Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

5 Simple Movie Scenes That Were An Insane Pain To Shoot

Sometimes, it's the simplest things that end up causing the biggest headaches.

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By Chris Radomile
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September 25, 2017

The 1 Personality Type Hollywood Doesn't Think Deserves Love

Hollywood has done its damnedest to cover all of its bases when it comes to people falling in love. But if you're not 'spontaneous' apparently you're still screwed.

By Dan Hopper
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September 24, 2017

6 Hollywood Depictions Of Donald Trump

Trump was the rich bully of his time (and still is), which inspired many fictionalized versions of him as villainous characters meant to symbolize the greed and cynicism of 1980s capitalism.

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By Cedric Voets
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September 24, 2017

7 Secret Tricks Movies Use To Convince You They're Mad Deep

These are the equivalent of wearing glasses when you don't need them and using fancy words you don't know the meaning of.

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By Saikat Bhowmik, Jordan Breeding, Dan Hopper, Avery Hayden Pierce
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September 24, 2017

The 4 Most Insane Superhero Movies From Around The World

It's a great time for a comic nerd to be alive. But if you fear suffering a superhero movie burnout, I have a way to keep things fresh.

By Ian Fortey
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September 22, 2017

7 Iconic Scenes (We Only Got Because The Movie Was Broke)

Obi-Wan only heard millions of voices cry out in terror because George Lucas' wallet was empty.

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By JM McNab
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September 22, 2017

5 Great Ideas That Started As Throwaway Jokes

We also look to sci-fi to predict the future, but it turns out we should've been paying closer attention to our comedies.

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By Michael Dawson , James Kinneen, Michael Garowee, E.M. Caris, Barry Scott
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September 21, 2017

5 Extremely Specific Movie Trends That Nobody Remembers

We need another big budget bigfoot movie, stat.

By Daniel Dockery
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September 19, 2017

5 Recent Movies (You Never Realized Were Completely Insane)

Spoiler alert for the seven of you who wanted to see these movies.

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By JM McNab
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September 18, 2017

6 Counterintuitive Pop Culture World Records

'Super Smash Bros.' is one of the greatest franchises of all time. But it's produced some strange offshoots.

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By Isaac Cabe
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September 17, 2017

5 Superpowers You Never Noticed All Movie Characters Have

Even if you aren't watching a superhero movie, literally every movie character still has superhuman abilities you never considered.

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By Ryan Lichtenstein, Maxwell C. Rettig
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September 17, 2017

5 Ads That Tried To Be Sexy But Were Just Disturbing Instead

If there's anything we don't need 'sexified' it's the products we use to unclog our toilets after a night of Taco Bell.

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By E. Reid Ross, Scott Elizabeth Baird, Mike Bedard, Ivan Farkas, E.M. Caris
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September 16, 2017

6 Ways Movies Fool You Into Ignoring Bad Reviews

How does one polish a brawny turd in an age when resources like Rotten Tomatoes have made the average moviegoer hyper-aware of mediocrity? Glad you asked.