Trivia: George Lazlo's appearance in "Beast Wizard 7" (which John and Kacy watch clips of on TV) is an obvious parody of Conan the Barbarian, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, who also played the Terminator in the original films.
Jedd Jong
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Trivia: Patrick Kilpatrick (who plays the Bedell Terminator) has previously played a human-like cyborg in the sci-fi comedy Class of 1999. He played a "Tactical Education Unit" which was programmed to teach and was outfitted with weapons to handle discipline problems.
24th Apr 2009
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
Trivia: The actress who plays Catherine Weaver, Shirley Manson, is actually a professional singer and sang the song "Samson and Delilah" featured in the start of the episode.
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
15th Apr 2009
W. (2008)
Trivia: Christian Bale was originally cast as George W. Bush, but left the production before filming started. Josh Brolin was cast at the last minute instead.
14th Apr 2009
X-Men 3 (2006)
11th Apr 2009
Titanic (1997)
Trivia: Director James Cameron initially wanted Gwyneth Paltrow to play Rose, but she passed on the role telling the media is wasn't "her cup of tea". Coincidentally, Kate Winslet rejected the role of Viola in Shakespeare in Love, which eventually went to Gwyneth.
10th Apr 2009
Coyote Ugly (2000)
10th Apr 2009
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Trivia: Although Piper Perabo was able to sing for her character, it was decided that LeAnn Rimes would provide Violet's singing voice, albeit with a deliberate deviation from her natural vocal range. This means that during LeAnn's cameo in the movie, she is effectively duetting with herself.
10th Apr 2009
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Trivia: Another link to the Godfather series: Al Pacino and Andy Garcia had previously starred together in The Godfather Part III in 1990.
1st Apr 2009
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Trivia: For this film, Daniel Craig truly suffered for his art: he had the tip of a finger sliced off, injured his shoulder and got a cut on the face that required 8 stitches to fix.
30th Mar 2009
Batman (1989)
Trivia: Willem Dafoe was briefly considered for the role of the Joker. Writer Sam Hamm recalls, "We thought, 'Well, Willem Dafoe looks just like The Joker.'" Coincidentally, Dafoe would go on to play the archenemy of another superhero, the Green Goblin from Spider-Man.
20th Mar 2009
Robocop (1987)
Trivia: In the locker room scene, there is a fleeting shot of a topless policewoman putting on her uniform. Director Paul Verhoven said the shot was included to show the gender neutrality of the future, but was so fleeting it went largely unnoticed. The shower scene in Starship Troopers (also directed by Verhoven) was in a similar and more noticeable vein. (00:57:20)
18th Mar 2009
V for Vendetta (2005)
18th Mar 2009
V for Vendetta (2005)
18th Mar 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: Several sequences in the film were filmed in the IMAX format, including the chase in Lower Wacker. During the chase, a car hit and damaged one of the IMAX cameras, leaving just three in existence. However, the scene was captured with another camera as well and was deemed impressive enough to make it into the final cut of the film.
4th Mar 2009
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Trivia: Harrison Ford was a Boy Scout in his youth, reaching the level of Life Scout. Steven Spielberg paid homage to this by making young Indy a Life Scout.
4th Mar 2009
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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