Stupidity: At the end of the movie when Laura discovers that all the cans are neat in her cabinet, she knows she has to leave the house. There's a back door to her house, but she runs up the hallway to the front of the house. She could've been out of the house in seconds going out of the back door, but of course that would've ruined the end of the movie.
Cynthia Gurski
5th Sep 2019
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
15th Jan 2019
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Character mistake: When Miranda is scheduling the trip to Abu Dhabi with the girls, she says they have to go within three weeks or the next month will be the hottest month. However, on the first night when Carrie can't sleep, her alarm clock says August 26. August is the hottest month in the middle east.
9th Jan 2019
The Gauntlet (1977)
27th Dec 2018
Collateral (2004)
Continuity mistake: When we first see Vincent in Annie's building, he is in an office to the left side of the building. You can tell this because there were offices down and to the right. However, when Max is telling Annie "now" there is an office below her on the right side of the building. (01:39:00)
8th Dec 2018
Collateral (2004)
Stupidity: When Max is in the federal building and shoots Vincent, he and Annie get into the elevator and go to the first floor. Knowing that Vincent would take the stairs down to the first floor, why didn't Max and Annie stop on the 12th floor, or any floor, get out, and call the police from there. It would have taken Vincent quite a while to figure out what floor they were on, and they could've kept moving from floor to floor and Vincent would've never found them.
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Suggested correction: Considering they had a head start to the elevator, I would have done the exact same thing instead of risk staying in the building with an experienced hitman. Going floor-to-floor as you suggest while being hunted by a killer is a bad idea. Let's not forget Vincent also killed the phone lines. Maybe only the phone lines to her office? Who knows. But would you want to get out on the 8th floor to see if the phone will work on that floor, and then wait for the police? Plus in situations like these, you're not thinking like that. Your instinct is telling you to GET OUT. Getting outside in public is a much better idea than playing cat-and-mouse with Vincent in the building.
22nd Nov 2018
Enemy of the State (1998)
Other mistake: When Bobby give Daniel his business card, he was running for his life out of the store. but when they found the business card and Daniel, it was tucked into his leather jacket pocket. Daniel wouldn't have taken the time while he was running to put it in his breast jacket pocket, because when you see him running in the street, and riding on the bike his hands are busy. (00:28:00)
22nd Nov 2018
The Glass House (2001)
Other mistake: When Rhett sees Terry coming up from the car accident that he was in and tells Ruby, she jumps in the front seat of the car. The car is in park, but she moves the lever up, which would mean the car was in the drive position already.
22nd Nov 2018
Salt (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Salt is in the helicopter after leaving the White House, only the lock on the chain from the hands to the legs is unlocked, and yet when she runs out of the water, she has absolutely no arm or leg chains on her. (01:57:00)
3rd Nov 2018
Snatched (2017)
Continuity mistake: When Emily is in the US Embassy in Bogotá, the guy tells her he is the only one there. However, when he first started talking to her, there are two men in the background. (01:58:00)
18th Aug 2018
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, Spencer is wearing a blue hood jacket when arriving at school. However, when they destroy the gaming unit and game with a bowling ball, Spencer is back in his yellow raincoat. Bethany and Fridge are also wearing different jackets, because outside Fridge is on a vest with a hoodie and a green shirt, and Bethany has on a blue jacket, but inside, Fridge just has on a hoodie and a numbered football shirt, and Bethany has on a multi colored jacket. Also, Spencer has on a black shirt outside, and a blue button down shirt inside. (01:48:00 - 01:50:00)
14th Jul 2018
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Other mistake: When the plane drops out of the tree with the tail going down and all the people in the tail, it crashes and the metal actually crushes upward. There is no way that those people could walk out of that plane uninjured.
6th Jul 2018
2012 (2009)
Other mistake: When they are loading the last of the passengers and workers, the gate from the ship goes down at a very slow pace. However, when Uri and his sons are climbing up the ladder to get to the platform, the gate is going up at a very fast rate. It does not make sense that it would not go back up as slowly as it went down.
8th Jun 2018
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Plot hole: When Picard, Hawk and Worf are out on the particle transmitter, they each have one gun. However, when Picard is attacked by Hawk, the gun that Hawk used is being stepped on by him. Picard left his gun over at the other mag lock, and Worf threw his away, but when the captain was in trouble, Worf had a gun. He would not have had time to run around to Picard's side before he was attacked by Hawk, so where did Worf get the other gun from?
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Suggested correction: As you can see in a wide shot after Worf's suit is cut, his gun is still hanging close by. So after he closed the gap in his suit he just grabbed his own gun. Of course, he did throw it away and it should have kept on moving all the way out of reach but something stopped it. But you do see it still in reach of Worf.
8th Jun 2018
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Factual error: When Mya points out his Loch Ness tattoo, and asks when he got it, and he says the night before, it would not be healed as it is. It would still be red, raised, and be covered to protect it. Also, later in the movie when he is on the ground and we see the large tattoo across the whole back, this would also be impossible as a whole back tattoo would take at least two or three long sessions, and this movie takes place over just a couple of days.
7th Jun 2018
2012 (2009)
Other mistake: When Tamara Is trapped in the middle section it's flooding. It is impossible for the middle section to flood before the end section.
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Suggested correction: It would make sense that the door is designed to close much faster than it opens as it is a sealing door and needs to close quickly to form a water tight seal.
6th Jun 2018
Taken (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Brian rents the car, he drives out of the agency driving an Audi. When he is at the construction site, the car has changed to a Mercedes-Benz.
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Suggested correction: We don't see him arrive at the construction site, only standing in line to enter the building. He uses a Jeep SUV to get away, and the bad guys are driving trucks and a Mercedes SUV. He probably stole the Jeep for the getaway after confirming before he got in line that the workers left the keys in the vehicle.
24th May 2018
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Factual error: Paul has hypoglycemia. When he eats the lollipop off the floor and gets up instantly, this would never happen as it takes the sugar a while to get into the bloodstream. He would never be instantly cured.
2nd Mar 2018
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Tom is with Peter on the boat sailing to Greece and Tom says he's going to watch the sunset, the sun is just above the horizon. When Tom goes into Peter's room after talking with Marge, you can see the sun in the exact same position out the porthole window in Peter's room.
24th Jan 2018
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Tom is taking Freddy's body out of his building, Freddy's coat is buttoned to the top. When Tom puts Freddy in the car, his coat is suddenly undone and blood is visible on his shirt. (01:28:00)
24th Jan 2018
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Continuity mistake: When the police on the motorcycles are delivering the money bags, there are 4 of them. When they're walking through the Waldorf Hotel they only have three bags. With watching the hostages they wouldn't have time to consolidate the bags. (01:04:00 - 01:29:00)
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Suggested correction: Garber was carrying the 4th bag when they got out of the metro car. That's when he retrieves the gun as well. He dropped it right after he splits up from the rest by hiding behind the passing train.
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