Continuity mistake: As Doc is driving out of town near the end, he stops to help Mary, who is having a difficult birth inside the family station wagon. Doc backs up and parks his car, the front-end is partially across road. While he assists with the birth, a large truck is fast-approaching, only Doc's car is now sitting all the way across the road when it gets hit.
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10th May 2008
Doc Hollywood (1991)
5th May 2008
The Frighteners (1996)
Continuity mistake: At the cemetery, as Frank grabs Ray the ghost to pull him from his grave, the grave diggers are seen shoveling dirt into the half-filled hole. A few seconds later, Frank yanks Ray out and the grave is now completely filled and the grave diggers are gone.
8th Mar 2008
Vertigo (1958)
Continuity mistake: Directly outside Scotty's living room window is an uninterrupted view of Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill. However, when the apartment is seen from the outside, there is a building across from where the window would be and Coit Tower is much further to the right.
6th Mar 2008
Roseanne (1988)
Continuity mistake: In "Guilty By Suspicion," Jackie hangs up her coat in her living room closet. This is the same door that, when she first moved into the house, led to the basement.
13th Feb 2008
Hard Day's Night (1964)
Continuity mistake: As the boys leave in the helicopter at the end of the film, it says "BEATLES" on the aircraft's door. The name is split into two different sections to fit on the sliding panels. A few seconds later, one half of the name is missing, leaving only "BEA" on the left-hand side.
2nd Jan 2008
Friends (1994)

The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress - S7-E17
Continuity mistake: Monica chooses a wedding dress at an expensive boutique, then later goes to a discount store to buy the same style dress at a half-off sale. The dress she buys is different from the one in the boutique, having wider and frillier straps. When she tries it on later at the apartment, it is now the same style as the one at the boutique. (00:04:00 - 00:07:15)
6th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Continuity mistake: In the opening aerial shot of the playground, the landscape surrounding it is flat, devoid of any shrubbery, and there are no buildings or streets nearby. In the close-up shots with Harry and Dudley that are shown from various angles, there are now houses, small hilly mounds, bushes, and a road in the background. (00:00:50)
16th Sep 2006
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Continuity mistake: When Andy first meets Christian at the party, her hair changes throughout the scene. First one side is in front of her ear, then it's tucked behind it, then it's in front again.
4th Jun 2006
Roseanne (1988)
Continuity mistake: When a depressed Roseanne emerges from her bedroom after Dan has left her, she tells Nancy and Leon that she wants to turn over her and Jackie's shares of the restaurant to them. She says she wants Nancy and Leon to experience the same sense of accomplishment that she and Jackie felt when they first opened the business. However, Roseanne seems to have forgotten that it was Nancy, along with her, Jackie, and Bev, who started the restaurant.
21st May 2006
Take the Lead (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Rock is meeting the crooks to receive/pass stolen goods, the van's backdoor opens and guys jump out. A few seconds later, the van door opens again and the same guys jump out.
15th Mar 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Harry returns from the cemetery, there's a shot of him lying over Cedric's body. When Dumbledore reaches out to put his hands on Harry's face, Harry's left shoulder is higher while he rests his weight on his right arm. The scene cuts to a rear view, and his right shoulder is now higher. When it cuts back to a front view, his left shoulder is once again in the higher position.
17th Jan 2006
Roseanne (1988)
The Birds and the Frozen Bees - S7-E23
Continuity mistake: Roseanne and Darlene are sitting on the sofa discussing Darlene getting back together with David. The cuff on the sleeve of Darlene's sweater is partially turned down, and in the next shot it's neatly turned up.
29th Nov 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Continuity mistake: The second time Harry conjures the patronus charm to save Sirius and the other Harry from the dementors, Hermione is standing next to the tree behind him. The first time he uses it, his silhouette can be seen from the other Harry's point-of-view from across the lake, but Hermione isn't next to the same tree, even though the spot she was standing in is visible. (01:44:20 - 02:01:05)
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