February 19, 2025In Maxxxine (2024) a killer is featured who wears black leather gloves. These are the same style gloves as the killer’s in Deep Red (1979). One of many Giallo references.
February 19, 2025In Iron Man 2 (2010), while Tony is going through Howard Stark’s old stuff, we see a drawing of a tesseract in his father’s notes
February 18, 2025In Barbie (2023), the out-of-place number 64 in the mugshot height chart is alluding to Barbie Doll’s 64th anniversary in the movie’s release year
February 18, 2025In Cars 3 (2017), Doc Hudson’s coach Smokey is based from Henry “Smokey” Yunick, a real life stock car chief of a racing driver called Marshall Teague, who became a champion in stock car racing in 1951 with a Hudson Hornet.
February 16, 2025In Better Man (2025), when Robbie Williams is kicked out of the flat by Nicole Appleton, the last thing he tells her before falling through the stairs is “I love you.” This is a nod to the song playing in the background–his duet of Something Stupid with Nicole Kidman, which ends with the same words.
February 15, 2025In ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ (1985) Madonna passes by a set of triplets who later are featured in the documentary ‘Three Identical Strangers’ (2018)
February 15, 2025In Fantasia (1940), when the baby pegasi are huddled around their mom’s belly during the storm, it’s possibly hinting they’re nursing, just like the black baby pegasus did earlier.
February 14, 2025In Fukushima 50 (2020), during the earthquake, a sign in the control room falls that reads “Three Safety Rules: Stop, Cool, Contain” in Japanese, foreshadowing the disaster that unfolds later in the film.
