Trivia: Erin says "Mercado" is Spanish for "table" when it is actually Spanish for "market." "Mesa" is in fact Spanish for "table." It's a running gag that Erin is really bad at Spanish. Earlier in the movie, she mistranslates what the theatre janitor was saying when he went past on a gurney.
THGhost
24th Apr 2017
Ghostbusters (2016)
30th Mar 2017
Poltergeist III (1988)
Trivia: At several points in the film, Carol Ann's movements do not sync up with her movements in the mirrors in her bedroom. Director Gary Sherman confirms on the Scream Factory commentary track that this was actually done on purpose, given the nature of the mirrors in the movie and the evil counterparts of several characters.
27th Jun 2016
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
The Best Burger in New York - S4-E2
Trivia: When the gang are in a taxi on their way to one of the burger joints with a green door and a red neon sign, look closely at Cobie Smulders' eyes whilst Barney is talking to Lily about Goliath National Bank - she is almost falling asleep when her character is not meant to be sleepy. Watch as her eyes widen, desperately trying to stay awake.
15th Oct 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
15th Oct 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
9th Sep 2013
Evil Dead (2013)
9th Sep 2013
Evil Dead (2013)
20th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
20th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
20th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
20th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
20th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
Trivia: When Agent Zoil shoots his car radio whilst talking to Sigourney Weaver, he says "Boring conversation anyway". Harrison Ford's character Han Solo says the same line in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope when he shoots an intercom while posing as a Stormtrooper.
15th Feb 2013
Paul (2011)
Trivia: The Bat mobile seen in the film is the exact same Bat mobile from Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever.
27th Aug 2011
Men in Black (1997)
Trivia: After reading the script with his wife, Barry Sonnenfeld (the director) turned to his wife and said "Tommy Lee Jones". She turned to him and said "Will Smith", and that is how they were cast. This is confirmed by Barry Sonnenfeld on the DVD commentary.
27th Jun 2011
The Fifth Element (1997)
Trivia: When Leeloo is fleeing from the cops and is startled by the elevator that goes down past her, on the roof of a grey bus passing along side it, you can see "KG62" written on it. "KG" are Karen Goulekas' initials, the film's digital effects supervisor, and "62" is her birth year. This is confirmed on the DVD's visual effects commentary.
23rd Jun 2011
Alien (1979)
1st Mar 2011
Paul (2011)
Trivia: During a flashback scene, Paul is shown sitting in Hangar 51 talking to Steven Spielberg, the same hangar as seen in Raiders of The Lost Ark and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
2nd Jan 2011
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
4th Dec 2010
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Gingerbread - S3-E11
Trivia: One of the names on the newspaper articles about the two dead children is "C. Meyer", as in Carey Meyer - one of the series' Production Designers.
19th Nov 2010
Castle (2009)
Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind - S3-E9
Trivia: In this episode, Castle says the words "My partner is crazy and may start firing at any moment" in Chinese. Beckett then asks him "Semester abroad?", to which he replies "Nah, a TV show I used to love". This is a reference to Firefly, a TV show starring Nathan Fillion in which characters occasionally spoke in Chinese.
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