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Revealing mistake: During one of the chase scenes, an SUV hits a rock barrier and flips over landing on its top. The car spins around, and we see that it is empty. The driver then climbs out as if he was just in the vehicle.

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23rd Jun 2021

Quantum Leap (1989)

23rd Jun 2021

Quantum Leap (1989)

21st Jun 2021

Batman (1989)

Audio problem: Bruce watches Commissioner Gordon on tape at his party. In the first part, the audio is laid wrong and their mouths don't match.

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10th Jun 2021

Sudden Impact (1983)

Visible crew/equipment: On the carousel at the end, the camera is going around with the bad guys and the main female protagonist. Several times you can see its shadow and that of crew members as the light is behind the camera.

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10th Jun 2021

Sudden Impact (1983)

Visible crew/equipment: A woman enters an art gallery and the camera tracks along with her, ending when she stops. To the right is a plate of glass. The heads of two crew members are painfully obvious in the reflection. Their reflections disappear when the camera backs up. Its likely the camera operator and an assistant.

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7th Jun 2021

Unhinged (2020)

Revealing mistake: During the mall chase scene, a cop car flips upside down and is sliding. At one point, the wires pulling it are briefly visible.

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29th May 2021

The Goonies (1985)

Other mistake: When Mikey is telling the story of One-Eyed Willy, something stuck to the lens of the camera is visible on his head. This is visible on the television airings but may or may not have been fixed for home media.

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Continuity mistake: The sun is coming up behind McClane at the end. Particularly noticeable in the shot where McClane is shooting at Simon. The previous and following shots show a black sky.

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24th May 2021

Quantum Leap (1989)

Another Mother - September 30, 1981 - S2-E13

Trivia: One of the girls mentions wanting to watch "Magnum", as in Magnum P.I. which she ends up doing. Sam replies that the show will be on for 8 more seasons. The episode takes place in 1981, and Magnum P.I. would end its run in 1988. Quantum Leap and Magnum P.I. share a creator, Donald Bellisario.

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Continuity mistake: The damage to the sedan during the shootout on the road changes. The windshield goes from being normal to full of cracks.

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Continuity mistake: Deniro starts taking off his jacket at the dance competition and it's halfway off his left shoulder. In the next shot his jacket is back on.

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15th May 2021

Field of Dreams (1989)

Continuity mistake: The sun changes constantly during the "people will come" sequence. Particularly, long shots of Shoeless Joe and Ray. The sun is overhead and deeper in the west in the space of seconds.

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15th May 2021

Field of Dreams (1989)

Visible crew/equipment: Ray and Annie are talking about going to Boston and the camera is tracking through their home. The camera is reflected in a picture hanging on a wall in the kitchen as the shot passes it.

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13th May 2021

Footloose (1984)

12th May 2021

Greenland (2020)

Audio problem: When Allison is on the freeway, a group stops and helps. She asks where they are going. Her mouth says something different.

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4th May 2021

Shameless (2011)

30th Apr 2021

Quantum Leap (1989)

28th Apr 2021

Magnum Force (1973)

Revealing mistake: Near the beginning, a couple of men are shot in the back of a car. The guy in the middle, Ricca, is supposedly dead but takes several normal breaths as the shot lingers.

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