bond and Octopussy hadn't told Kamal Kahn that Bond was in the same room when he went to inform her of Bond's escape, Kamal would not have sent the assassins and had Vijay killed. In fact, Kamal might have just kept searching for Bond elsewhere. It really wasn't a bright decision in the end.
12th Apr 2025
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (2023)
26th Mar 2025
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
6th Jan 2025
Halloween Kills (2021)
Trivia: This film marks Charles Cyphers' final film appearance.
6th Dec 2024
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Other mistake: Ok, this is being nitpicky, but in the scene where Freddy is pretending to be paralysed, and Lawrence (pretending to be a doctor) is whipping him on the legs in front of Janet to taunt him and get him to crack, in reality, Freddy's face would have been bright red from the pain. He could never hide that.
26th Nov 2024
Runaway Train (1985)
Question: In the film, Manny is in jail for safe-cracking and Buck is in for statutory rape (he didn't know the girl was underaged). Aren't these crimes pretty minor for both men to be in a dangerous maximum security prison in Alaska?
Answer: Manny is a career criminal. He's been in and out of prison his whole life. That latest crime was his last straw. He is beyond rehabilitation. Besides, he and the warden butted heads during his sentence. Manny was getting a following, and the warden reminded him who was in charge. Which is why he was welded into his jail cell. As for Buck, statutory rape, an underage girl. He's been labelled a rapist, child molester, and put on the sex offender list for life. The standards have not changed.
18th Nov 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Question: Deadpool knows that he is in a film, which explains why he can easily recognise everyone, including Wolverine, X-23, Johnny Storm, Blade, Ant-Man, Sabretooth, Juggernaut, and even the actors playing them. So why didn't he recognise Elektra? Jennifer Garner's popularity alone should have made it easy for him.
Answer: Part of the novelty of knowing that he's in a film means servicing the plot, especially as a proxy for those audience members who may not be as familiar with some characters. Deadpool also does seem to know who Elektra is, as he apologises to her upon hearing about Daredevil's death, even though he just met her moments earlier.
29th Oct 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Question: This is a question for all Deadpool films. Why does Deadpool bother wearing a face mask considering most of the people in the films (villains and good guys) already know his real identity and even refer to him as Wade? Is it just a pride thing or something?
14th Sep 2024
Wolf (1994)
Question: Was Will the one who murdered his wife, or was it Stewart in an attempt to get Will charged with murder, so he could get his job back and not have to deal with Will anymore?
Answer: It was Stewart. The wolf, as Dr Alezais says, removes everything from a person except for the person's nature and heart. Stewart, when talking to Laura at the estate, states that she knows what happened to Charlotte, which was his subtle way of saying he had murdered her.
When Charlotte met Will in the hotel lobby about her "mistake" with Stewart, she said that she would talk to him about it. Will refused to listen and told her to keep away from him. He didn't want to be anywhere near Charlotte, and after she left the hotel, she probably went to talk to Stewart anyway. Considering the kind of person he really is, he murdered her. It was even said that there were more deaths besides her, all done by Stewart.
I also think it was Will, out of anger because she cheated on him.
27th Aug 2024
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Factual error: When Snake has the "Bangkok Rules" showdown with the guys, they are all standing in front of him. When he fires his guns and kills them, he is firing his guns in a slightly upwards position which would have missed them.
4th Aug 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Trivia: During the opening fight scene, Deadpool fights and dances to the song "Bye Bye Bye" by NSYNC. Ironically, this is the same song from X-Men 2 (2003) that briefly plays when Pyro is messing with the car radio during the mansion escape. Wolverine's irritated reaction to the tune is a possible early sign that he and Deadpool won't get along. (Then again, maybe because it was just loud. So, that's anyone's guess.)
23rd Mar 2024
Road House (2024)
Trivia: The restaurant near the bookstore where Charlie works is called the Double Deuce. Double Deuce was the name of the Road House in the 1989 film version.
28th Feb 2024
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Question: Was the ill-fated Rollercoaster in the film supposed to be a working one? The owner's angry reaction to its destruction suggested that it was, but if you look closely, there were gaps in the tracks and also where was the actual rollercoaster itself. This has always confused me.
Answer: To me, in real life, it looks like a roller coaster was already set up for demolition because of its poor conditions, and the crew was able to film it for the movie. However, in-universe, the owner kept saying they were closed. It's possible they were closed to repair the roller coaster to make it work but now it's completely destroyed and beyond repair.
22nd Feb 2024
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Trivia: As of 2024, Sally Field (Frog) and Paul Williams (Little Enos) are the only surviving stars from Smokey and the Bandit 1 and 2.
11th Feb 2024
Salem's Lot (1979)
Trivia: During filming, actor James Mason jokingly referred to Lance Kerwin and David Soul as "Lanski and Hutch".
Answer: While I didn't find a specific reason why Sanderson was uncredited, it's not unusual for actors to do this. It can be as a favour to the director, who may be a friend. The actor may just want to be part of the project and volunteers. It can be to help keep budget costs down, as an uncredited role is paid less and avoids SAG contract issues. If it's a non-speaking role, the actor typically does not get credited. Occasionally, an actor may request to have their name removed from the credits because they think the film is bad and will hurt their reputation.
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