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How can I find tv shows/films similar to one I like?
As a general case, how can I find movies or TV shows similar to an existing movie or TV show that I like?
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At which dream level did Inception end?
In the ending of Inception, there is some doubt that Cobb is in real world. But if he is not in real world then at which level of dream he is?
Starting at the presumed starting 'real world' as the ...
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Era of profanity in movie scripts
The quote "Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind was famous largely because of the early use of profanity in the script.
My question:
In films from the 90s to the present, ...
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To what extent are child actors exposed to the violent aspects of the movie they perform in?
Some movies feature child characters put in violent situations. This can range from crude language to extreme horror (e.g. torture, gore, etc.). As an example, Child's Play and its sequel has plenty ...
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Why aren't the characters floating two levels down?
If level 0 is reality, the characters in the van are at level 1. The van drops off the edge of the bridge, and goes into freefall. At level 2, in the hotel, they experience the freefall as well. ...
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What has the greatest chance of being in Marcellus Wallace's briefcase in Pulp Fiction
In Pulp Fiction, there is a briefcase who's content is kept very secret. What item gathers the most evidence for being in the briefcase?
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What kind of apparatus is Bane's mask?
During the course of the film, it is explained that Bane has to wear his mask in order to keep his pain level down to a bare minimum.
During the final fight, we see Batman start to disable this ...
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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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How do they film the mirror scenes in movies?
It always makes me wonder how do they place the cameras and crew members while filming a scene which is opposite to a reflecting object, such as mirror. Because, when filming the reflected objects we ...
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Why is the bride's name bleeped in Kill Bill Vol 1
In the movie Kill Bill Vol.1, whenever someone mentions the bride by her name
Beatrix Kiddo
Her name is censored with a beep. Is this explained somewhere in the movie? Or is it just a signature ...
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In Shutter Island, is there any definitive evidence that Teddy was or was not crazy?
The ending of the film Shutter Island is purposely ambiguous, with two different interpretations:
Teddy was crazy, and the whole movie was part of a role-play therapy
There is a conspiracy to ...
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What rules govern how TV show opening credits are structured?
I've always been curious what decides if a credit is in the opening or closing credits. It seems loosely that cast (in order of today's "big name" significance), directors and financiers get the ...
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What techniqes are used by directors to make an actor cry?
I have always wondered what techniques directors use to get amateur actors, specially young ones to cry. How someone surrounded with so many film crew and cameras can concentrate enough and feel so ...
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What does the missing symbol on Quaid's arm in Total Recall (2012) symbolize?
Near the end of the film Total Recall (2012), does the missing symbol on Quaid's arm symbolize that it is all a dream/fake memory? And if so, why does he just accept it?
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What happened to Bruce Wayne/Batman's knee?
Early in The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce is seen limping with a cane. Some characters allude to an injury sustained from a fight, but we never see this in The Dark Knight. At the conclusion of that film, ...
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Why do so many movies & TV shows feature recognizable, un-branded or re-branded products?
I've particularly noticed this in the past with cars in movies & TV shows. A car will quite obviously be of a certain make and/or model, identifiable by certain body features, but it will have ...
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What would have to happen to merge the Spider-man franchise and the Avengers franchise?
The two franchises are held by two separate companies. One, Sony, holds the rights to Spider-man 4-7, and are obliged to continue this line or give up the rights to the movies. The other, Marvel ...
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How were R2D2 and C3PO made in the original trilogy?
I know they used a lot of mechanics back then, but were R2D2 and C3PO mechanical, a costume, or something else?
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What would be the equivalent of the carnivorous island?
Towards the end of the movie Life Of Pi, we are given a new vision of the events depicted in the story.
The writer that interviews the main character explains that the Zebra, Orang-Utan, Hyena, and ...
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In opening credits for TV shows, why does it say 'with so and so' for some actors?
I am thinking of Ally McBeal in particular. For the entire run of the show the opening credits generally had clips of a character and the name of the actor that plays them. The final two actors (Peter ...
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Ending of Source Code
By the end of Source Code (2011), we learn that the flashbacks were reality in an alternate timeline/universe.
On the other hand, Captain Stevens manages to save the train in both alternate ...
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Is Ra's Al Ghul alive or dead?
Viewers are lead to believe that Ra's Al Ghul died when the train de-railed and crashed into Wayne Tower in Batman Begins.
But he appears to Bruce while he is in the pit during the Dark Knight Rises.
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Who is the man in the credit scene in The Amazing Spider-Man?
In The Amazing Spider-Man, in the post credit scene Dr. Curt Connors is in a jail cell and he was talking with someone, but his face was never shown in the movie due to shadows. Here is the youtube ...
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Why is international distribution so tangled even for recent movies released first online?
The iTunes trailer for John Dies at the End proclaims that it will be available online, "everywhere" from december 2012 before its cinema release in January 2013.
Of course by "everywhere" they mean ...
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Why did Neo have powers in the real world?
In the Matrix, why did Neo have magic powers in the real world? For example,
(1) Those scenes where he blows up those robots purportedly with his mind.
(2) That one where he has no eyes but can ...
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Why was the Avengers movie called something different in the UK?
In the UK the movie is called "Avengers Assemble"
Why was it given a different name in that market?
