September 1, 2024In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), in Cliff Booth’s apartment, we see the comic Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, which follows a fictional elite special team in WWII. This also serves as inspiration for Tarantino’s other movie, Inglourious Basterds (2009), with its special elite team.
August 31, 2024The Smallville high school reunion photo of Clark Kent in Superman III (1983) shows him without glasses, yet Lana, Brad, and everyone else fail to recognize him as Superman.
August 31, 2024In Bullet Train (2022), we are told that every assassin sent after the White Death is killed by him with their own weapon. All of the assassins killed on the train die by their own weapons as well (and are all killed by Ladybug).
August 31, 2024Russian-English dictionary on the International Space Station in the movie Gravity (2013)
August 31, 2024One of the main themes of Jurassic Park (1993) is the illusion of control. In the climax of the film, our protagonists retreat to the “control” room where they briefly believe they are safe, only for illusion to be shattered one last time.
August 31, 2024Star Wars A New Hope (1977), Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983) all include an opening shot of an Imperial Star Destroyer.
