Deliberate mistake: After Taylor leaves Amanda's hospital room in a fury, she goes to a pay phone in the hallway and dials Nick's number without inserting any coins.
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16th Mar 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
12th Mar 2021
Dark Shadows (1966)
Revealing mistake: In the pilot episode (?). When old man Barnabas bends over Maggie's bedside to bite her, the strings holding his bald wig in place are visible, including the stubble, and wave of fake black wig hair. (01:19:29)
5th Mar 2021
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Bud and Wes take competitive turns riding the bull at the presumed high speeds, the bucking patterns and timing aren't consistent. A few times either man goes less than 15 seconds on a mid speed rather than full on bucking. Which even for a practice doesn't add up, and wouldn't fly during a competition.
21st Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Deliberate mistake: The judge grants wheelchair bound Hilda Mars a million dollar settlement for her injuries. Then Sydney confronts her outside and wrestles her up out of the chair in which Hilda fakes a tumble down the steps. That night Hilda's attorney visits Sydney and admits he knows Hilda is a con who got away it instead of calling it out to the judge.
21st Feb 2021
Ratched (2020)
Other mistake: Edmund and Dolly make love in the barn completely naked. Yet the next shot is morning and Dolly is suddenly wearing a camisole after they've awakened. Which wouldn't be the case after falling asleep after sex They'd both still be nude.
19th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
From Here to Maternity - S5-E24
Revealing mistake: After Michael shows up at Kimberley's place then visits her bedside to be informed that she's very sick, the nurse asks him about any next of kin he can call, and he picks up the phone and immediately dials then says "Hello, Mrs. Shaw?" when he's never once called Kimberley's mother.
18th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Screams from a Marriage - S5-E22
Revealing mistake: Kyle is busy setting boxes of Taylor's things outside as Sydney walks up and asks what's going on. He tells her he and Taylor are separated. Then he sets out a couple of suitcases and Taylor shows up. They get into it in the doorway just as Taylor yells "Go to hell" before picking up the suitcases and suddenly the boxes are nowhere to be seen.
17th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: As Peter enters Matt's apartment and begins rummaging through the dresser drawers, the shadow of the boom is quite visible on the adjacent wall, and then the tip of a boom drops twice.
14th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Better Homes and Condos - S5-E17
Visible crew/equipment: As Peter is consulting with Michael in Michael's recovery room, shadows from the boom mic are visible at the top of the privacy curtain.
12th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: As Peter is talking with Amanda inside the prison conference room there are shadows on the ceiling to indicate it is nighttime. You can just make out a boom camera moving a bit, followed by brief banging and a clank, disguised as prison cell doors that would be nowhere near the visitor conference room. Then as Peter moves to the center of the wall and then sits down beside Amanda, shadows from the overhead boom equipment are moving within the ceiling shadows.
12th Feb 2021
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Other mistake: When Doolittle is running his jeep up the muddy hill near the beginning, the landscape changes. The hill is a straight 40° angle, but in the close shots behind the wheel, it changes to a steep 80° which no vehicle could realistically terrain, except perhaps an army tank. And he stalls out several times and has to back up, which would not happen at the 80* steep. Then he miraculously makes it over the top.
11th Feb 2021
One Hour Photo (2002)
Other mistake: Sy enters the SavMart (after being fired) with a large photo envelope in his hand, and the boss who fired him confronts him about going elsewhere to process his photos, and they get into it. Then Sy pushes past him, and in the next shot, walks right up to the photo counter, when in all previous scenes, the photo lab was at the back of the store.
9th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: After Jane's birth mother invites Jane to sit and talk over tea, Jane crosses to a chair while the mother sits and begins pouring. As Jane gets comfy, the sleeve of a camera person or assistant can be seen for 2 seconds as the camera moves slightly around the back of Jane's chair.
20th Jan 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Other mistake: After Brooke blackmails Amanda for the position of company vice president (over Amanda's affairs) Amanda gives in and calls a short conference with Alison, Brooke, and Billy, and openly demotes Alison to 'assistant'. Which is impossible, considering Alison is the company vice-president. And only a higher ranking head could call such a shot, while Amanda is an accounts executive with no such power or authority to overthrow anyone above her.
14th Jan 2021
The Crown (2016)
Factual error: Diana's actual coif in her late 20s was much fuller at the top and the sides, and slightly longer in the back than this depiction.
14th Jan 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Revealing mistake: As Amanda drives along the darkened highway coast, leaving a voicemail from her car phone, the scenery behind her is pitch black. Then she hangs up and suddenly a second vehicle driven by Bobby appears a distance behind her. (00:22:25)
13th Jan 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Free Kimmy - S4-E11
Revealing mistake: When Jane punches Jo at the doorstep, the pool appears just a few yards distance behind Jo, when in previous episodes the pool is located in the center court, at least 100 feet from all doorsteps.
29th Dec 2020
They Live (1988)
Revealing mistake: After Holly tells Nada that she works at Cable 54, he springs to his feet, and she cracks a glass over his head which dramatically sends him crashing out her bay window, to the bank below. Which would not happen in such a pricey home as hers with the thicker quality glass.
28th Nov 2020
Melrose Place (1992)
Other mistake: Jake Hansen (Grant Show) wears a gold wedding band on his left or hand during the shows run, when he's supposedly single.
Suggested correction: Not really a mistake, just a character choice. Grant Show wasn't married at the time, so it's not his wedding band we see, it's just a ring.
25th Nov 2020
The Music Man (1962)
Character mistake: When Marian is correcting Amaryllis for the girls' poor grammar in saying "can I" instead of "may I" over the cross-hand piece, the girl then asks if she can go play that cross-hand piece and Marian replies, "now you can play your cross-hand piece."
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