CineCalendar

Oct 27th - #ET was stranded on earth. Date calculated by working backwards from the Halloween scene 📽️📅 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Oct 26th - Dr. Dreyfuss recorded that Victoria, after living in a feral state for five years in a cabin with her younger sister Lily, maybe repressing the memories of their survival. 📽️📅 Mama (2013)

Oct 26th 1988 - Donnie Darko's recently fired teacher tells him a famous linguist once said "cellar door" was the most beautiful phrase in the English language. 📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)

Oct 26th 1985 - Mikey, Chunk, Data and Mouth went on a treasure hunt to save the "Goon Docks". 📽️📅 The Goonies (1985)

Oct 26th 1985 - Marty arrived in the alternate 1985, where Biff is a millionaire and married to Lorraine. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Oct 26th 1985 - Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) drank the forever young potion. 📽️📅 Death Becomes Her (1992)

Oct 26th 1985 - In the early hours of the morning, Einstein became the worlds 1st time traveller. 📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)

Oct 25th - Ruby Rossi, the only hearing member of her family, has an audition for her Berklee College of Music. 📽️📅 CODA (2021)

Oct 25th 2007 - A live and conscious alien was experimented on 📽️📅 Disclosure Day (2026)

Oct 25th 1960 - A check was made to Paul Varjak for $50, for his short story. The day he received it, Rusty Trawler, whom Holly Golightly was planning to Marry, was in the newspaper for marrying someone else, so Paul spent the day with Holly. 📽️📅 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Oct 25th 1894 - Sir Aldridge awoke to discover his breakfast hadn't been prepared. Overnight his daughter had murdered all of the servants. He locked his daughter in the basement to avoid public humiliation. 📽️📅 Ghostbusters (2016)

Oct 24th 2029 - Police Officer Alex Murphy was killed in the line of duty #Robocop. This date comes from the official MGM Studios trailer for the 4k remaster. 📽️📅 RoboCop (1987)

Oct 24th - The Fratellis: Francis, Jake, and Mama, were featured on the frontpage of the Astoria Ledger. 📽️📅 The Goonies (1985)

Oct 24th - After getting stabbed by the Witch-King, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) awoke at Rivendell. 📽️📅 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Oct 23rd 2006 - Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) was kidnapped and buried alive in Iraq, with just a phone and a lighter. 📽️📅 Buried (2010)

Oct 23rd - Harry Grimbridge was chased and murdered by a mysterious man. 📽️📅 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Oct 22nd 2019 - After receiving word the "Darkstar" scramjet program was being shut down in favour of a new drone program, Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell took the scramjet to try and reach Mach 10, and win contract, before the program was pulled. 📽️📅 Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Oct 22nd 2015 - Original Timeline: USA Today reports that Marty Jr was arrested for theft. Revised Timeline: USA Today reports that Griff's gang were arrested for destroying the courthouse. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Oct 22nd 2001 - After serving time for insider trading, Gordon Gekko was released from prison. 📽️📅 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Oct 22nd - A group of diners were all having breakfast, when a gunman enters and holds them all hostage 📽️📅 October 22 (1998)

Oct 22nd 1962 - While Professor X was training Magneto, John F. Kennedy made the Cuban missile crisis speech. 📽️📅 X-Men: First Class (2011)

Oct 22nd 1947 - Warden Roger Marsh (prison contact for Ray Breslin) was born. 📽️📅 Escape Plan (2013)

Oct 22nd 1945 - Russell Nash died during birth. Connor MacLeod took his identity. 📽️📅 Highlander (1986)

Oct 21st 2015 - Doc, Marty & Jennifer arrived in 2015 to prevent Marty McFly Jr. from getting arrested. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Oct 21st 1985 - Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) spots Daniel Dreiberg (aka Nite Owl II) and Laurie Jupiter (aka Silk Spectre II) leaving a diner together, and wondered if they were having an affair. 📽️📅 Watchmen (2009)

Oct 21st - Harry Grimbridge was supposed to meet Minnie Blankenship for dinner 📽️📅 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Oct 21st - Psychology professor, Dr Sean Maguire, met his nocturnally flatulent wife, missing game six of the 1975 World Series. 📽️📅 Good Will Hunting (1997)

Oct 21st 1973 - British spy Jim Prideaux was killed in a sting operation in Budapest 📽️📅 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Oct 21st - IRL the "March on the Pentagon" anti-Vietnam War rally was held. #ForrestGump was was dragged on stage by protest organisers to give a speech. Childhood friend Jenny spotted him and ran across the pool to reunite with Forrest. 📽️📅 Forrest Gump (1994)

Oct 20th - Daniel Blake waits on hold for 1 hour and 48 minutes due to government benefits bureaucracy. 📽️📅 I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Oct 20th - Following his birthday on October 12th, Nicholas Van Orton finally had a birthday party. 📽️📅 The Game (1997)

Oct 20th - Park Bo-Hee was murdered by a serial killer. It's later discovered that caller to a radio station always requests they play the song "Sad Letter" the nights the murders are committed. 📽️📅 Memories of Murder (2003)

Oct 20th - The Beaver Examiner reported the arrest of Bob and Doug McKenzie. 📽️📅 Strange Brew (1983)

Oct 19th - Selina Kyle was sent a final notice for an overdue utilities bill 📽️📅 The Batman (2022)

Oct 19th - Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) the Green Hornet, is caught on camera after decapitating the statute of his father James Reid. 📽️📅 The Green Hornet (2011)

Oct 19th 2009 - One of the dates that Lucinda Embry, back in 1959, predicted a catastrophe would happen. 📽️📅 Knowing (2009)

Oct 19th 1987 - Jordan Belfort started his first day as a licensed broker....on Black Monday. 📽️📅 Depicted in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Oct 19th 1986 - Sean Archer's son, Michael, was born. 📽️📅 Face/Off (1997)

Oct 19th 1983 - Former MI6 agent Ilsa Faust was born. She shares the exact birthday with the actress who plays her, Rebecca Ferguson. 📽️📅 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Oct 19th 1973 - Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) was born. 📽️📅 The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Oct 19th 1969 - Agent J, formally James Edwards III, was born. 📽️📅 Men in Black (1997)

Oct 19th 1957 - Michael Myers was born. Date mentioned in Halloween: Resurrection (2002) when Michael walks into the room of another patient 📽️📅 Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Oct 19th 1932 - M. Gustave from The Grand Budapest Hotel, travelled to the home of the late Madame D, and was later arrested for murder 📽️📅 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Oct 18th - TIME Magazine featured an article on the Corto Maltese Revolution, with photographs by Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger). 📽️📅 Batman (1989)

Oct 18th 1988 - Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) tried to kiss Gretchen Ross (Jena Malone), but she pulled away as it wasn't the right time (and there was a creep watching them). 📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)

Oct 18th 1922 - Annie Bennett was born, and shortly afterwards left on the steps of the Hudson Street Orphanage. 📽️📅 Annie (1982)

Oct 18th 1889 - Nathaniel Drablow drowned in a carriage accident on the marsh. 📽️📅 The Woman in Black (2012)

Oct 18th 1719 - Giles Redferne (Richard E Grant) died #Warlock 📽️📅 Warlock (1989)

Oct 17th 2023 - After retrieving the Infinity Stones, Hulk reverses "the snap". Nebula opens a gateway to 2014, allowing Thanos to attack the avengers. A huge battle against Thanos and his forces ends with Tony's snap. 📽️📅 Avengers: Endgame (2019)