Continuity mistake: Once Kevin has been bullied in front of the hot cashier by the nasty ginger and his goons, Noah gives them the stinkeye in a closeup in obvious bad continuity with the previous shot, facing away as he is. (00:08:35)
Sammo
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Continuity mistake: When the transvestite robs the puny bald street vendor of his coats and furs, absolutely nothing is left on the rack. But in the next shot the poor schmuck has at least a clothing hanger in front of him. (00:13:20)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)

Continuity mistake: After Noah's creepy "it got pretty wet here this weekend" joke at the family dinner table, Jennifer Lopez holds her tray in a complete different way between shots, multiple times depending on the angle. (00:29:00)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
12th Sep 2019
Late Night (2019)
Continuity mistake: Mindy Kaling in her first scene gets a garbage bag to the face. When the black bag hits her, a couple of passersby disappear in the immediately consecutive shot. (00:06:15)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Talking with her daughter at the end of the episode, Chloe stifles her laughter with her hand in front of her mouth. In the matching reaction shot her hand is still on her chest. It happens again twice. (00:40:30)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Hastings is reading a letter that makes him go "Good Heavens." He is holding the letter by the top left corner, which becomes the top right in the (lack of) reaction shot from his Belgian friend. (00:24:20)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the secretary leans in to console "Henry" after Walton has been escorted away, he pins her handkerchief hand to the desk; in the next shot the hand is turned differently and caught in midair. (00:07:45)
12th Sep 2019
Late Night (2019)
Continuity mistake: When 7 (Tom) tells 8 (Molly) to get her metaphors straight, a woman carrying flowers, her hair tied in a short bun, walks by. In the reverse shot, she turns into a different woman with long hair. (01:07:30)
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Revealing mistake: In the flashback of the death of Noah's parents, besides the obvious clichè of insta-explosion on impact, it's obvious in the second shot that the car is exploding from within the passenger seats. (01:09:55)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Continuity mistake: When Coffin and Gravedigger go to Lo Boy's hideout and hold him on his feet, multiple continuity errors happen as their hands' position on his arms greatly varies depending on the different angles. (00:33:00 - 00:34:00)
12th Sep 2019
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Factual error: Miss Fisher and the crew on 21 December 1928 dance to the glorious rendition of "I'm Sailing On A Sunbeam" by Des Tooley featuring Frank Coughlan, playing a record that was released only in 1930.
12th Sep 2019
The Boy Next Door (2015)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Jennifer Lopez keeps cutting the same single slice of cake. She also partially slides it out twice, the second time not really showing in the matching reverse shot. (00:02:45 - 00:03:50)
12th Sep 2019
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Lockhart suggests Hannah give him her bike, in the frontal shot she is holding her hands away from the proper handle position, but they are back in the correct position in the side view. (01:05:10)
12th Sep 2019
The Boss (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Kirsten Bell tells to a Dorito-breath Melissa McCarthy "Michelle, you can't sleep in my bed, I don't want you in here", Michelle's hand is in a completely different position between shots. (00:23:50)
12th Sep 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the entirety of the scene in the kitchen, Patricia keeps her hands in her lap, but they change repeatedly from being side to side, to her right hand lying on top of the upturned left. (00:22:40)
12th Sep 2019
Lucifer (2015)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Lucifer tosses the ninja chemist doll towards the door, and it lands on the rug in front of it. Nobody picks up the doll, but when Chloe shoves him off the premises, the doll has disappeared. (00:17:00 - 00:18:10)
12th Sep 2019
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Continuity mistake: The freshly rebuilt Alita enters stage right with a jump by Hugo. Landing, there's a person walking across the archway who disappears when Alita is standing up from the crouching position. (01:13:50)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Continuity mistake: In bed, the paper bag Iris gives to the cop has holes in the part of the bag that has no logo. In the corridor, we see his facial features pop from the side with a big green thank you circle. (00:31:50 - 00:32:30)
12th Sep 2019
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the interrogation of O'Malley, during the 'cancer prevention' joke the big cigar in the mouth of Coffin Ed moves to the far right corner in an obvious jump in continuity. (00:54:20)
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