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7th Feb 2023

Silent Hill (2006)

Trivia: Director Christophe Gans intended to make a sequel, but stepped away due to other commitments. He also disagreed with the producers over the direction of the sequel. The 2012 sequel "Silent Hill: Revelation" was released to poor reception and effectively ended the series. However, 16 years after this film, Gans confirmed that he was finally returning to the franchise with a new film, "Return to Silent Hill," that would serve as a soft reboot and adapt the fan-favorite game "Silent Hill 2."

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7th Feb 2023

Run (2020)

Trivia: There are several subtle references to the 2018 film "Searching" in this movie. Most notably, the stock-photo model Hannah from "Searching" is briefly seen in this film in a thumbnail image for a YouTube video. Director Aneesh Chaganty has stated that this was intentional, and that "Searching," "Run" and by extension, "Missing" (the semi-sequel to "Searching") are all set within the same cinematic universe.

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2nd Feb 2023

Dancing Ninja (2010)

Trivia: There were great difficulties between original director Mitchell Klebanoff and the studio, which lead to Klebanoff being fired early on and the film being completed by a different director. It was alleged that Klebanoff was utterly incompetent. He would reportedly make inane demands, tried to force an actress with a no-nudity clause to do full-frontal nudity, wasted money and ran behind schedule every day. Klebanoff countered by claiming the producers were stealing money and were "scoundrels."

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Trivia: An exec, Sidney Sheinberg, hated the title because he thought it would limit the movie's appeal. In all seriousness, he repeatedly suggested changing the name of the movie to the nonsensical title "Space Men from Pluto." The filmmakers were all utterly dumbfounded. Steven Spielberg replied by sending Sheinberg a note saying they all thought his "joke" about the title was hilarious, greatly embarrassing Sheinberg. He quickly backed off.

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Prophecy Girl - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, when Xander is practicing asking Buffy out with Willow, at once point Willow puts one of her snacks (candies, I think) into her mouth and starts chewing in a medium/wide profile shot of the two. It then cuts to a closeup of her and instantly she's no longer chewing, and immediately places a second candy in her mouth. She didn't have time to stop chewing and swallow between cuts.

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Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Buffy finds the invisible girl's "home" in the ceiling and picks up her flute, the position of everything on her bed changes between the initial closeup we saw and the shot of Buffy picking up the flute. Ex. In the initial closeup, the flute is on an open case, while in the shot where Buffy picks it up the case is closed. All the sheet music is in a slightly different position. A cylindrical object appears next to the flute that wasn't there in the initial closeup, etc.

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Nightmares - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When the Scoobies go to talk to Wendall about the spiders, when Wendall says "I don't know what to say about that " he instantly goes from looking forward to looking down between edits.

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Nightmares - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Buffy's mom first wakes her up after her nightmare at the beginning of the episode, the positions of Buffy's hands, her mother's hand and the bed comforter all change between edits as it cuts from a closeup to a wide shot.

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2nd Feb 2023

Dancing Ninja (2010)

Trivia: Originally intended to be a sequel to "Beverly Hills Ninja," and was written and co-directed by one of the writers of that film, but was eventually retooled into a stand-alone film. There are still some minor similarities and similar bits of dialogue, however.

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2nd Feb 2023

The Whale (2022)

Trivia: The film is written by Samuel D. Hunter, who also wrote the original stage-play. The play and film were inspired partially by Hunter's own life as a gay man who had struggled with eating disorders in the past.

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Nightmares - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Buffy goes to find Giles, who is going through newspapers, she asks him if he's found anything and he says "I don't know." Between shots Buffy goes from looking at him to glancing downwards with her eyes and then looking back up again between cuts.

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1st Feb 2023

The Whale (2022)

Trivia: The film has had some controversy with the use of an actor wearing a prosthetic "fat suit," and perceived "fatphobic" themes. Director Darren Aronofsky defended the film, saying that he wanted to create a realistic film that showed characters who aren't all good or all bad, and that he didn't understand why the prosthetics for his film were specifically being criticized, as special effects makeup have always been a tool used by actors and films.

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1st Feb 2023

The Whale (2022)

Trivia: Director Darren Aronofsky wanted to make the film ever since the play it's based on debuted, but struggled to find the right actor to play Charlie. He happened to see a trailer for a film starring Brendan Fraser and realised he was the perfect actor for the role.

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