Visible crew/equipment: Wires are visible holding up the Ghost of Christmas Past as she flies with Scrooge. There are at least two wires.
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24th Dec 2023
A Christmas Carol (1938)
24th Dec 2023
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, Cratchit drops his hat while getting hit by snowballs. In the other angle, his hat is back on instantly.
12th Dec 2023
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Other mistake: After the shootout, where Rog kills his son's friend, Rog turns the kid's body over. He pulls his sunglasses off. The kid, who is supposedly dead, moves his eyes.
26th Nov 2023
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Visible crew/equipment: When the gang runs into the guard at the door, they all walk to the right of the screen to talk to him. While they're walking, you can see the shadow of the boom mic following them.
25th Nov 2023
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Continuity mistake: In St. Louis, after the guy asks for five dollars, Ellen says, "That's a fair deal." She turns her head to the right and smiles. The shot cuts to an outside look at the front of the car. Ellen isn't smiling anymore.
24th Nov 2023
Jumanji (1995)
Visible crew/equipment: When the vine takes the police car into the woods, a very obvious film light is visible reflected on the back of the car.
6th Nov 2023
Animal House (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Bluto first watches the sorority girls on his ladder, he moves to the left screen. As he is moving the ladder, the curtain in front moves too. The glass pane is not present, likely to prevent reflection of the camera.
4th Nov 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
The Gang Goes to Hell - S11-E9
Continuity mistake: Dee tells a woman on deck that a chair is hers. The woman shows that she already has a towel on the chair. Suddenly, her towel is fully laid out on the chair when she goes to sit down. At no point do we see her put the towel on the chair like it ends up.
4th Nov 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Charlie Catches a Leprechaun - S11-E8
Continuity mistake: Dennis is holding a tablet with a kickstand at the beginning of the episode. In one angle, you can see that the kickstand is out. In the rear shot, it's flat against the tablet.
27th Oct 2023
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Revealing mistake: About 40 minutes into the film, there is a shot of guys on horses going one direction. Before the shot cuts, a road sign pole is visible. This indicates the camera crew are on a dirt road.
25th Oct 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Continuity mistake: Dee's position on the airport carousel changes. She's going through the door in one shot, and then she's further out. Then, in the final shot, she goes through the door again.
22nd Oct 2023
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Trivia: The train the main character is on at the end is numbered 081, which backwards is 180. In the first film, the flight number was 180.
22nd Oct 2023
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Visible crew/equipment: Near the end, the camera is following Julie as she's being dragged by the horse. The shadow of the camera is easy to see on the left side of the screen.
21st Oct 2023
Gunsmoke (1955)
Continuity mistake: Zeno is moving when they find him behind the general store. He is lifting his head. The shot cuts and he's not moving. The shot cuts again and he's moving again.
18th Oct 2023
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Deliberate mistake: A lot of the supposed handheld footage from bystanders on the scene couldn't have been filmed as such. People are on the ground, but the handheld footage is close to the action, as if the bystander is right there next to the action. This is a common mistake in a lot of movies.
18th Oct 2023
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Deliberate mistake: When the procession gets ambushed in the street by the guy with the automatic weapon, he shoots at the police cars. There are no drivers in the cars.
17th Oct 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Charlie's Mom Has Cancer - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: P-Diddy's glasses appear and disappear when we first see him.
14th Oct 2023
Quantum Leap (2022)
Ben & Teller - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: The hole in the drywall that Ben creates goes from a circle to a square, and back to a circle.
12th Oct 2023
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Continuity mistake: When the general is coming in for a landing, one of the bad guys is standing next to the radar display in the middle of the church. He appears to be doing something with the radar. The angle cuts, and he's now sitting down.
11th Oct 2023
UHF (1989)
Continuity mistake: Stanley's pants get oatmeal on them when he picks up the kid. The amount of oatmeal changes in the following shots.
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