Trivia: This is the sequel to "After" (2019).
KeyZOid
8th Jan 2021
After We Collided (2020)
Suggested correction: This isn't trivia, especially since it stars the main cast of characters and is based on the sequel to the book.
Arguably, EVERYTHING is trivia.
No, anything obvious, common knowledge, or easily seen by viewers is NOT trivia. Also, things unrelated to the film or those involved is not trivia.
The "easily seen by viewers" is a bit of a grey area, because people (well, I) do read trivia listings before seeing a movie just for background info. But I agree that not everything can be trivia - it needs to be broadly of note, although granted that's highly subjective!
29th Dec 2020
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
Trivia: All the original main cast members were in this movie except Susan Olsen ("Cindy"). Jennifer Runyon took her place. Two possible reasons that Susan/Cindy didn't participate: filming conflicted with her honeymoon to Jamaica and she was offered less money than the other cast members.
Suggested correction: According to all sources, it was just the first answer (the honeymoon reason). No confirmation anywhere about being paid less.
You should do some actual research before correcting people so you know what you're talking about. Olsen herself said in a 1993 interview about why she wasn't in the movie. "It came down to money and bad politics. I was asking for way less than the two other girls wanted, but they still wouldn't give it to me." Plumb and McCormick even tried to get Olsen paid a fair amount, but the show's creators wouldn't budge and started a look for a look-alike.
Yeah, right... it is never about the money.
29th Dec 2020
Dismissed (2017)
Trivia: Lucas told Mr. Butler that his mother died when he was very young. Assuming this is true, when his dad asked him, "Is there anything you want me to tell your mother for you?" his father was planning on committing suicide or believed Lucas was going to kill him. (The empty prescription bottles suggest suicide). (01:12:48)
26th Dec 2020
Critical Thinking (2020)
21st Dec 2020
Unhinged (2020)
Trivia: "Aggressive driving" and "Road Rage" are not the same thing, but there is some overlap: Not all aggressive driving is road rage, but road rage is an extreme form of aggressive driving. In general, aggressive driving (such as tailgating) is classified as a traffic offense or summary offense (typically punishable by a fine but can result in suspension of driver's license and possibly include a short jail sentence) whereas road rage is classified as a criminal offense (and also falls under civil offenses or torts) because the intent is to cause harm. Road rage can take the form of an aggravated assault by vehicle (felony offense); less serious incidents are sometimes written up as "reckless driving", lowering the classification to a summary (traffic) offense. When a driver becomes angry, wants to cause harm to another person/driver, and a person is injured, the driver's behavior is deemed violent and subject to criminal prosecution as a felony offense.
18th Dec 2020
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Trivia: AnnaSophia Robb ("Opal") has a remarkable and even uncanny resemblance to Dakota Fanning. Agewise, their dates of birth are less than three months apart. Dakota is not in "Because of Winn-Dixie", but her younger sister Elle is. Dakota and Elle have acted in the same movie (e.g, Elle played a younger version of Dakota in "I Am Sam"). Perhaps Dakota had a prior commitment/contract filming "The Door In The Floor" (2004) so could not sign a contract to star in "Because of Winn-Dixie" (2005) with filming starting in 2003.
6th Dec 2020
Countdown (2019)
4th Dec 2020
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Trivia: Semi-autobiographical movie about comedian Pete Davidson.
1st Dec 2020
Good Boys (2019)
Trivia: The music teacher, "Mr. K", doesn't have a listing for his full last name. In schools, only the first letter of a teacher's last name may be used when the name is very long (many syllables) and/or difficult to spell or pronounce. However, knowing that there is a "K" [ketamine] or "Special K" and Mr. K incorporated the use of drugs in a middle-school performance and apparently took a "sniff" of something in celebration of his "masterpiece" - the "K" appears to be symbolic. Moreover, the actor playing "Mr. K", Matt Ellis, is known for his voice-overs for (among others) two double-K names: Kotaro Katsura and Kyosuke Karasuma.
26th Nov 2020
Boyhood (2014)
Trivia: After posting Obama signs in yards, Mason Sr got into his car and told Mason and Samantha, "Look, I'm a patriot, all right?" He drives away but the camera stays fixed on the now-visible Jeep parked on the opposite side of the street. This appears to be showing another kind of "Patriot" [Jeep Patriot], but it is actually a Liberty. (01:02:59)
26th Nov 2020
I Am Number Four (2011)
Trivia: "I Am Number Four" was supposedly going to be the first movie in a series stemming from the "Lorien Legacies" books but did not do well enough at the box-office ($150 million gross with a $50 million budget, making it about $400 million short).
26th Nov 2020
I Am Number Four (2011)
25th Nov 2020
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Trivia: This made-for-TV movie was originally entitled "Home Alone: Alone in the Dark" and was produced by the same producers (ABC and Fox) as "Home Alone 4" (2002).
20th Nov 2020
Super 8 (2011)
Trivia: If you thought you recognized "Donny" (clerk at camera store) but couldn't place him, he played the blond-haired kid on "7th Heaven" and was in "Little Secrets" (2002). David Gallagher (born in 1985) looked a lot different playing an adult role.
17th Nov 2020
I Am Number Four (2011)
12th Nov 2020
Death and Cremation (2010)
Trivia: Brad Dourif ("Stan") and Jeremy Sumpter gave some input to first-time director Steele about the "look" of their characters (and maybe names?). Interestingly, the character played by Jeremy is "Jarod LEARY." Detective Fairchild's first name is "MATT." Matt O'Leary starred with Jeremy in "Frailty."
9th Nov 2020
Super 8 (2011)
Trivia: When Donny was driving Joe and friends to the school, he said he could "get back into disco." The events in "Super 8" happened around the first week of June 1979. The "death of disco" is dated by many to July 12, 1979 ("Disco Demolition Night") - the month after the "Get the Knack" album (with "My Sharona" on side 2) was released.
9th Nov 2020
Super 8 (2011)
7th Nov 2020
Super 8 (2011)
Trivia: The song Joe and his friends were singing while waiting for Alice to pick them up, "My Sharona", was the #1 song in 1979. The song was the first song on Side #2 of the Knacks' "Get The Knack." If the Lillian public schools' last day was the last week of May or the first week of June, the boys were singing "My Sharona" before the album was released on June 11, 1979.
31st Oct 2020
Good Boys (2019)
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