Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning when Frank is giving Freddy the office tour, you can see camera shadows on the shelves as the camera goes across the aisles following the two men - just after they pack the female skeleton.
William Bergquist
22nd Mar 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
22nd Mar 2004
Hooper (1978)
Continuity mistake: The rocket car makes the jump right on target with only 1,100 pounds of pressure. If the rocket had the required pressure of 1,500 pounds, the car would have over shot the landing target and crashed into the parked vehicles.
15th Mar 2004
Death Wish (1974)
Continuity mistake: Bronson shoots the first thug in the lower stomach but the cops state that he was shot in the chest.
15th Mar 2004
Death Wish (1974)
Trivia: A very young, tall and thin Jeff Goldblum plays one of the thugs that murders Bronson's wife. He is credited as Freak 1.
11th Mar 2004
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Trivia: Another indicator that the people weren't real: The little girl runs among some pigeons on the ground and none of the pigeons fly off.
8th Mar 2004
Taxi Driver (1976)
Revealing mistake: When De Niro gets shot in the neck, his bald skin cap wrinkles considerably when he presses the wound with his hand. Confirmed by make-up artist Dick Smith in the making-of documentary. (01:40:00)
4th Mar 2004
Cliffhanger (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Stallone is sliding down the slope with the bad guy, and the bad guy goes over the cliff into the darkness, you can see the flaps of the air bag or net flail about when he lands on it - most noticeably on the left side of the screen. (00:56:25)
1st Mar 2004
Aliens (1986)
Question: What ever happens to the female doctor that evaluates Newt? She evaluates Newt, says one line or so, then disappears forever.
24th Feb 2004
WarGames (1983)
Trivia: Broderick changes school information from his home computer just as he does in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Both mothers were also real estate agents.
24th Feb 2004
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Trivia: The little blonde girl Elliott kisses when the frogs are released is Erika Eleniak, who went on to become a Baywatch babe.
24th Feb 2004
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Trivia: Two people actually supplied the voice of ET - Debra Winger and Pat Welsh.
18th Feb 2004
And Justice for All (1998)
Revealing mistake: The same scene is used as two separate shots when Pacino hits the lawyer's windshield with his briefcase. One view from the inside the car then from the outside.
27th Jan 2004
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Trivia: The bad guy, Fraker, real name Gavan O'Herlihy, is the lost son "Chuck Cunningham" on the first season of Happy Days in 1974.
12th Jan 2004
Boogie Nights (1997)
Trivia: Don Cheadle is talking to a customer about the TK421 stereo system. TK421 was also a storm trooper's call sign in Star Wars when Han and Luke beat up the troopers and put on their uniforms.
12th Jan 2004
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Trivia: The pretty girl in the corvette that pulls up next to Hamilton, when he is wearing the Pirate uniform, is Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart. At the time Wilson was dating Cameron Crowe, who wrote the film's screenplay, and later got married.
12th Jan 2004
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Trivia: At the beginning, there is a nameplate on an office desk that says R. Hashimoto. Richard Hashimoto is the production supervisor.
16th Dec 2003
Ally McBeal (1997)
Trivia: Elaine, played by Jane Krakowski, played cousin Vicky in the first "Vacation" movie - her first onscreen appearance.
16th Dec 2003
Grease 2 (1982)
Trivia: The little pesky sister, Dolores Rebchuck, does the voice for Bobby Hill on King of the Hill.
8th Dec 2003
Night Shift (1982)
Trivia: Two up and coming stars in this movie: Shannon Doherty was the Bluebell (girl scout) in the elevator scene and a very young Kevin Costner was Frat Boy #1 in the fraternity party scene. In fact, Doherty was the very last person credited.
8th Dec 2003
Little Darlings (1980)
Trivia: The long haired "flower girl" Sunshine is Cynthia Nixon, AKA Miranda on HBO's Sex and the City.
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Chosen answer: Down in the tunnels, she is the soldier that says "Maybe they don't show up on infrared at all." and is then grabbed and hoisted to the ceiling by an Alien, discharging her flamethrower and killing the other Marine. Later, Hudson says "The Sarge and Deitrich (the female medic) aren't dead. Their signs are real low but they ain't dead." So she was cocooned and played host for new aliens.
Grumpy Scot