Revealing mistake: After the squirrel lands on the coffee table, it rises up and twitches its tail in a mechanical motion, showing it is really a puppet.
Scott215
26th Nov 2017
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
26th Nov 2017
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Aunt Bethany asks "Do you hear it?", she leans forward in her chair. In the next shot she's suddenly sitting back, and leans forward again when she says, "It's a funny squeaky sound."
26th Nov 2017
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: As the shots quickly change from the front of Catherine and Rusty to their backs, Catherine is either holding Rusty tightly to her, loosely, or not at all.
26th Nov 2017
Elf (2003)
Trivia: Director Jon Favreau has a voice cameo as Mr. Narwhal.
25th Nov 2017
Elf (2003)
Continuity mistake: Buddy's left arm moves to support Baby Susie under her feet, but the next shot shows his left hand between Susie and his chest.
25th Nov 2017
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Continuity mistake: Sgt. Bowren's right hand moves to his holstered pistol as Maj. Reisman and Posey begin their close combat knife training. The next long shot of Posey, Reisman and Bowren shows Bowren reaching for his pistol again.
16th Nov 2017
The Goldbergs (2013)
A Wall Street Thanksgiving - S5-E7
Factual error: Adam is excited the new Atari video game of "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial" was just released. In the same episode, Uncle Marvin is telling Barry he just saw the movie "Wall Street." Problem is, the "E.T." Video game was released in December, 1982, while "Wall Street" was released in December, 1987.
15th Nov 2017
The Middle (2009)
Continuity mistake: After Frankie empties the marshmallow bag, the bag moves around the kitchen counter as the shots change.
7th Nov 2017
The Invaders (1967)
Continuity mistake: David Vincent parks his car in front of his hotel and goes up to his room. Later, David's girlfriend, Susan, parks her car in the same space where David's car was parked - he never left his room to move it.
7th Nov 2017
The Invaders (1967)
Continuity mistake: As Susan and David kiss, her left hand instantly moves from behind his neck to just below his left shoulder.
7th Nov 2017
The Invaders (1967)
Continuity mistake: When Simon Carver and David are speaking in Carver's office, Carver's hands instantly change positions form being spread out on his desk to clasped as the camera shots switch.
5th Nov 2017
The Three Stooges (2012)
Revealing mistake: When the arrow Larry shot into the sky comes back down, it pierces Mac's thigh and into a thick pad which can be seen under his pants.
4th Nov 2017
The Orville (2017)
Continuity mistake: During the cold opening scene, Claire's right hand is alternately clasping Ty's left arm or lying flat on the bed as the camera shots change.
2nd Nov 2017
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Continuity mistake: After falling down the coal chute and landing in the coal bin, Luther's flashlight is on a chair, sharing the seat with three large pieces of coal. When Luther grabs his flashlight from the chair, two of the three pieces of coal have disappeared.
2nd Nov 2017
The Omega Man (1971)
Continuity mistake: When Neville slams a mutant into the pile of boxes in the parking garage, there are brown cardboard boxes stacked neatly against the wall, but when the mutant stands up and Neville shoots him, the boxes have disappeared, showing bare wall.
2nd Nov 2017
The Omega Man (1971)
Continuity mistake: When the rich middle aged couple's bodies are in front of the TV set, the man's right arm changes position from resting on the chair's arm rest in the shot over his right shoulder to elevated in the frontal shot.
2nd Nov 2017
Gotham (2014)
A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: After Alfred finishes sewing Bruce's hand, he places a square of gauze bandage on the scissors closest to his arm. The next shot shows the gauze not covering the scissors.
2nd Nov 2017
Gotham (2014)
A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Alfred stitches up Bruce's hand and pulls the scissors holding the stitch up high, then the next instant shot the scissors are much lower.
2nd Nov 2017
Gotham (2014)
A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: A stack of papers are on the left side of Penguin's desk as he walks around the desk to speak with Barbara, but when she leaves, the papers have disappeared.
31st Oct 2017
The Invaders (1967)
Revealing mistake: A chalk outline on the parking garage wall where the actor playing the alien that just got shot and disintegrates is supposed to place his body and limbs for the special effects (the disintegration) is visible. The actor placed his body just outside the chalk outline, and the arms were not in the correct positions.
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