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What is Kevin from?
In Cabin in the Woods there is a board with a list of monsters on it.
between Deadites and Mummy in the lower left there is Kevin. I am Kevin. I would like to know what monster reference this is ...
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Rango's Western Reference
The (excellent) Rango is filled with references to other movies.
While I found quite a lot of them, I'm stuck on this one.
Which (famous I suppose) western does this scene refer to?
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Who is “The Mask” impersonating after he gets “shot”?
After the Mask finishes kissing a young, gorgeous Cameron Diaz; the jealous boyfriend comes downstairs with his cronies to confront him.
The big guy pulls out his gun and--after several failed ...
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References to “La jetée” in “12 Monkeys”
In some scenes of "12 Monkeys" Cole (Bruce Willis) wears a t-shirt with the word "Chris" very visible. This is an homage to Chris Marker, the french film director of "La jetée" in which the movie is ...
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Is there real connection between The Machinist and Dostoyevsky's books?
I've asked myself why the imaginary co-worker of Reznik in The Machinist (2004) is called Ivan, and why Reznik himself reads "The Idiot".
According to Wikipedia, Ivan is reference to "The Brothers ...
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Did Neil Marshall deliberately reference The Matrix in Dog Soldiers?
In the film Dog Soldiers by Neil Marshall, the following dialogue occurs between two characters:
Where is Spoon?
There is no Spoon
The Spoon refernced int he dialogue was one of the ...
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Last Action Hero refers to real movies?
In the 1993 released English movie, Last Action Hero, is the reference to Jack Slatter real?
Was there ever any movie named Jack Slatter with same or similar story to that shown in the movie?
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Are Dwight's “What is my perfect crime?” lines in S05E08 - “Frame Toby” a reference to something?
Are Dwight's "What is my perfect crime?" lines in Season 5, Episode 8 titled "Frame Toby", a reference to something? What is being referenced to?
The lines:
Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I ...
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Do all of the Hughes brothers' movies have religion references?
I've seen so far: Menace II Society (1993) and The Book of Eli (2010) by Hughes brothers. Both of the movies have strong references to religion. In case of Menace II Society it's Christianity and ...
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Reference to the bones structure from The Venture Bros.
The creepy bones structure featured in “The Buddy System” (season 3, episode 5 of The Venture Bros.) inside the E-deb biodome, is it from somewhere else or just a random spooky totem?
