Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher gets face to face with Foyle for the first time, her arm goes from straight to slightly bent at the first cut after his mocking applause; in the reverse shot the arm is still straight and only then begins to curve. (00:39:30)
Sammo
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: Johnny's widow is back from her little scouting, and is telling the Reverend about the cotton bale in Harlem. During the scene there's an obvious shadow cast by her head over her right shoulder that disappears in the reverse shots. (00:37:55)
12th Sep 2019
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
Factual error: The license plate of the car that takes the protagonist to the sanitarium is GR 36E46. That's not a valid Swiss plate: GR indicates the canton of Graubünden, but other than that it is supposed to have only digits and no letters.
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Revealing mistake: As the final chase for Deke starts, Ed tosses a wicker basket at Iris. The toss is already pretty weak looking, but to make matters worse, Judy Pace tosses the gun on purpose in front of her a moment after being 'hit'. (01:28:55)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: As Kevin tells his dad during dinner that he dropped out from computer engineering class and is taking up boxing, John Corbett is listening with his hands on his chest, but the fingers are positioned differently between shots. (00:36:15)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Immediately after the close-up on the poster of Demon Town with Penelope Decker, Lucifer holds the trophy. From behind it's evident that Chloe's healthy arm is down her side, but in the reverse shot she has her arms crossed. (00:17:30)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: Iris enters the house of the widow with no problem, just turning the knob, and just lets the door close behind her - yet when O'Malley has to escape, people outside the door are frantically trying to open the door to no avail.
12th Sep 2019
Child's Play (2019)
Continuity mistake: Andy returns home a little early and opens the door finding mom doing tonsil hockey with a dude named Shane. The multicolored wrapping in her hand switches instantly from right to left hand as she realises her kid is there. (00:09:20)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Continuity mistake: Jack and Hugh are checking out of the serial numbers of the banknotes. It's quite obvious during the sequence that Hugh has a couple of wads in his hands, then he is hands free, and then is holding the same wads as before. (00:39:30)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: The junkman played by Redd Foxx closes the door in front of the white guy, who gets in front of the broken window and shouts at him. His hand in the faraway view is on the sill, and in the tighter angle is at the side. (00:45:05)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: At O'Malley's release, he is approached by a man wearing a red fez. The people in the background change position at the close-up (the guy in orange turtleneck gets much closer to the one in a blue suit, for instance). (01:09:55)
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Continuity mistake: In the faraway shot, the snake is wrapped around the neck of the dead body full circle, while in the close-ups that follow and precede, the snake is draped across its neck and creeps up the right side of the deceased. (00:01:20)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
The Would-Be Prince of Darkness - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Chloe takes the phone in Lucifer's hand as he is watching the registration. Depending on the angle Chloe has her right hand on the phone itself or off it, signaling Lucifer to stay put. (00:13:15)
12th Sep 2019
Late Night (2019)
Continuity mistake: Molly says that the show has room for a bit of improvement. The monologue writer drops a pen on the notebook. Brief cut to Molly and when he says "whatever" her the pen is in a completely different spot. (00:19:25)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
The Would-Be Prince of Darkness - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Lucifer gets waken up after his very PG foursome by Ty. When he says "Can you just help me, please?" Lucifer does not have his right hand on the shoulder of the girl, in contrast with the earlier and following take. (00:06:15)
12th Sep 2019
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Continuity mistake: During the whole sequence when Alita wakes up in bed, in the closer shots the blanket directly by her pelvis is on top of the mattress, while in the shots from a wider angle part of the blanket dangles off the side. (00:04:00)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Four and Twenty Blackbirds - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As Poirot and Hastings watch the farce, the sword gets grabbed from the table by two hands, the left one doing the lifting by the handle. But the comedian in the following shot has it in his right hand. (00:32:04)
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Bert and Cec put their groceries down in the kitchen, Cec takes his hat off, Bert does not and shows no contempt about it. After a brief cut, once Miss Fisher is exiting the room Bert is now without his hat. (00:13:50)
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