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What detail should I be looking for in Leonard in Memento to determine the plot?
I have watched Christopher Nolan's Memento more than once and I still can't get the real thing that happened. Yes I get that the movie is shown backwards, but it really confuses me.
I understand that ...
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How do they film scenes with the actors driving in a car?
I know long ago they would have the car stationary and use a projector screen to with moving scenery to make it look like the car was moving. It was obviously staged, but good enough. I've seen ...
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Why doesn't Borden know which knot he tied?
In "The Prestige", why does Borden keep saying (in the diary as well as to Angier) that he doesn't know which knot he tied at the scene where Julia drowns?
It's got to be one of the twin brothers ...
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Tree of Life: Why does the dinosaur let the wounded dinosaur live?
Yes, we are all fascinated (or abhorred) by the inclusion of a few CGI dinosaurs in Terrence Malick's 'Tree of Life'. Personally, I enjoyed the dinos thoroughly, but...
Why did the predatory dinosaur ...
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Why do British sitcoms have so many fewer episodes than American ones?
Through Netflix & Amazon streaming, I have recently "discovered" a bunch of really good British sitcoms that I never knew existed.
Although I think some of these comedies are as good or better ...
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Did Tyler Durden forget his name?
Ed Norton plays the Narrator or Jack ( due to reading a book that described someone called Jack's body parts from a 1st person perspective). Meanwhile Brad Pitt is introduced as Tyler Durden. Later ...
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Can someone explain the sequence of events in 'Primer'?
Primer is one crazy movie, as far as the complicated plot goes. Has anyone figured out the ACTUAL sequence of events?
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How did Angier know not to appear in The Prestige?
In The Prestige, the secret to Angier's 'disappearing man' trick is that he is effectively cloned while teleporting, and the original Angier is drowned when disappearing under the stage.
When Alfred ...
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Why don't they align actor & actress names with their photos in film posters?
I've always wondered why they don't do this properly. It seems wrong to me to place a different name on top of an actor's/actress' photo.
Why don't they align actor & actress names with their ...
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Is there any (real-world) significance to the numbers 28:06:42:12 from Donnie Darko?
Early in the film, Donnie Darko wakes up after a night of sleep walking with the numbers 28:06:42:12 written on his arm in Sharpie®.
I know that within the film the numbers refer to Frank telling ...
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The ending in Prometheus
When Elizabeth and David take off at the end of the movie Prometheus in the alien ship are they heading for LV-426?
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In Back to the Future, why don't Marty's parents ever mention how similar he looks to the Marty of 1955
Although Marty is only in 1955 for one week, he plays a pivotal role in getting his parents together. He even briefly dates his mother. So, considering he plays such a pivotal role, does it make sense ...
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What was the motivation behind the Engineers actions in Prometheus?
After watching Prometheus I don't have a clear idea of why the Engineers created the human beings. Because, if they created humans so that they can test their bio-weapons on us, then it makes sense, ...
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What type of leader is Bane?
Bane appears to be an incredibly effective leader, commanding dozens or perhaps even hundreds of criminal underlings in a successful campaign to capture Gotham and hold the entire city hostage for ...
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In “12 Monkeys”, what does the woman from the future mean when she says she's “in insurance”?
At the end of 12 Monkeys, the doctor spreading the virus gets on a plane and sits next to a woman we know (or can assume) is from the future. She tells the doctor that she's "in insurance." What does ...
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In Prometheus, is Meredith Vickers a human or android?
While I was watching Prometheus this weekend, I initially thought that Meredith Vickers was an android, like David. They never made it perfectly clear that she was or wasn't human. They did hint at ...
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What led to Firefly's cancellation?
Firefly is an awesome TV series, so much so that even after its cancellation it spawned a theatrical movie release. What was the ultimate cause of the cancellation of the TV series?
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Why did the ring affect Frodo so much and not Bilbo?
Every time Frodo put on the ring the Eye of Sauron could see where he was and almost see into his soul as well. Frodo appeared to suffer hugely when he put the ring on.
Bilbo was able to turn ...
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How can Batman run and climb in the pits without his knee brace?
Okay so after watching The Dark Knight Rises, I spent a bit of time thinking about the film, at first I didn't get it. I understood the storyline but this major plot flaw/continuity error really ...
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In Inception, why do the kicks have to occur simultaneously?
In Inception, why do the kicks on different levels have to all occur simultaneously, rather than one after another?
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Why are computer hackers shown to either be geniuses, or show them doing it in fantastic ways?
I was watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Lisbeth Salander was really good at hacking computers as well as other security breaking skills, to the point where it was way too easy to do from a ...
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How is Prometheus connected to Alien vs. Predator in the chronological sense?
At the end of Prometheus, we saw that a creature was born from the body of the dead Engineer which was essentially identical to the Alien creature pictured the Alien vs. Predator movies (a Xenomorph).
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How does the dream sharing actually work?
In Inception, dream-sharing is (obviously) a huge part in how the entire plot functions.
Is there any valid references (either scientific or even just an explanation from the writers/director) as to ...
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Who was the first actor/actress who made the move from Adult to Non-Adult movies full time?
This question is obviously inspired by Sasha Grey's entrance into mainstream moviemaking in Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience".
Was there a Adult actor or actress who made such a move ...
