Continuity mistake: On top of the Astronomy Tower, before Dumbledore and Harry leave to retrieve the locket, Dumbledore hair moves in front of his left shoulder in shots behind him. (01:57:35)
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29th Jan 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
29th Jan 2010
Sorority Row (2009)
Continuity mistake: After Megan dies, for real, Jessica tells the others that they loved Megan and Megan loved them. Her robe opens and closes between alternate shots.
17th Jan 2010
Horsemen (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning, when Quaid has finished showering and is picking his phone, wallet, badge, keys, etc, there is a shot of his hand as it is picking up his cellphone. Cut to a wide shot of him and the objects have moved. For example, the coins have become a close cluster, his pack of cigarettes is no longer on the newspaper, and his badge has switched places with the lighter. (00:02:45)
17th Jan 2010
Superman Returns (2006)
Continuity mistake: The writings on the note Lois faxes to the Daily Planet (with the coordinates) change from when she writes it to when Jimmy sees it through his camera. For example, the 'N' is much smaller and the 'P' is fatter in the faxed version. (01:31:45)
17th Jan 2010
Horsemen (2009)
Continuity mistake: After seeing the aborted baby, Quaid goes into the bathroom and plunges his head into water. His hair, however, is perfectly dried afterward. (00:35:35)
13th Jan 2010
Halloween (2007)
Continuity mistake: 10-year-old Michael has just returned home from trick-or-treating and is eating candy in the kitchen. The black handle of his pumpkin basket is raised in close-up shots while down in other shots.
12th Jan 2010
The Illusionist (2006)
Continuity mistake: After Eisenheim has disappeared, literally, from stage, Uhl and the policemen search his office. There, Uhl finds Eisenheim's notebook with the design of the locket in it. There is a large tear in the middle of the paper. It disappears when the inspector looks at it again after he has found the locket in the Prince's barn. (01:31:00 - 01:31:45)
11th Jan 2010
Friday the 13th (2009)
Continuity mistake: Clay puts a 'Have you seen Whitney' flyer on the back of the SUV. When the car drives past the Crystal Lake sign, it isn't there. When it parks, the flyer has returned and a guy removes it in anger. (00:24:35)
7th Jan 2010
Watchmen (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Dan returns home after talking to Mason, he finds Rorschach in his kitchen eating beans from a can. After he has finished eating, he throws the second can on the table where it lands next to another can. When he gets up, the two cans have moved significantly apart. (00:20:15)
1st Jan 2010
Knowing (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the museum, John and Diana are talking at a table while the kids are playing together. There is an empty glass with a blue straw in front of John. Sometimes, the straw points away from him, sometimes it points towards him.
Suggested correction: The straw never points in the different directions throughout the scene, it alwaysstands there almost the same way.
1st Jan 2010
Knowing (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Caleb and his father talk about his late mother on this bed while watching TV about tigers, watch the position of Caleb's head on the pillow. In close-ups, it is resting on the right edge. In medium shots, it is in the middle.
1st Jan 2010
Knowing (2009)
Continuity mistake: The day after John has discovered that the numbers refer to dates and number of deaths, he shows the sequence to his friend on a flat screen TV. On the left of the TV there is a pile of 4 DVD boxes with white labels. They are gone in the shot where John leaves the room.
27th Dec 2009
Hannibal Rising (2007)
Continuity mistake: Hannibal has captured the first man from the gang who killed his sister and has tied him to a tree. The way the rope is tied around the man changes throughout the scene. (01:00:35)
27th Dec 2009
Hannibal Rising (2007)
Continuity mistake: A policeman takes the dog tag from Hannibal's first victim's mouth (the one tied to the tree) with his bare right hand. Cut to a shot of him getting up and a glove has appeared. The camera has been on him so he has had no time to put on his gloves. (01:03:40)
24th Dec 2009
M (1931)
Continuity mistake: After Elsie has been kidnapped, there is a scene where a little girl walks up to an old man to ask him for the time. A man notices this and walks towards the old man. The old man is standing in front of a light pole which casts a shadow onto the pavement. In another shot, there are no shadows near the light pole.
24th Dec 2009
Don't Say A Word (2001)
Continuity mistake: When the black guy attacks Famke, she falls on a rug. While he tries to strangle her, her head repeatedly moves from being on the rug and off it, between shots. (01:19:15)
14th Dec 2009
Australia (2008)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the stampede, Drover places a black hat on Sarah's head. During the stampede, her hat is now light brown. (00:59:35)
14th Dec 2009
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the hospital, after Kate has finished vomiting as a result of her chemo, she is cuddling against Taylor. During their conversation about a dance at the hospital, Kate's hair alternates between being in front of her left ear to being behind it.
2nd Dec 2009
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Continuity mistake: During dinner the evening after her father sends her cousin away, Fermina threatens to kill herself by pointing a knife to her throat. In the close-ups, the tip is approximately midway between her chin and her ear. In the long shot, it is much closer to her ear, almost below the earlobe.
30th Nov 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Continuity mistake: After the Hummer crashes into the train during the chase in Paris, Ana crawls out of the wreck. The right side of her face is covered in streaks of blood. Seconds later, as she runs into the balloon guy, her face is spotless. The blood returns when Ana enters the glass elevator. (01:03:15)
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