June 14, 2025In Harry Potter DH pt.2 (2012) during the fight between McGonagall and Snape, the torches along the walls diminish after she uses the fire spells. This hints at a detail from the book, where McGonagall redirects the flames from the torches to the tip of her wand, instead of just summoning them.
June 12, 2025In Pootie Tang (2001), the main character’s incoherent speech is the result of a parasitic infection, as shown in a rapid montage of his early life depicting brain scans with cysts commonly associated with tapeworms
June 11, 2025In License To Kill (1989), Pam’s gun jams at a critical moment. Pam uses a Beretta, the same gun Bond used prior to Dr. No (1962)… and which he was berated by M for using as it jammed at a critical moment in a previous mission as well.
June 10, 2025In Airplane! (1980), the voice actors for the airport announcers Betty and Vernon, the couple who argue about the red and white zones over the intercom were in fact a real-life married couple who made the intercom announcements at LAX Airport at the time.
June 9, 2025In Interstellar (2014), the physics textbook Gravitation can be seen on the NASA conference room table. The textbook was co-authored by Kip Thorne, the science consultant and executive producer of the movie.
June 9, 2025In Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Master Shifu explains to Po that he must become a teacher in order to continue his evolution as the Dragon Warrior.
June 8, 2025‘Dumb and Dumber’ (1994) – The musical cue used when Harry learns that the toilet is broken is borrowed from a cue used in the Twilight Zone episode ‘Stopover in a Quiet Town’ (1964)