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Cultural Basis of Asian Ghost Lady
In a lot of Asian horror movies (particularly Japanese ones) a common motif is the ghost lady in white, with long black hair covering her face. The wide spread use of this image has led me to wonder ...
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Why was “The Social Network” made so quickly after Facebook took off?
The movie was released in 2010 and had to have started being planned for at least 1-2 years before that. It seems this was incredibly fast after Facebook was released to the whole world and took off. ...
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What did Black Widow say?
In the film The Avengers, Black Widow is a Russian super-spy. In the scene that introduces her, it ends with her receiving orders to bring in Dr. Bruce Banner. After receiving these orders, the ...
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What did Griffin show the Colonel to convince him in Men in Black 3?
I'm wondering what exactly is shown to the colonel by Griffin near the end of Men in Black 3 (MIB3).
I don't remember exactly what the colonel answered when J asked him what he saw, but it was pretty ...
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Help Identifying a Science Fiction Movie
I'm looking for the name of a movie from the 1950s. It involved an alien race that put a forcefield around a major city (Maybe LA) and some survivors were stuck inside. The most identfying thing I can ...
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What happened to the last of the sins in Se7en?
I have watched Se7en and followed Gluttony, Greed, Sloth and Lust. But I couldn't place the events of the other sins: Envy, Wrath and Pride.
Please provide some light on these. I am really ...
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In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, why do the students want his attention?
Early on in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy is seen leaving his class at Barnett College to go to his office. When he gets there, his outer office is filled with student's clamoring for Dr. ...
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Explanation for the ending of Super 8
Can someone explain the ending of Super 8 to me by helping out with the following queries?
What caused all the metal to be attracted towards the water tower?
Why in the world did the military leave ...
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Significance of 1958 and its cultural backdrop as the year for the Alien's landing?
This year seems to have a significant meaning in Super 8, as this is the year the humans made contact with the alien in the experiments. During the flashback sequence in the lab, the file folder ...
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What is the history between Little Bill and English Bob in Unforgiven?
In Unforgiven, it's understandable why Little Bill beat up English Bob--because he wanted to scare off anyone else who would come to collect the reward from the women and also keep aside the Big ...
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Identify a hollywood 2000's romance genre movie
Genre : Romance + Thriller (Thriller, in the sense there is no crime nor shooting)
Actors : Male part is played by someone similar in age/appearance to Ryan Reynolds/Gosling. Female protagonist, not ...
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help me Identify the song from the movie [closed]
I have been going through a random list of movies at IMDb. Here I saw a movie which I had seen in past sometime, somewhere.
The movie is Turn Left at the End of the World
I realized that there is a ...
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Have Finch's back problems been explained?
In the present, Finch shows signs of significant spinal trauma. He has a severe limp and his neck and upper back are generally held very rigidly. He'll turn his whole torso, or sometimes even his ...
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Identify this thriller/horror movie
The scene depicts a father, who I believe has a shotgun slung around his back, searching for his son in what I believe is a house. He hears his son calling for him, shouting for help in a ghostly ...
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How was Andy Dufresne able to dig the tunnel for many years without being discovered?
Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption is digging the tunnel to escape through the wall of his cell. He digs slowly and desperses the excavated material in the prison yard so that it doesn't accumulate ...
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What were the car attachments/retrofits in Looper?
In Looper (2012), we see a number of "old" (for 2044) cars driving around. Many (maybe all?) have some sort of tubing running into the fuel tank. Do we have any idea what these are? I can only ...
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Did Billy really play Myra in Hans's vision?
In the movie Seven Psychopaths in the night Hans is high on peyote he has a vision of his late wife Myra telling him that there is no heaven and that she's just sitting in a completely grey room, ...
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What is in the box in Rear Window?
Towards the end of rear window we find out Thorwald dug up what was buried beneath the flowers as the neighbors dog got too inquisitive. He moved what he dug up to a hat box in his apartment.
What ...
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Was Rear Window making a statement about 1950s gender roles?
Alfred Hitchcock was a master of mise-en-scène, whereby in film just about every inch of every frame of a film was intentional. Rear Window is one of his greatest and most influential films. ...
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Is it common to see directors acting in their own films?
There are a few movies I can note where their directors also played a role in their films. Orson Welles tended to star in many of his films, but that was during the 40's. Roman Polanski played the ...
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Is the water mill when O-Ren and the Bride fight a homage to some movie scene?
In "Kill Bill", in the duel between O-Ren and the Bride, there is this small water mill (not sure how else to describe it) that is shown to be a part of the scene.
It seems like it is a homage to ...
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In which scene is the White Van in Braveheart?
I've heard many rumours of the infamous movie mistake - the white van, visible in the background of one of the battle scenes in Braveheart. However I've never spotted it. Anyone have a timecode or ...
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What movie is playing in the theater in Conspiracy Theory?
There is a relatively brief scene in Conspiracy Theory where the main character (Jerry/Mel Gibson) runs into a theater.
There are a couple of shots where you can plainly see what is being played on ...
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How did Movie 43 get so many big name stars?
Movie 43 is a basic comedy shtick driven movie that seems to be directed at the humor level that teenage boys are supposed to have. It's not an entirely new type of movie following pretty much the ...
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Was there a fight during the filming of Caddyshack?
During the filming of Caddyshack it's said that Bill Murray and Chevy Chase had a fight. Ever since then they refuse to work together. I'm wondering if it's known if there is any truth to this or is ...
