Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
8 Horrifying Movie Props You Won't Believe You Could Buy
Out of their original context, many of these are pure nightmare fuel.
- By Tristan Cooper
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- June 08, 2014
The Drunken Wisdom of Harry Potter
Because if LOTR taught us anything, it's that wizards in chemically altered states have all the answers.
- By Michael Swaim, Abe Epperson
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- June 06, 2014
4 Things That TV Commercials Will Never Show You
Commercials create a glaring absence. No matter how obviously unrealistic their short narrative is, there's still that one aspect of a food/gadget/service they never depict.
- By Luis Prada
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- June 05, 2014
5 Signs You're Watching the Awesome Kind of Bad Movie
To achieve true good-badness, movies must follow a surprisingly complex series of rules.
- By C. Coville
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- June 04, 2014
5 Character Names That Give Away Movie Plots
When it comes to fictional names, their main power is being able to spoil your favorite films harder and faster than 'Rosebud McItwashissled.'
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- May 31, 2014
5 Pop Culture Classics That Almost Had Truly Terrible Titles
Not everyone can nail a title on the first shot, which means there's bound to be some famous things that ran through some exceptionally crappy titles before they landed on the one that worked.
- By Luis Prada
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- May 29, 2014
5 Unrealistic Movie Plot Twists That Really Happened IRL
Even stranger than when truth is stranger than fiction is when truth is exactly as strange as fiction, right down to the unfeasible little details that would make you roll your eyes and change the channel.
- By Eric Yosomono, Rev. Les Crowley
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- May 26, 2014
4 Upcoming Reboots That Must Be Stopped
Note: There are several spoilers for eons-old plot twists in this article. May anyone who does not realize and accept this be eaten by a grue.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- May 22, 2014
5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes Hidden in Children's Cartoons
Cartoon writers have the unenviable task of creating something a toddler will love, without it making mom or the babysitter want to blow their own brains out. Yet some of the stuff they slip past censors is pretty shocking.
- By Matt Pass, Dennis Fulton, Jeetesh, Carolyn Burke, Cole Norton
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- May 18, 2014
5 Fictional Universes Where Being a Regular Person Sucks
What's life like on Coruscant for a cab driver? How does a cobbler in Rohan get by? Not as well as you might think, I'd wager.
- By Felix Clay
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- May 17, 2014
4 Insane Conspiracy Theories That Need Their Own Movie
Why don't we check out some movie-worthy theories out there and see if Hollywood will bite?
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- May 15, 2014
4 Things About Spider-Man That Don't Make Any Damn Sense
Enjoy this transcript of the interview, titled 'Things Spider-Man Hasn't Learned.'
- By J.F. Sargent
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- May 13, 2014
5 Scrapped Episodes That Almost Ruined Famous TV Shows
You'd be surprised by how close some great TV shows came to destroying themselves with awful storylines.
- By JM McNab
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- May 13, 2014
5 Details They Cut from My Season of 'The Biggest Loser'
Cracked talked to 'The Biggest Loser' Season 3 runner-up Kai Hibbard, who told us that behind the hasty weight loss, trumped-up drama, and dramatic music, there lurked a dark side.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- May 13, 2014
7 Movies Based on a True Story (Are Shockingly Full of Crap)
The following biopics have as much in common with the true events they depict as 'Super Mario Bros.' depicts the day in the life of an Italian plumber.
- By Chris Rio
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- May 12, 2014
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