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5 Factors That Secretly Influence How Much You Like a Movie
It turns out there are all sorts of things about watching films and television shows that we never consider -- or even outright hate -- that are actually making the whole thing better.
- By R. Jason Benson
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- March 28, 2013
The 6 Stupidest Plots of Supposedly Smart Movie Villains
More often than not, you'll realize that these genius schemes would have fallen apart all on their own.
- By Robin Warder
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- March 27, 2013
The 5 Most Ridiculous Movie Character Overreactions
We understand why these absurd overreactions happen. We really do. But that doesn't mean we can't make fun of the most ridiculous ones.
- By Robin Warder
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- March 23, 2013
5 Movie Monsters Ripped from the Pages of History Books
Sometimes that whole 'man is the real monster' bit is a tad more literal.
- By Brendan McGinley
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- March 20, 2013
6 Sci-Fi Technologies With Suspiciously Unaddressed Problems
There are some admittedly cool future advances presented to us by sci-fi movies that we hope never come to pass.
- By Rohan Ramakrishnan, Chris Rio, Jack Hall
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- March 20, 2013
The 5 Stupidest Decisions You Didn't Notice in Famous Movies
There are countless movies that hinge on an obsessively detailed master plot, which mostly turn out to be really, really awful ideas.
- By J.F. Sargent, Patrick Thomas
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- March 18, 2013
7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won't Believe Aren't CGI
It seems some directors will go to insane lengths to avoid using CGI, seemingly just so they can point at the screen during the premiere and say 'yeah, a real guy totally did that.'
- By David Christopher Bell, Karl Smallwood
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- March 11, 2013
The 6 Most Badass Ways Anyone Has Ever Escaped the Country
You didn't have to be crazy to attempt an escape from one of these places. But it sure as hell helped.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- March 10, 2013
4 Craigslist Missed Connections That Must Exist in Movies
If you've ever been to the Missed Connections section of Craigslist, you already know that it's a graveyard of lost opportunities. And one that could easily house these characters.
- By Soren Bowie
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- March 05, 2013
10 Behind-the-Scenes Photos That Make the Movie Better
'He came here to prepare us for the real threat: a giant balding man who will pinch whatever he wants.'
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- March 01, 2013
5 Depressing Realities Behind Popular Reality TV Shows
It turns out, the truth behind most of these shows is more depressing than the Nirvana 'reunion.'
- By Karl Smallwood, Mohammed Shariff
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- February 18, 2013
4 Shows The CW Network Should Absolutely Make Next
I enjoy bad television as much as I enjoy Jack in the Box mechanically separated chicken hunks, and since the CW is clearly in the business of hunks, I have a few ideas I want to pitch.
- By Soren Bowie
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- February 15, 2013
The 3 Fictional Presidents We Could Use Right Now
If there is a person who looks forward to President's Day more than I do, then I haven't found him, fought him, defeated him and devoured his heart to gain his courage and presidential knowledge yet.
- By Daniel O'Brien
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- February 15, 2013
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