Continuity mistake: When Lil gets up to pick up the carafe, her glass is, obviously, almost empty. The glass is refilled two shots later, before she pours (which happens later). (00:08:40)
Sammo
25th Aug 2019
Walking on Sunshine (2014)
25th Aug 2019
Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Continuity mistake: Maddie and Taylor are talking about Maddie being over her previous fiance (that Taylor knows of). Taylor has the hair on her right side tucked into her jacket, but next time the camera is on her, her hair is neatly arranged over the shoulder. Similarly, her hair on the left shoulder changes position between shots just before Maddie drags her out to meet their plus-size friend. (00:06:20)
25th Aug 2019
I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
Continuity mistake: When the prisoners in the confinement holes talk clinging from the bars at the top, Jim Brown's hands are one bar apart in the overhead shot, 2 bars in close-ups. (00:00:50)
24th Aug 2019
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Molly Ringwald is on the phone at the club and gets approached by the girl in orange, throughout the whole conversation the position of the phone receiver in Randy's hand is wildly inconsistent. (00:09:30 - 00:11:00)
24th Aug 2019
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Continuity mistake: When Ellen tells her mother-in-law about her whereabouts in the Indian Ocean, Irene Dunn's hand is held high up on the column, and at the base in the following shot. (00:09:35)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Continuity mistake: Washing Kai's wounds, CG tells him "I need to know more." Fresh blood trickles down her cheek, but has vanished in the following shot. (00:17:30)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Codladh Sámh - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: Kai hands the note to Mr. Young: the old man holds it between index and middle fingers, but with his thumb in the reverse shots. (00:39:45)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Fire Chicken - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: As the Triad goons pulls over their black van and kidnap the helper of Mr. Young, some passersby disappear between shots and others change position. (00:30:00)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Fire Chicken - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Kai and Jenny put aprons on and start chatting. Behind Kai, a person is carrying a tray, then still has to pick that same tray up, disappears, reappears, etc. (00:13:10)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Continuity mistake: Kai tosses the rock fragment next to the dagger, but in the following shot the distance between the two has increased dramatically. (00:31:50)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Continuity mistake: When CG is done talking with Lu Xin at the diner, she grabs a glass and drinks from it. During this action, Lu Xin is eating a fry in the first shot, but in the second he's waiting on her with the left hand on his clenched fist. (00:26:20)
23rd Aug 2019
Wu Assassins (2019)
Continuity mistake: Agent CG is having her morning jog and there's a sizeable sweat spot on her top. That is, until she gets to the park for her scene with Mr. Master of disguise himself captain Fletcher: at that point her sweat stain reduces size considerably. (00:09:45)
23rd Aug 2019
Shaft in Africa (1973)
Continuity mistake: As Shaft is stick fighting in the stable, the Emir's attendant makes a comment about his penis (no, seriously, he does!). The man is leaning against the door with his hand positioned 3 different ways in 3 different shots. (00:13:00)
23rd Aug 2019
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Continuity mistake: Mr. Kelly pimpslaps Rita as she is grabbing her things, and he walks away to answer the phone. Between shots, the mules on the table have rotated, and in similar fashion the suitcase is also now parallel to the side of the table instead of being at an angle. (00:34:30)
23rd Aug 2019
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Captain Bollin is questioning Shaft in his office, his hand position between shots is not always consistent. Best example when he asks Shaft about Mascola: he is leaning with his left hand on the top of the file cabinet, but he's shown rubbing his hands together in the following shot. (00:29:40)
23rd Aug 2019
The More the Merrier (1943)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Dingle walks past all the other prospect tenants for the apartment, the young fella at the top of the stairs on the right is holding his newspaper in 3 different ways in separate consecutive shots. Not just that: the No Vacancy sign Dingle hung on the letterbox is tilted differently in separate shots. (00:04:30)
23rd Aug 2019
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Continuity mistake: When "Ms. Montenegro" is talking to Lou about her niece at the Convent and Kennels, he sits down, and next to his elbow there's an object on the desk. After a quick cut, the object has disappeared entirely with no explanation and with Peter Falk in the same position as before. (00:12:00)
23rd Aug 2019
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Continuity mistake: Lou hands a dry martini with onion to Madeline Kahn's femme fatale. She takes the glass with the right hand and begins stirring the drink with her left hand. New shot, and she is holding the glass in her left, stirring with her right. (00:09:50)
23rd Aug 2019
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Continuity mistake: During the first meeting between Lou and Madeline Kahn, her fur stole changes position between shots almost more often than she changes names. (00:09:30 - 00:10:30)
23rd Aug 2019
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the police officer enters the hotel room with the elderly couple, the old man has his mouth open wider in the second shot, and the woman is looking straight ahead instead of up. (00:05:45)
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