Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, November 26, 2015

Top new questions this week: Why did Professor Snape hide his relationship with Lily from Harry Potter? I just re-watched Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and was wondering why Snape kept his relationship with Lily a secret from Harry Potter. Why didn't he let him know that he was on the ... plot-explanation character harry-potter the-deathly-hallows-2   asked by user3503781 12 votes answered by Walt 30 votes Why does the boom operator have to hold the boom mic by hand? This woman is a boom operator. She holds a long stick with a big microphone on one end, to record sound on movie and television shoots. If you've ever tried to hold something over your head for a ... film-techniques production crew   asked by Capy Stenchbeast 9 votes answered by Tetsujin 5 votes In Casino Royale, why did the CIA agent had to wait? In Casino Royale, the CIA agent that offers to fund Bond after he lost the first $10M says "Once you win the money, CIA is going to get Le Chiffre." Why does CIA need to wait though? What difference ... plot-explanation james-bond casino-royale   asked by SarpSTA 6 votes answered by John Smith Optional 5 votes Was casting adults as teenagers more common in the past? I've think I've noticed that decades ago, Hollywood seemed to be more okay casting actors in their 30s as teenagers. In Grease, for example, Stockard Channing was 34, Jamie Donnelly was 31, Michael ... casting cinema-history   asked by Tyco 6 votes In Spectre how does the DNA match work? So I have seen Spectre twice now and I'm confused about one thing. When 007 gives Q the ring he puts it on his magical scanner thingie and his laptop eventually pops up with "DNA Match" (or something ... plot-explanation james-bond spectre   asked by Spaceman 5 votes answered by Richard 3 votes Why doesn't Vesper give Bond the additional $5M? After Bond loses the first $10M in Casino Royale he asks Vesper for the additional buy-in, saying he can win, yet gets rejected by Vesper nonetheless. Isn't it a plot hole here? Vesper had one goal ... plot-explanation james-bond casino-royale   asked by SarpSTA 5 votes answered by Mike.C.Ford 5 votes Why does the film High Fidelity (2000) call Army Of Darkness "Evil Dead 2"? In High Fidelity, Rob and Barry are talking about a film, and keep calling it Evil Dead 2. But they are clearly referencing Army Of Darkness, which came after Evil Dead 2 in Raimi's ED franchise. ... dialogue high-fidelity   asked by Daniel Stowers 5 votes answered by sanpaco 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What are the construction rules for the 2015 BattleBots reboot? Do the contestants on the new BattleBots have certain restrictions when it comes to creating their competition robots: for example, a certain budget, size/weight boundary, or material type? Was this ... battlebots   asked by Valerie 2 votes answered by Catija 2 votes What is the meaning of Teddy's last dialogue in Shutter Island? In Shutter Island, at the end of the movie Teddy had a chat with Chuck, in that scene Teddy told to Chuck as, Which would be worse: To live as a monster, or to die as a good man? What's the ... plot-explanation analysis shutter-island   asked by Vijin Paulraj 17 votes answered by Phil the Bear 25 votes Can you answer these? In Spongebob universe snails are cats. What about bigger felines? I've been rewatching the latest Spongebob movie for the nth time when the scene came where they try to get Gary to join their team. At that moment it struck me - in this cartoon's universe, snails ... spongebob-squarepants   asked by Maurycy 1 vote Movie with one (child) twin kidnapped and sold to a wealthy family. Reunited in later life The film starts off with two twins sitting or playing in a yard and a guy reaches over the fence, grabs one of the boys and sells him to a wealthy family. Later on, the kid realize he's friends with ... identify-this-movie   asked by kawayne Parker Sr 2 votes Black & White 30s-40s comedy\musical with a huge glass I have been trying to find this black and white, English language 1935-1948 movie for over 60 years, and I'm hoping someone out there can help: I saw the movie between 1946-1949. I believe is was a ... identify-this-movie   asked by Hollydog 3 votes

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