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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:39:05 PST

Trivia: Before the film was released, NASA sent a memo out to all of its employees stating that they were not allowed to comment on the likelihood of the events portrayed...

Madagascar (2005)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:39:00 PST

Trivia: Melman the giraffe wears tissue boxes on his feet. This is a reference to Howard Hughes who was also a hypochondriac and suffered OCD (obsessive compulsive...

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:57 PST

Trivia: Some of the Scrat sequences (e.g., the fight with the piranha, the encounter with the baby bird) were originally conceived for the opening sequence of Ice Age...

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:44 PST

Trivia: The house used as the O'Connells' mansion appeared as part of the library in the The Mummy (1999). (more) Goofs: Plot holes: In "The Mummy", we first see Rick in...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:39 PST

Sarah Connor: [narrating] 3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new...

Wedding Crashers (2005)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:27 PST

Tagline: On July 15th, they're coming to your wedding...with or without invitations. (more) Plot Outline: John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers...

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:20 PST

Plot Outline: A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years...

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:38:15 PST

Trivia: The cast did gamble during off hours. While there's disagreement between who won the most (George Clooney says Matt Damon; Damon says Brad Pitt), Clooney managed...

Ghost (1990)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:36:17 PST

Tagline: Before Sam was murdered he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever. (more) Plot Outline: After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his...

Cars (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:35:51 PST

Tagline: Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell. (more) Plot Outline: A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true...

Shrek 2 (2004)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:35:00 PST

Tagline: In summer 2004, they're back for more.... (more) Plot Outline: Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they...

Independence Day (1996)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:34:50 PST

Tagline: EARTH Take a good look. It could be your last. (more) Plot Outline: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology,...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:34:41 PST

Plot Outline: Jack owes an unpaid debt to Davy Jones and his army of sea-phantoms...his soul. Now, he must find a way to save himself from becoming one of them, and...

Friday the 13th (1980)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:36:06 PST

2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:- Author: Bryce David (brycedavidzon@excite.com) I consider FRIDAY THE 13TH a classic, despite everything seemingly...

Halloween (1978)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:35:50 PST

Plot Outline: A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets. (more) (view trailer)...

Shrek (2001)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:31:41 PST

Tagline: The greatest fairy tale never told. (more) Plot Outline: An ogre, in order to regain his swamp, travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring a...

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:31:34 PST

Tagline: Spies! Playing the game of love - and sudden death! Plot Outline: While traveling in continental Europe, a young British couple realize that a passenger seems to...

Snatch. (2000)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:31:26 PST

Plot Outline: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a...

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:31:17 PST

Trivia: When Sulley and Mike are walking to work, they go pass "Tony's Grossery". (more) Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Mike is talking to Roz about his paper work,...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:31:09 PST

Tagline: Prepare to be blown out of the water. (more) Plot Outline: Pirate Jack Sparrow sets out to save a governor's daughter from fellow pirates, with the hopes that it...

Roman Holiday (1953)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:30:55 PST

Tagline: Audrey Hepburn at her Oscar-winning best in an immortal comedy-romance! (more) Plot Outline: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in...

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:28:35 PST

Tagline: Uncle Leo's bedtime story for you older tots! The things they do among the playful rich - Oh, boy! (more) Plot Outline: When a rich woman's ex-husband and a...

Finding Nemo (2003)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:28:03 PST

Tagline: 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a lot of space to find one fish. (more) Plot Outline: A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a...

Die Hard (1988)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:26:11 PST

Trivia: The entire Nakatomi building was supposed to be managed by a supercomputer and the scenes where McClane is trapped in an office and Gruber orders the windows to...

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:25:03 PST

23 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:- Author: Sean Gallagher (naes@cgocable.net) from Oakville, Ont. Canada First of all, I've read a few comments...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:24:24 PST

13 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:- Author: dbdumonteil The third and the best of the adventures of Indiana Jones. In this new film, the famous...

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:23:46 PST

Trivia: According to lead Munchkin Jerry Maren, the "little people" on the set were paid $50 per week for a 6-day work week, while Toto received $125 per week. (more)...

Braveheart (1995)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:23:32 PST

Trivia: A majority of the actors and extras in this film were actually Irish, although they are supposed to be Scottish or English. (more) Goofs: Revealing mistakes:...

The Departed (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:23:23 PST

Plot Outline: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when...

Crash (2004/I)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:23:08 PST

Trivia: First Best Picture film since Rocky (1976) to win only three Oscars (they usually win four or more). (more) Goofs: Continuity: When Officers Ryan and Hanson pull...

Ben-Hur (1959)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:22:34 PST

Narrator: In the year of our Lord, Judea, for nearly a century, had lain under the mastery of Rome. In the seventh year of the reign of Augustus Caesar, an imperial...

Back to the Future (1985)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:22:12 PST

Tagline: He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born. [UK] (more) Plot Outline: In 1985, Doc Brown invented time travel, in 1955, Marty McFly...

The Princess Bride (1987)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:21:53 PST

Tagline: Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap. (more) Plot Outline: A...

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:15:49 PST

Trivia: According to lead Munchkin Jerry Maren, the "little people" on the set were paid $50 per week for a 6-day work week, while Toto received $125 per week. (more)...

Braveheart (1995)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:15:23 PST

Trivia: A majority of the actors and extras in this film were actually Irish, although they are supposed to be Scottish or English. (more) Goofs: Revealing mistakes:...

The Departed (2006)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:15:11 PST

Plot Outline: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when...

The Shining (1980)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:14:51 PST

Trivia: The movie Wendy and Danny are watching on the opening of Monday is Summer of '42 (1971). (more) Goofs: Continuity: The first time we see Jack's typewriter at the...

Se7en (1995)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:14:39 PST

David Fincher's bleak, relentless, and ultimately terrifying crime thriller Seven transcends other films of the genre with incredible plotting (the sort Hitchcock might...

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:14:14 PST

23 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:- Best served chilled with a nice Chianti, 22 April 2003 Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from...

Psycho (1960)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:13:57 PST

Tagline: A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!! (more) Plot Outline: A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a...

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:13:37 PST

Trivia: The breathing voice at the foreground from a shot behind the ropes was provided by editor / composer John Ottman. (more) Goofs: Continuity: Planes landing in New...

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:13:28 PST

Tagline: Girls like me don't make invitations like this to just anyone! (more) Plot Outline: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner...

The Incredibles (2004)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:12:54 PST

Trivia: During the police chase at the beginning of the movie, the license plate for the squad car reads KR 54. As in Car 54 from the old television series "Car 54, Where...

The Godfather (1972)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:12:25 PST

Trivia: Jack Woltz's name was patterned after Jack L. Warner. His personality was based on Louis B. Mayer, who was a great racing aficionado and owned a racing stable....

Jaws (1975)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:11:42 PST

Trivia: Voted #3 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time list (November 2005). (more) Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: After the shark has pulled out the stern...

"Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:30 PST

Trivia: Helen Fielding, author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" had both the character of Mr. Darcy from this production and the actor Colin Firth in mind when she created the...

Speed (1994/I)

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:56:11 PST

12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:- Author: eamon-hennedy (eamon.hennedy@talk21.com) from Co Down, Northern Ireland Sheer adrenalin from beginning to...