“Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan’s wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?. Written by Sami Al-Taher {staher2000@yahoo.com}”

• Director: Adrian Lyne
• Release Date: 18 September 1987 (USA)
• Run Time: 119 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Thriller

Tagline: On the other side of drinks, dinner and a one night stand, lies a terrifying love story.

Trivia: Mary Gross and Kay Lenz were each offered the role of Alex, but both turned it down. Jessica Lange was considered for the role of Alex.

Goofs: Continuity: Dan listens to Alex’s tape during the ride home and when he arrives there. In the later sequence when he’s listening, these parts of her tape are almost at the same time. This is impossible due to Dan’s location when he listened to both parts.

“Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a “Bone Density scanner”. He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. On top of that, one of these does not work. As Gardner tries to figure out on how to fix the faulty one and sell the others, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices. Written by John Wiggins”

• Director: Gabriele Muccino
• Release Date: 15 December 2006 (USA)
• Run Time: 117 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Biography , Drama
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some language.

Trivia: When the IRS seizes funds from Chris Gardner’s account, Chris states that the date was the 25th of September. September 25th is the birthday of Will Smith who plays Chris.

Goofs: Anachronisms: A BART car has a “#1 Transit System in America” decal. BART won that award in October 2004. The movie is set in 1981.

“Roy Neary sets out to investigate a power outage when his truck stalls and he is bathed in light from above. After this, strange visions and five musical notes keep running through his mind. Will he find the meaning of the visions, and who – or what – placed them in his mind ? Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}”

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Release Date: 16 November 1977 (USA)
• Run Time: 132 min (special edition) | 137 min (director's cut) | 135 min (original version)
• Country: USA , UK
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Tagline: Close Encounter of the First Kind – Sighting of a UFO. Close Encounter of the Second Kind – Physical Evidence. Close Encounter of the Third Kind – Contact. WE ARE NOT ALONE

Trivia: The small aliens in the film were played by local girls aged between 8 and 12 years old. Girls were used instead of boys because Steven Spielberg felt that they moved gracefully.

Goofs: Continuity: The size of the mother ship is incompatible in different shots. When it arrives it’s behind the mountain and a lot bigger than the mountain. When it’s in front of the mountain it’s no longer bigger than the mountain but smaller or at best about the same.

“This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the rigours of war in his state, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. Unknown to her, her ancestors are aware of this and to prevent it, they order a tiny disgraced dragon, Mushu to join her in order to force her to abandon her plan. He agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be dissuaded and so decides to help her in the perilous times ahead. Written by Kenneth Chisholm {kchishol@execulink.com}”

• Release Date: 19 June 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 88 min | Philippines:85 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Animation , Adventure , Drama , Family

Tagline: The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

Trivia: This was originally planned as an animated short entitled “China Doll” about an oppressed and miserable Chinese girl who is whisked away by a British Prince Charming to happiness in the West. Then Disney consultant and children’s book writer ‘Robert San Souci’ suggested making a movie of the Chinese poem, ‘The Song of Fa Mu Lan’, so the 2 projects were combined.

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Mulan says “Chien-Po, get the emperor” her mouth movements do not match with what she’s saying.

“Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn’t going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Written by Debpp322″

• Director: Rob Marshall
• Release Date: 24 January 2003 (USA)
• Run Time: 113 min | Turkey:80 min (TV version)
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Musical
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and dialogue, violence and thematic elements.

Tagline: With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder.

Trivia: Queen Latifah plays Matron Mama Morton. She plays Charlene Morton in Bringing Down the House (2003).

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Mama assures Roxie that a woman has not “swung” in Cook County in years. Cook County has never executed a woman.

“New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. Written by Jon Reeves {jreeves@imdb.com}”

• Director: James L. Brooks
• Release Date: 25 December 1997 (USA)
• Run Time: 139 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 on appeal for strong language, thematic elements, nudity and a beating.

Tagline: Brace yourself for Melvin.

Trivia: Title of this movie was translated as “Mr. Cat Poop” in Hong Kong. Apparently it came from the name “Melvin” which is pronounced very similarly to the Cantonese colloquial word for cat poop.

Goofs: Continuity: On the way home from Balti, they stop by a Mobil gas station. Different signs give prices of $1.13 and $1.14 for a gallon of unleaded.

“The President of the United States is on a journey home after making a speech in Moscow. But on the journey, Russian hi-jakers take over the plane, disguising themselves as newspaper reporters. They want the President to ring Moscow and release General Redek. But they think that the President has escaped in the pod. But the president is really still on board air force One attempting to regain control of the plane and to rescue his wife and daughter. Written by Dilen Foster”

• Director: Wolfgang Petersen
• Release Date: 25 July 1997 (USA)
• Run Time: 124 min
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Action , Drama , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for violence.

Tagline: Harrison Ford is the President of the United States.

Trivia: The cable really was trailed behind the MC-130, but its connection to the 747 was a special effect.

Goofs: Factual errors: When Air Force One is told to change the heading to take it out of Kazakhstan, they are told to turn the dial counterclockwise from 110 to 290, through 360. This would turn the aircraft left (as in the film), but the display takes it through 200, which would turn the aircraft right.

“Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood’s partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny’s help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny’s boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland’s bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won’t kill any more people. Written by Todd Baldridge”

• Director: Martin Brest
• Release Date: 5 December 1984 (USA)
• Run Time: 105 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Crime , Drama , Thriller

Tagline: In Detroit a cop learns to take the heat. In L.A. he learns to keep his cool. [Theatrical Australia]

Trivia: During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called “Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World” for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an article called “Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World.”

Goofs: Continuity: When Axel is thrown through the front window of Maitlands office building he is in the sun, but when the police pull up he is in the shade, as the scene goes back and forth between the two angles Axel goes from being in the sun then the shade then back to the sun.

“A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Ron Howard
• Release Date: 4 January 2002 (USA)
• Run Time: 135 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Biography , Drama
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content and a scene of violence.

Tagline: The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart

Trivia: To create the “golden” look of the campus scenes early in the film, the filmmakers took a low-contrast stock (Fuji F-400 8582) and exposed it to an orange light before loading it into the camera for shooting.

Goofs: Factual errors: There is no “ceremony of the pens” at Princeton University.

“Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr {marvin@bike.augusta.de}”

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Release Date: 15 December 1993 (USA)
• Run Time: 195 min | Turkey:185 min (TV version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Biography , Drama , History , War
• MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexuality and actuality violence.

Tagline: Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

Trivia: There is a Jewish tradition that when one visits a grave, one leaves a small stone on the marker as a sign of respect. This is why the cast and the Schindlerjuden cover Schindler’s grave with stones at the end of the movie.

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After the little boy takes the saddle out of the car and after Schindler says thank you – he passes on some cigarettes to an SS personnel at the camp and Schindler calls him “Rottenf?hrer”, but the rank/insignia of the SS man responds to a different rank called Sturmmann which is one rank lower than the Rottenf?hrer rank.