Trivia: This film has a couple of (seemingly deliberate) nods to the much-maligned Batman and Robin. One is that Ozymandias' suit has nipples on it, similar to the suits of the title characters of the aforementioned film, which is one of its many sources of criticism. The second is the trailer used the song "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" by the Smashing Pumpkins, which is the closing track on the Batman and Robin soundtrack.
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26th Aug 2023
Watchmen (2009)
26th Aug 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
17th Aug 2023
Breaking Bad (2008)
Trivia: Skyler and Walt Jr. are the only main characters to not also appear in either Better Call Saul or El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
16th Aug 2023
The Punisher (2004)
Trivia: Thomas Jane dyed his blonde hair black in order to play The Punisher, and then, ironically, had to wear a blonde wig for the film's opening scene.
15th Aug 2023
X-Men '97 (2023)
15th Aug 2023
X-Men '97 (2023)
Trivia: A.J. LoCascio is taking over the role of Gambit from Chris Potter. He said he initially didn't know he was going to be recording for a revival of the original animated series, rather he thought it was going to be for a video game. LoCascio grew up a huge fan of Gambit. He even took French classes in school because of it, and referred to himself in those classes as "Remy" (Gambit's real name). Potter claims he wasn't even asked to voice Gambit again, presumably because of his death in episode 5.
8th Aug 2023
Secret Invasion (2023)
Trivia: This series depicts the Super Skrull as having the superpowers of various MCU characters. In the comics, the Super Skrull has the powers of the Fantastic Four.
8th Aug 2023
Barbie (2023)
Trivia: This is the first film directed solely by a woman to earn $1 billion at the global box office. Other films with female directors to have earned $1 billion, such as Frozen or Captain Marvel, had a male co-director.
4th Aug 2023
Sound of Freedom (2023)
Trivia: Fabian Marta, one of the patrons who helped crowdfund this film, was ironically arrested and charged with child kidnapping in August 2023. Additionally, Tim Ballard, on whom this film is based, stepped down from Operation Underground Railroad in the same year after receiving multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
31st Jul 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
28th Jul 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Trivia: This is reportedly the final film of the DCEU. Warner Bros. opted to start over because of dwindling fan enthusiasm and diminishing box office returns, and brought in director James Gunn of Guardians of the Galaxy fame to shepherd in a new franchise.
28th Jul 2023
The Marvels (2023)
Trivia: This will mark Samuel L. Jackson's 12th time portraying Nick Fury in film, giving him the record for the most times an actor has portrayed a comic book character in the medium.
24th Jul 2023
Oppenheimer (2023)
Trivia: This is the first Christopher Nolan film since 2000's Memento not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Nolan's partnership with the studio soured over his dissatisfaction with their decision to release new films on HBO Max on the same day as their theatrical releases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
24th Jul 2023
Oppenheimer (2023)
Question: Why are most of Robert Downey Jr.'s scenes shown in black and white?
24th Jul 2023
Oppenheimer (2023)
Trivia: This is the first Christopher Nolan-directed film since 2002's Insomnia in which Michael Caine does not appear.
20th Jul 2023
Oppenheimer (2023)
Trivia: This film, combined with Barbie, became an internet phenomenon, dubbed "Barbenheimer", due to the fact that the two films were released on the same day, with some filmgoers opting to see the movies together as a double feature for no other reason than their vastly different subject matter.
20th Jul 2023
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Trivia: After 24 years and 10 appearances, this film will mark the first time Hugh Jackman will don Wolverine's classic yellow and blue costume.
14th Jul 2023
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Question: When Mary asks Dick what he expected for not paying his taxes when he learns he owes thousands to the IRS, he responds with, "I certainly didn't expect my girlfriend to wear my ass as a snowshoe!" I'm not sure I have ever understood this joke. What is the meaning behind it?
Answer: The writers often have Dick respond to Mary with a retort that he thinks is in the common vernacular but makes a mistake in wording that is often funny. Dick seems to be imputing a criticism from Mary and responds with a corruption of the more common "I'm going to wear your ass like a hat!" I doubt it has anything to do with owing taxes. Probably just one of the writers assuming a common regional phrase would be universally recognized.
1st Jul 2023
Secret Invasion (2023)
1st Jul 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Question: Maybe I missed some dialogue, but why exactly did Voller think the fissure they were flying towards would take him to his desired date in 1939? I get that the dial detects fissures in time, but why would he think that particular fissure was the one he needed to travel through?
Answer: There is a bit of dialogue en route to the airport when Voller sets the instrument that says, "the first hand sets the destination," as in the time you want to travel back to. This would make the device completely absurd in principle if true (that's why I wanted to mark it as a plot hole/stupidity). Since it's supposed not to open portals but just detect them, it can't be that there are infinite portals for every moment in time you can choose to go back to (and they even close). The sky, while vast, is not infinite. We then find out that it is a trick since it is set to actually bring you to just one destination, but they don't know it yet.
Answer: We're supposed to accept that the dials are pointing to the rift in the sky, which is what makes this plot decision so ridiculous. There's no common reference point (magnetism wouldn't be discovered until and used in compasses for another 2,000 years), and the dial is 2-dimensional. Thus, you could turn your body 90 degrees and aim it down, and there's no indication from the movie that the dial would in any way turn to face the previous rift.
I think, technically, the fact that there's no common reference point is addressed when Voller mentions that the coordinates given are 'Alexandrine coordinates'... which I think might be another anachronism since all I can think it means is the ones used by Ptolemy in his Geography, which was hundreds of years after Archimedes' time. The dial is 2-dimensional, but there are 3 hands. It can be argued that when all 3 align, it does show that the direction you are headed is definitely correct, including the height you are pointing at. I definitely think it's entirely implausible, but the way the unknown mechanism works, attuned to something that does not exist such as time rifts, is kind of a lesser problem. Even if it is supposed to work by some mathematical principle, and then acts as some dowser rod.
Not true. The Chinese were using compasses around 200 BC, and Vikings are believed to have had them as well.
Answer: As they approach the rift, all three of the dial's hands are suddenly pointing towards it. If that is no clear indicator, then what is?
The dial pointing towards it only indicates that they are heading towards the fissure. How does that give Voller any certainty that this is the exact fissure he needs to travel through in order to reach his desired destination, especially considering it ended up not being the one he needed? Were there coordinates in Basil's diary that indicated where the exact fissure would open? I only recall the date of August 20 (?), 1939 being written down.
Only the time is written in the diary (the date you mention is next to August 20, 1969, which would be then supposedly when the finale of the movie takes place). For the coordinates, you need to have the device, which, apparently, allows you also to input with firsthand your desired destination. Voller couldn't know that to concoct his plan, though, since he did not have the diaries at the beginning of the movie.
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Answer: The black and white scenes are shown from the perspective of Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.), whereas the scenes in colour are shown from Oppenheimer's perspective.
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