Cracked Archive - Movies & TV
7 Random Pieces Of US Culture That Are Weirdly Huge Overseas
Some pop culture just doesn't translate well to foreign audiences. But sometimes the most unexpected pieces of American culture end up being inexplicably huge overseas.
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- By Mark Hill
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440 JK Rowling Just Undid Every Harry Potter Story You Know
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the new Harry Potter play. Since reading this is way cheaper than taking a plane to London and buying a theater ticket, we thought you wouldn't mind.
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- By JM McNab
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8 On-Set Photos That Break The Spell Of Famous Horror Films
Turns out horror movies are filled with a bunch of regular people. (Terrifyingly regular.)
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- By Carolyn Burke
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5 Insane Game Of Thrones Scenes Deleted From History Books
What's actually dark and full of terrors is the average history book.
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- By Kelly Stone
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10 Batshit Crazy Comic Panels We Couldn't Stop Laughing At
We thought it might be fun to take some of the most inexplicably shithouse crazy panels from comic book history and try to make sense of them through the eyes of someone who's completely unfamiliar with the context.
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- By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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6 Times Rampant Substance Abuse Led To Cinematic Genius
Turns out even our 'wholesome' classics were pretty much done by people high off dumpster trucks worth the drugs.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Horrifying Stories Behind Famous Movie Sex Scenes
Shooting even the steamiest sex scene is awful and uncomfortable.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Famous Pop Culture Moments (That Never Happened)
When it comes to pop culture memories we're basically all the guy from Memento.
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- By Patrick Coyne
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7 Times Movie Product Placement Backfired Hilariously
When product placement works, it works damn well. When it doesn't, well, it looks like total trash.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Famous Kid's Characters You Didn't Know Were Propaganda
We've been on high alert for subliminal propaganda, when all this time it's been dancing and singing stupid songs right in front of us.
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- By Nathan Williams
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6 Movie Locations You Can Visit (But Probably Shouldn't)
Not every tie-in attraction can be a runaway success -- or attract throngs of rabid superfans who will trash your property.
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- By JM McNab, Carolyn Burke
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6 Films That Got Away With Blatantly Ripping Off Video Games
Movies have been steadily stealing from video games in such sneaky ways that you'd probably never notice it unless someone put both things side by side.
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- By Tiago Svn
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6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills
In the days before Indiegogo, some now-famous directors got the money they needed for their breakout films in less conventional ways.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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6 Insane Dick Moves By Directors Behind Famous Movies
When it comes to movie directors, the lack of sanity can be quite striking.
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- By Chris Radomile
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3 Ways Obsessive Fans Are Ruining Their Own Favorite Movies
The one things today's fans seem to have forgotten: It's about the journey.
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- By Stephan Roget
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