Trivia: Peter Jackson had originally cast Saoirse Ronan as Susie because he wanted an unknown actress in the role. But in the middle of principal photography, Ronan earned Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for her role in Atonement.
Cubs Fan
7th Sep 2010
The Lovely Bones (2009)
6th Sep 2010
State of Play (2009)
Trivia: Bill Nighy, who played Cameron in the original BBC serial, was considered for the role again, before it was decided to make the character a female.
2nd Sep 2010
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: Dan Castellaneta and Hank Azaria both voice about ten regular characters, with Azaria contributing another ten recurring, and Harry Shearer voices twelve regulars.
2nd Sep 2010
Titus (2000)
30th Aug 2010
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Trivia: This is the only "Die Hard" film based on an original screenplay. The first two films were adapted from novels, and "Live Free or Die Hard" was adapted from a magazine article.
14th Aug 2010
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Trivia: The names of Roland Tembo and Nick Van Owen are references to the main characters in Warren Zevon's song "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner".
3rd Aug 2010
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Trivia: The scene in which Chekov and Uhura beam onto the Enterprise aircraft carrier was originally slightly different. It was scripted that they would sneak onto the ship undetected, but the American Navy believed that it would be impossible for two intruders to get past a military security force. So it was re-written that the transporter had enough energy to beam the pair onto the carrier, but not to get them back off.
2nd Aug 2010
Castle (2009)
Trivia: After learning a murdered television host was planning on changing his show-ending signature line, Castle suggests to Beckett that they should have a signature line of their own, and suggests "A whole new chapter in crime solving." This is actually the tag line on the season 1 DVD set. The other line Castle suggests, "She's armed, he's dangerous", became the tag line on the season 2 DVD set.
24th Jul 2010
JAG (1995)
Trivia: Donald Bellisario makes an uncredited cameo as himself arriving at the Quantum Leap convention.
24th Jul 2010
JAG (1995)
Trivia: Steven Culp cites the scene in which Webb gets decked by Admiral Chegwidden as the most memorable event of his career.
24th Jul 2010
JAG (1995)
Trivia: In addition to his regular role as Harm, David James Elliott also played Harm's father in flashbacks scattered throughout the show.
21st Jul 2010
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
12th Jul 2010
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trivia: When Aragorn parries the knife Lurtz throws at him, Viggo Mortensen successfully parried it on the first attempt. This is also done without special effects - the actor who played Lurtz' vision was so impaired that he could not see where he was supposed to throw the knife. If Mortensen had not parried it, he could have been seriously injured.
12th Jul 2010
Mallrats (1995)
Trivia: Brodie's comic book collection actually belongs to Kevin Smith. It's all of what Smith was able to purchase back after selling said collection to help finance Clerks.
2nd Jul 2010
Doubt (2008)
Trivia: Philip Seymour Hoffman was the only actor who knew whether or not Father Flynn was actually guilty.
27th Jun 2010
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Trivia: In the season six episode "South by Southwest", Tony mentions the film Scent of a Woman and leading co-star Chris O'Donnell. O'Donnell made a special guest appearance later in the season as G Callen, in the crossover episode that introduced the characters of NCIS: Los Angeles.
25th Jun 2010
JFK (1991)
Trivia: This was the only film featuring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in which they shared no screen time together.
19th Jun 2010
Charmed (1998)
Trivia: Christine Rose, who plays Prue's boss Claire, played Holly Marie Combs' mother on Picket Fences.
19th Jun 2010
Charmed (1998)
Ms. Hellfire - S2-E9
Trivia: The stricken names from Ms. Hellfire's hit list are all names of Charmed crew members.
14th Jun 2010
Charmed (1998)
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