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Fun Movie Facts:
- In Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear’s original name was Lunar Larry. After a lot of back and forth, it was eventually changed to honour real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
- During the filming of a scene in Django Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio accidentally cut his hand open. He stayed in character though, and ultimately wiped the blood on Kerry Washington’s face.
- Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond movie
- Alfred Hitchcock’s, Psycho was the first American film ever to show a flushing toilet.
- In It: Chapter Two, a record 5,000 gallons of fake blood (the most for any movie, ever) were used to shoot that iconic bathroom scene.
- For Moonlight, Naomie Harris had only three days to shoot all of her scenes because of visa issues; her performance was so good that she was nominated for an Academy Award.
- Michael Myers mask in Halloween is just a Captain Kirk mask altered slightly and painted white.
- In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Charlie Sheen stayed awake for 48 hours to achieve a suitably wasted look for his cameo.
- Saw was filmed in 18 days.
- In Iron Man/Avengers, J.A.R.V.I.S is an acronym for “Just A Rather Very Intelligent System.”
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
– Ferris, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Wiloughbys
This week I watched the Netflix movie, The Willoughby’s. I secretly love to watch kids’ movies, (they’re my guilty pleasure) so I was looking forward to this movie. *WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD* I don’t think there is any way I can talk about the messed-up events in this movie without spoilers, so you have been warned.…
Bad Trip turned good trip
This week I watched the movie Bad Trip. I have to say, I am a HUGE Eric Andre fan and am absolutely obsessed with him. He is one of my favorite comedians. His show, The Eric Andre Show, makes me piss myself from laughter every single episode. I love his stupid, crude humor; that’s my…
4 shows that didn’t do it for me
I consider myself a very adventurous tv and film watcher. There aren’t many shows that I’m not willing to see to the end. After I start a show, I like to feel the accomplishment of finishing what I started. But there are shows out there that just didn’t do it for me. In this list,…
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