Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

You don't really expect that any of your favorite action heroes are going to live up to their on-screen reputations. But there are a few cases where actors apparently forgot there weren't any cameras rolling.

• By S Peter Davis
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• December 22, 2017

Let's take a critical look back and explore the largely forgotten television event that was celebrities shooting a bunch of guns for sport.

• By JM McNab
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• December 20, 2017

These movies might not have the budgets of the summer blockbusters, but they can tell stories that make the live-action films look even worse than they already do.

• By Daniel Dockery
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• December 19, 2017

Your odds of navigating a Star Wars movie without encountering a plot hole are approximately 3,720 to 1.

• By Andres Diplotti
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• December 19, 2017

The Disney creative process was far more insane than you might imagine.

• By JM McNab
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• December 18, 2017

This, friends, is the inspirational tale of an objectively terrible idea that only got worse ... until the finished product changed the world.

• By Steve Clark, Maxwell Yezpitelok, Dustin Koski, Jim Doughty
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• December 15, 2017

Hollywood has managed to necromance countless properties. And while it's easy to complain about this trend, you might hold your tongue when you find out some of the crazy ways those reboots almost went down.

• By JM McNab
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• December 15, 2017

'The Last Jedi' is almost in theaters, so let's pause for a moment and reflect on all the mind-boggling crapola that didn't make its way into our favorite robes-and-laser-swords epic.

• By JM McNab
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• December 14, 2017

When you're about to enter the hormone-fueled thunderdome that we know as high school, there are very few things that can act as your guide.

• By Lydia Bugg
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• December 13, 2017

Apparently, the only good shout-out in a famous movie is one that nobody gets.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• December 12, 2017

At its best, TV writing is an exceptional art form -- from the existential malaise of 'Mad Men' to the quippy horror of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' to the sadly cancelled 'Zoo,' which once devoted an entire episode to fighting a giant octopus inside of an airplane.

• By Adam Wears, JM McNab, Marina Reimann
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• December 11, 2017

Here are some ad wizards who came up with unspeakable, horrific situations and hoped for the best.

• By Michael Garowee, Greg Tuff, Jordan Breeding, Andrea Meno
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• December 09, 2017

It's a miracle the Original Trilogy got made at all, given how much of a white-knuckle nonstop carousel of suffering it was.

• By Nimby Smith
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• December 08, 2017

Some movies make up entire careers that have no reason for existing whatsoever.

• By Spencer Thew, Abraham Mireles, Jordan Breeding
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• December 08, 2017

The world is rapidly changing, and as a result, many things we took for granted are falling by the wayside.

• By James Kinneen, Michael Garowee, Dan Hopper
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• December 06, 2017