1999's Fight Club subtly communicates Marla Singer's duplicitousness through her offer to lend Edward Norton's character her dress, despite knowing it would be, like, way too small for him
Canny Hollywood accountants ensured that the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy came in at under 8 hours. This was to avoid having to pay the Guardians overtime, for their work guarding the galaxy.
In 1987 Stanley Kubrick cynically released Full Metal Jacket on the same day as Spaceballs solely to generate a "Full Metal Balls" event.
Dredd (2012) bombed at the box office, largely due to a failure to feature a multiverse cameo from Sylvester Stallone
A post credit scene in Dear David (2023) shows Adam Ellis pausing when he saw Elon Musk tweet about buying Twitter. This is actually teasing the next movie in the Twitter Cinematic Universe (TCU)
Kathryn Bigelow's film is called "Zero Dark Thirty", when actually, it can be enjoyed at any time of day
In Dune (2021), Denis Villeneuve cleverly uses the motif of drinking your own piss to symbolise the endless recycling of corporate IP
The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023) grossed over 1 Billion USD despite completely ignoring it's source material
In Blade Runner 2049, Harrison Ford's Deckard is dismissive of the Corporation's attempt to evoke an emotional response via a creepy, lifeless re-creation of a character he once loved
Florence Pugh was initially reluctant to play a 12 year old in Little Women (2019), but only because she's actually 23.
Godzilla (2014) was praised for its realistic depiction of how, in life, it's actually very rare to see a massive pre-historic monster smashing up your city.
During the production of the Italian Job (2003) the director recreated the entire city of Los Angeles in Italy to stay true to the name of the film, and the 1969 original.
Interstellar (2014) has a TON of CGI. The budget was not high enough to shoot most scenes on location.
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), we don't know who framed Roger Rabbit. This is a reference to how nobody knows who the fuck WhoRoger is and why are they the only mod here. Become one too.
