Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

6 Baffling Attempts to Ride Harry Potter's Coattails

Authors: By Alexia Franklin
Published: July 17, 2011
Comments: 809

5 Classic Movies That Seemed Like Terrible Ideas At The Time

When the checks were being written and not a single ticket had been sold, a lot of the biggest hits in Hollywood history sounded absolutely ridiculous in concept.

Authors: By Dustin Koski
Published: July 15, 2011
Comments: 853

6 Mind Blowing Ways 'Starship Troopers' Predicted the Future

We're not saying Paul Verhoeven traveled forward in time and then traveled back to film a commentary on a future war (because that would be an absolutely HORRIBLE waste of time travel), but... well, yeah, maybe we're saying he did that. Look how they line up:

Authors: By Andrew Gordon, Harm Nychus
Published: July 10, 2011
Comments: 1590

5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves

If you sit and think about it, the real-world implications of some seemingly romantic gestures become so unsettling that they start to look about as romantic as an unsolicited boner text.

Authors: By Simon Bower , Megan B.
Published: July 03, 2011
Comments: 1114

10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See

It turns out there are a whole bunch of movies that the stars have been trying to hide from everyone, mainly because they're afraid someone will make fun of them. But that's OK, because that's what we're here for.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok
Published: June 28, 2011
Comments: 892

Live Chat With Dan & Michael 2

Authors: By Daniel O'Brien, Michael Swaim
Published: June 27, 2011
Comments: 18

5 Movie Fan Theories That Make More Sense Than the Movie

There is a thriving culture of fan theories that flood the Internet in anticipation of every show, movie or book. Those theories are wrong approximately 100 percent of the time, but sometimes the fan theory is far more coherent and satisfying than what the writers actually came up with.

Authors: By C. Coville, Kevin Bell, J.F. Sargent
Published: June 27, 2011
Comments: 2418

9 Traumatizing Moments from Classic Kids Movies

Allow us to once more explore the moments from kids' movies that left many a child traumatized.

Authors: By Jacopo della Quercia
Published: June 22, 2011
Comments: 1562

7 Action Figures That Managed to Ruin Great Characters

Sometimes, the writers of a show, movie, comic book or whatever will put a lot of effort into creating an enigmatic character with an air of mystery surrounding it ... only to have the marketing department kill all the mystique by putting out a stupid action figure.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: June 15, 2011
Comments: 560

8 Actors You Won't Believe Voiced Famous Cartoon Characters

What vocal sorcery is responsible for this!

Authors: By Jim Ciscell
Published: June 11, 2011
Comments: 1138

Live Chat with Dan & Michael - Archive

Authors: By Daniel O'Brien, Michael Swaim
Published: June 06, 2011
Comments: 34

7 Insane Easter Eggs Hidden in Movies and TV Shows

We've shown you mind-blowing Easter eggs in everything else on this planet. It was only matter of time before we brought you ones from movies.

Authors: By Marconi Rebus, Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: May 25, 2011
Comments: 1237

5 Lost TV Pilots That Will Make You Question Your Sanity

Dozens of pilot episodes get produced each year, and only a tiny handful are ever broadcast. Sometimes it's because network executives are talentless morons, and sometimes it's because the shows are impossibly and hilariously shitty. Here's a few from that second group.

Authors: By Sean Thomason
Published: May 21, 2011
Comments: 359