Continuity mistake: When Harry is in the diner and places the newspaper down on the table as he speaks with the waitress, it lies over the table edge (front and side edges), then doesn't, then does so again... (00:04:05)
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15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
18th Dec 2009
Bones (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Booth and Brennan are speaking with the widow explaining that her husband was murdered. Brennan has her arms folded across her chest, when the shot changes and you see her in the mirror her arms are hanging down at her sides, then when it changes back her arms are folded again. (00:15:00)
19th Nov 2008
Bones (2005)
Continuity mistake: At the funeral, Bones places a rose on top of several other roses on the coffin of the murder victim. When the victim's parents approach the coffin to place their rose on it, most of the roses have vanished. (00:39:05)
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)
24th Jun 2008
Heroes (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Maya is arrested, she starts manifesting her powers on the policeman. In a close-up, we can see the black ooze coming out of her eyes. Cut to a shot from above, when the policeman's eyes turn black and he drops the handcuffs, and Maya's cheeks are suddenly clean again, with no trace of the black stuff. (00:33:45)
9th Mar 2010
Zathura (2005)
Continuity mistake: Dad goes to wake up Lisa before leaving the house. She's sleeping on a pile of white pillows. A purple pillow later appears underneath her elbow before disappearing again when Dad leaves the room.
6th Jan 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Continuity mistake: After the shot of Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli riding towards Edoras, there's a close-up of Theodred. In this shot there is a red pillow next to Theodred's face on his right. In the wide shot behind Éowyn, there is no red pillow to the right of his face. Though there is in this shot a white pillow corner leaning on the headboard, that is not in the previous front wide shot. The fur cover at the foot of the bed lies differently in the front and back wide shots too. (01:13:35)
28th Aug 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the Burrow, when Harry is speaking with Lupin, Tonks, and Arthur, and then when Ginny joins him on the sofa, the orange blanket lying on the sofa's arm to Harry's right moves forward, back, forward, etc. (01:15:00)
18th Feb 2010
Smart People (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Lawrence first wakes up in the hospital when Janet walks in, the guard rail on his bed is down. It's up in the next shot. Then it's back down when Janet leaves.
2nd Feb 2005
Braveheart (1995)
Continuity mistake: Just before Wallace picks up the archer to throw him over the ledge, you can the archer has a tin looking hat around his head with part of his suit covering his head below the hat. In the shot from in front of the ledge when Wallace is throwing him off the cap has now disappeared before he has been thrown. The following shot as he is falling its a bit hard to see his cap but you see it come off. (00:50:45)
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)
7th Mar 2009
Watchmen (2009)
Continuity mistake: During the prison fight scene, Silk Spectre's stiletto boot heels are alternatively flat-soled from shot to shot, for the stunt woman's benefit.
17th Feb 2010
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Ryder first walks into view over the Internet feed from the laptop, he is wearing a greyish T-shirt (most likely short-sleeved as well). In the next shot, still on the feed, he's wearing a black leather jacket, the same one we see him wear since the beginning. (01:01:20)
13th Feb 2010
Heroes (2006)
Continuity mistake: Mohinder and his friend enter Sylar's apartment. He's wearing a white shirt. In one shot, when he finds Sylar's secret room, he is wearing a dark jacket.
Suggested correction: It's not a dark jacket. It's still his shirt but since he's in the shadows, it just looks darker. You even see when the light swings you can catch a glimpse of the shirt.
17th Feb 2010
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Continuity mistake: The money car gets hit by an ambulance on its way to the drop and rolls over. The light bar on top breaks off. It reappears when the car falls off the bridge. (00:59:10)
25th Jun 2009
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Continuity mistake: When they give Garber the pistol to take, it has actually changed when he pulls it out of the bag, it's an entirely different pistol.
6th May 2003
24 (2001)
Continuity mistake: In the 08:00 - 09:00 episode on DVD (and during the previous few hours) you see Kim Bauer's feet and she is wearing sandals with no socks. At 08:36 when Terri has just been taken from the room where they are being held captive you see a shot of Kim sitting down and you can see that she is wearing pink leather slipper style shoes and black socks.
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.
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)
19th Apr 2007
Silent Hill (2006)
Continuity mistake: After the car crash, as Rose walks down the road calling for Sharon, the cut above her left eyebrows disappears for one shot.
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