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What is a chemistry test?
In the context of casting for a movie, what is a chemistry test and how is it performed?
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Have rights disputes kept Skeeter out of the Muppet movies, including “The Muppets”?
"The Muppets" has been celebrated by hardcore Muppets fans for bringing back long forgotten characters in a big way (like Uncle Deadly and Scooter). Skeeter, on the other hand, was left out again. ...
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Why did Marcellus Wallace throw Tony Rocky Horror out of a window?
In Pulp Fiction, Jules and Vincent discuss the rumour that Marcellus Wallace has thrown Tony Rocky Horror out of a window (causing Tony to develop a speech impediment). It's rumoured that Marcellus ...
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Where did the jewelry go?
In the movie "Robot and Frank," Frank steals valuable jewelry with the help of a household robot. He hides the loot well enough that the police can not find it and he escapes punishment. At the end of ...
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What is the ending of Source Code? [duplicate]
What are they trying to say..
*Does the source code change the past or is it creating a new world??
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Why doesn't Andy have a dad in Toy Story?
Despite the diversity of characters filling out the cast in Toy Story, Andy's dad wasn't created. It can't be especially difficult for the filmmakers to create a dad character because they've created ...
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Why the police do not keep an eye on Jessie after Hank is attacked?
In Breaking Bad season 3, Hank gets shot after encounter with two mexicans.
A few days ago, he is summoned for his actions against Jessie and his badge and gun are taken. Following the attack ...
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Origin: Spirits of the Past - Any ideas on who makes the 'phone call'
In Origin: Spirits of the Past, Toola at the beginning receives a (what can only be called) a phonecall which she doesn't end up answering.
From memory, Shunack claims he didn't make the call, but ...
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K-Pax ending explanation
In K-Pax, there are two possible explanations:
Prot is crazy.
He is truly an alien.
There are facts that indicate 1, but also 2.
Examples:
He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia ...
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What 70s or 80s scifi movies had cyborgs?
I've been looking for a movie that I saw when I was growing up. What I remember from it was there was a cyborg and I think he was supposed to be bad but he was helping out the good guys or something ...
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Horror movie with Blind Ghosts
Posting for a friend. He saw this movie featuring "blind ghosts" on American broadcast television late at night sometime in the '70s. The ghosts were transparent, and had some sort of "film" over ...
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Does the ageing theme in Skyfall contradict the rebooting of the Bond franchise?
At the start of the rebooted series, in Casino Royale, we see Bond gain his 00 status, and through that film and Quantum of Solace Bond goes on his 'first' adventure. Skyfall continues this 'firsts' ...
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Why does Dexter use the same outfit for killing?
Dexter dresses in this outfit every time he commits a killing. Why does he use the same clothes? Is it some kind of signature?
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What's the accent of Don Self in Prison Break? [closed]
What's the accent of the Homeland security agent Don Self in Prison Break? It sounds different from the rest, and is cool.
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Russian spy movie with the tagline “What would you do if your best friend was a Russian spy?”
1990s movie about a group of people who are convinced that someone in their group is a Russian spy. They go on a retreat together and somewhere in the movie, a pet cat is found dead in the kitchen. In ...
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How was the space station fly-through in 2001: A Space Odyssey filmed?
In the sequence set to the Blue Danube Waltz, we see a Pan Am orbital shuttle docking with a partially-completed space station. Here is a clip from that sequence on YouTube. There are good views of ...
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Why do the machines keep humans alive if they have nuclear reactors?
The machines are keeping humans alive for their body heat, right? But they also have nuclear fusion reactors, and (while I haven’t run the numbers) I’d be willing to bet that a single fusion reactor ...
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Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid and why was the operator at Recall killed?
Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid suddenly? They should not have arrested him because everything was going according to their plan. First I thought, the man in the Recall might have ...
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Did The Doctor use a full regeneration cycle?
In The Stolen Earth we witness The Doctor get fatally wounded by a Dalek's blast while reuniting with some of his companions.
They bring him into the TARDIS where he starts to regenerate. However, ...
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Wasn't River crossing her own timeline?
In several episodes of Doctor Who (The Runaway Bride and the Wedding of River Song spring to mind) the Doctor says that he cannot cross his own timeline for fear of creating a paradox... it's ...
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Why wasn't Miles Dyson disarmed?
In Terminator 2, they break into Miles Dyson's workplace (can't remember the name of it) and begin to plant explosives in order to destroy all the work he had been doing
When the police get to the ...
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Why didn't Lord Coward spot the origin of the sound while Sherlock was hiding in the smoke?
When Sherlock blocks the chimney in Lord Coward's office in order to hide in the smoke, he decides to continue talking to Lord Coward who could have simply spotted the origin of the sound and shoot ...
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Is Nebula 9 a real (or maybe inspired) show?
In Episode 6 of Season 5 of Castle ('Final Frontier'), there is a murder, wherein the body is placed inside a fake spaceship designed for the 'Nebula 9 Fan Experience'.
I Googled Nebula 9 and all ...
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British/English show about a dozen martial arts fighters
Think it was like 10 years ago the first time i saw on the tv.
Their were like around 12 fighters with all different martial arts styles
Every episode they had to do a challenge, the winner and the ...
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The Illusionist (animation) closing song [closed]
Does anyone know the Illusionist (animation) closing song? I am looking for lyrics please!!
