Movies & TV
5 Light-Hearted Movies With Dark Moral Implications
Writers will often do everything possible to avoid pointing out the troubling implications of their innocent plot ... but don't worry, that's what we're here for.
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- By Bill Summerson, Brendan Bourque-Sheil, Chris Hyde
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5 Famous Movies That Shamelessly Ripped Off Obscure Ones
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- By Robin Warder
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5 Iconic Traits of Fictional Characters (That Are B.S.)
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- By Steve Hanley
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6 Fictional Places You Won't Believe Actually Exist (Part 2)
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fanboys
The closest any of us will ever get to our idols is when their bodyguards rough us up for trying to get an autograph. Most of us, anyway.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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How 5 Popular Shows Would End (If They Had Balls)
Ending a beloved TV show is tricky business. The challenge of capping off a successful series has made bantha poodoo of some of the best writers in the biz.
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- By James Renner
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If 'Avengers' Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Times More Honest
RANDOM RUSSIAN BAD GUY: 'Did you just punch me with your hair?' (dies)
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- By The Editing Room
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6 Absurd Movie Plots You Won't Believe Are Based on Reality
We spend so much time here debunking silly things we see in fiction that it's easy to forget how truly ridiculous real life is in comparison. Even the silliest, most implausible characters or plots from action movies have come true.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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6 Iconic Scenes Ripped Off From Lesser-Known Movies
It turns out that the most iconic scenes in some classic films (or even in the entire careers of the guys who directed them) are totally lifted from other movies you probably haven't seen.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Creepy Superhero Origin Stories The Movies Wisely Left Out
There's something to be said about the sacred nature of a superhero's origin story. It's the one thing that Hollywood won't mess with. (Unless it's too disturbing to put on camera.)
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Diana McCallum
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5 Movie Apocalypses That Would Defeat Themselves
The apocalypse can be kind of a downer, but if you want to make yourself feel better, all you need to do is remember that almost none of the familiar scenarios actually work.
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- By Preston Xander
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6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies
While the protagonists of kids movies are learning important lessons and living happily ever after, some overlooked characters end up suffering fates that are often worse than death.
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- By Carl Hoff
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6 Terrifying Children's Cartoons from Around the World
Allow us to present the following traumatizing scenes from cartoons around the world. (Because we like the taste of your despair.)
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- By Carl Hoff
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6 Stupid Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)
All the lessons about guns you've learned from movies are wrong. That's right: Hollywood wants you dead.
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- By Robert Evans
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If Hunger Games Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Percent Honest
Every so often, The Editing Room swings by to give us abridged versions of popular movies. And we're all better people for it.
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- By The Editing Room
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