Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

Maybe kids would study foreign languages harder if they knew how many awesome jokes they were missing.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• August 27, 2014

Sometimes the trailer editors decide that if nobody will want to see the actual movie that got made, well, they'll just pretend it's something different entirely.

• By Jonathan Persinger
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• August 27, 2014

There's a line where a filmmaker goes from 'following the same formula' to 'remaking his own friggin' movie.'

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok, J.F. Sargent
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• August 23, 2014

When you focus only on a movie's mistakes, you are more likely to miss out on everything it does well, which may include powerful scenes of cinematic genius hiding in some of the most hated pieces of cinema ever made.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• August 21, 2014

I think one or two crappy movies don't justify burning the entire franchise to the ground, flushing its ashes down the toilet, and then dynamiting that toilet to start over again.

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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• August 20, 2014

You should pay attention to the comings and goings of celebrities, seeing as they can sometimes inspire the creation of some really awesome movies.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• August 18, 2014

As a public service, before you go see TMNT and hop on Twitter to express your disgust, take a minute to reflect on these creepy buggers.

• By Felix Clay
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• August 16, 2014

It turns out most of the original trilogy's most iconic elements came from completely random things.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• August 16, 2014

If you Frankenstein-knit together all of the Episode VII rumors -- regardless of veracity -- you end up with THE MOST EXCITING STAR WARS TO STAR WAR IN THE STARS.

• By Cyriaque Lamar
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• August 13, 2014

How can Marvel keep this money truck rolling down Our Wallets Avenue? Simple ...

• By J.F. Sargent
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• August 12, 2014

It's funny how we rewrite history to make the present look worse. Because that's simply just not the case.

• By Chris Scott, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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• August 07, 2014

Every story you've ever watched or read includes characters that are, in reality, based on somebody the writer knew. But you'd be surprised to see how totally out of left field the real-life inspirations often are.

• By Jacopo della Quercia
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• August 05, 2014

Once you strip away plot conveniences and forget about how cool everything looks for a second, it becomes immediately obvious that virtually no futuristic facility in the history of cinema could possibly serve its intended purpose in real life.

• By Tom Reimann
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• August 03, 2014

It's a beautiful, chaotic brawl when viewed as a whole, and it's a Where's Waldo? of goofy stuff when examined up close.

• By Luis Prada
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• August 02, 2014

If you want to be a killer on par with a movie villain, you'll have to brush up on these movie slasher skills. And hey, feel free to leave a comment about why you're so obsessed with murder.

• By Felix Clay
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• August 02, 2014