Revealing mistake: At Mrs. (Louise) Bundy's house, Ressler and McChesney were seated at the coffee table, maybe 3' apart. When Louise was sitting in the chair talking to them, only some hair to represent McChesney was on the left side of the screen and Ressler was not visible. It was obvious Louise was delivering her lines without the two sitting there because her head and eyes were turned way too far to the left and right (beyond where their bodies would have been) to be making eye contact with them. (00:45:25 - 00:46:34)
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5th Nov 2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
5th Nov 2021
Vanguard (2020)
Deliberate mistake: Zhang crushed and smeared several long red-hot peppers (cayenne?) in his hands to use as a makeshift weapon against thugs when rescuing Mei Mei. After Zhang smeared and pushed peppers into one thug's eyes, it is unlikely he would have been able to retain as much of the crushed peppers in his palms as he did. Also, holding the peppers in one or both of his palms would have interfered with grasping the second thug and redirecting his gun (without sliding off). (00:08:00 - 00:08:50)
4th Nov 2021
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
Audio problem: During Rusty's conversation with Hardy (about knowing he doesn't want to be at the orphanage), some camera views of Hardy from behind show his cheek (and therefore his mouth) making little and insufficient movement for the words he is saying. In particular, Hardy saying, "Look, you can make me play this little game of yours" and "We done here yet, coach?" didn't show adequate facial movement from a rear angled view. (00:22:30)
3rd Nov 2021
Silk Road (2021)
Trivia: Ross' log-in on the laptop computer in the San Francisco library included a CAPTCHA (to discern a real person from a robot). The use of ONE word - in this case, "doug" - is called EZ-Gimpy. "CAPTCHA" is an abbreviation for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. (00:02:21)
3rd Nov 2021
Silk Road (2021)
Revealing mistake: DEA Agent Rick Bowden was already seated "in the best position" before knowing where Ross would sit in the SF library. Chris Tarbell already had a surveillance camera behind the seat Ross chose, giving him a clear view of Ross, also before knowing where Ross was going to sit. Even if there were cameras in other positions, the DEA Agent and Chris Tarbell being at the right spots in advance was too coincidental to be by chance alone. (00:02:09 - 00:02:30)
3rd Nov 2021
Take Back (2021)
Stupidity: Patrick told Dwayne to get Cisneros to kill Zara, apparently because he believed Cisneros could get the job done. Cisneros went into Zara's house with his gun ready to shoot, but not before pinpointing Zara's location. He saw the refrigerator door open yet entered the room without looking left and right (behind the door); Zara was able to disarm him. Zara was also able to escape Cisneros' repeated crazy swings at her with a samurai sword. Zara fatally "sliced" his neck with a pizza cutter. (00:21:44 - 00:23:07)
3rd Nov 2021
Take Back (2021)
3rd Nov 2021
Take Back (2021)
Continuity mistake: Patrick (head sex trafficker played by Rourke) calls his "pretty babies" to "come to daddy" and two black dogs sit with him, one on each side. When one of Patrick's goons (Dwayne) enters the barn, the dogs change within a few seconds. The two black dogs are suddenly gone and a brown dog takes their place. The brown dog also switched sides of the chair almost instantly. (00:12:03)
2nd Nov 2021
Take Back (2021)
Deliberate mistake: The "Sixth Street Coffee" surveillance video footage of Zara disarming the barista's determined ex-boyfriend was different from the actual event when shown on Audrey's cell phone (recorded from TV news). The most obvious difference was that Zara never held the gun with both hands behind her and making a circular motion over her head before aiming at the man she had kicked to the floor. (00:08:10 - 00:09:45)
1st Nov 2021
The Unholy (2021)
Revealing mistake: At first glance, the cow at the start may have looked real, but its limited mouth movement while eating grass (without any grass being pulled out) indicates it was a mechanical cow. The cow also did not move its rear end or raise its head when Fenn and Geary approached and stood right behind it. A real cow would not stay in the exact same position (motionless) that amount of time. The cow's "fur" also did not look real. (00:02:50 - 00:03:24)
1st Nov 2021
The Seventh Day (2021)
Revealing mistake: The location of George's burn barrel (with flames shooting out) was altered to accommodate filming. At times, there could not have been enough space between George and Fr Daniel for the burn barrel to even be between them (and without catching their clothes on fire). (00:17:45 - 00:18:42)
31st Oct 2021
The Seventh Day (2021)
Stupidity: Possessed child Nicholas made the cross from a necklace pierce Fr Louis in the neck, causing blood to gush out. Fr Peter yelled, "Fr Louis, Fr Louis" as Fr Louis tried to pull out the cross. No one else present rushed over to try to help stop the bleeding or assist him. Fr Louis' sash could have been used around his neck to apply direct pressure to the wound. (Although it might have been obvious that it was a fatal wound to the neck, someone should have at least tried to help). (00:07:15)
31st Oct 2021
The Seventh Day (2021)
Revealing mistake: The possessed "Helen" that Fr Daniel threw to the ground by grabbing the back of her hair landed like a stuffed doll, not person. The "body" was mostly padding and the fake "Helen" kind of bounced or teetered after hitting the ground. Also, her arms stayed hidden in front of her whereas a real person would be stretching out or moving arms to try to land as safely as possible. (00:21:35)
31st Oct 2021
Crisis (2021)
31st Oct 2021
Crisis (2021)
Continuity mistake: The rope to pull the kid's sled was largely caught underneath the front of the sled when the "kid" started riding down the hill, but almost all the rope was on top of the sled moments later. Also, the rope getting entangled under the sled should have interfered with gliding in the snow and possibly caused an accident/injury. (00:02:42)
31st Oct 2021
Crisis (2021)
Revealing mistake: Sledding down the hill, the "kid" noticed the upcoming cliff, but an aerial view of the "kid" lying in the snow after he rolled off his sled did not show a distinct cliff/ledge, just a snow embankment (piled - or plowed! - against trees/brush). (00:02:48)
31st Oct 2021
Crisis (2021)
Revealing mistake: The "kid" drug runner/courier who was fleeing Canadian Police/Border Patrol (riding snowmobiles and accompanied by dogs and a helicopter) was quite close to the cliff when he started rolling off his sled, but he was further back when the camera shifted to a rear shot showing him rolling to a stop. The kid's distance from the edge was inconsistent other times, as well, such as when he raised his hands for the police. (00:02:43)
30th Oct 2021
Crisis (2021)
Revealing mistake: There was already a gap in the snow mounds (which looked like a snow sledding path with no fresh tracks) when the "kid" was sledding down the steep hill. (00:02:40)
30th Oct 2021
Death in Texas (2020)
Other mistake: If Grace had Billy at age fifteen (without his father in the picture), has worked as a receptionist in a law firm, and undoubtedly had been missing a lot of work due to her failing liver, her house and furnishings would be well beyond her means.
30th Oct 2021
Death in Texas (2020)
Continuity mistake: The appearance of Grace's house by the front door (to the left of the screen) changes from the time Billy is standing along the road to when he meets his mother half-way. At first, the side of the house is mostly white; it is mostly brown thereafter. The garage area to Billy's left also changes color from brown to white. (00:05:22)
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