Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

It turns out all of our favorite after-school buddies lived in insane, inescapable hellscapes.

• By Chris Rio
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• October 05, 2017

Thankfully, not every human-turned-furniture needed screen time in the newest 'Beauty And The Beast.'

• By Jordan Breeding, Nathan Wadowski
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• October 05, 2017

Sometimes, a show that may appear worthless and ultimately detrimental to the youth of our world actually hides a rich inner core.

• By Daniel Dockery
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• October 03, 2017

These animated films and shows might look silly on the surface but they will sucker-punch you right in the tear duct.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• October 01, 2017

It turns out that many movie settings have lives that are just as exciting, and in a few cases, just as tragic, as anything that happened in the films.

• By Kathy Benjamin
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• September 29, 2017

These fictional newsrooms are run by complete maniacs who shouldn't be trusted with an elementary school newsletter.

• By Spencer Thew, Sam Hurley, Quinn Knobbe, Mike Bedard, Ed Stevens, S. Aslam
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• September 28, 2017

'Game of Thrones' gave us the invasion we never saw coming: shoulder pads.

• By Lydia Bugg
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• September 27, 2017

How do movies stealthily slit the throat of their own escapism? Well ....

• By Daniel Dockery
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• September 26, 2017

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

• By Chris Radomile
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• September 25, 2017

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

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.

• By Cedric Voets
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• September 24, 2017

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

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

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

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

• By JM McNab
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• September 22, 2017

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

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