Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

Why The Afterlife In Pixar's 'Coco' Is Secretly Terrifying
Despite being so colorful, warm, and hopeful, 'Coco' is also one of the most terrifying, nihilistic, and soul-crushing animated movies to have ever been slapped with a PG rating.
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- By Carlos Tejeda Ocampo
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6 Justice League Actors (Who Had Hilarious Early Roles)
DC movies have built a reputation for being humorless and dark.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Signs Hollywood Has No Idea How College Works
Millennials are set to become the most educated generation in history ... but Hollywood is constantly filling their smartypants heads with the wrong information.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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5 Famous Movie Scenes Every Single Person Gets Wrong
Certain groups, whose names we shall not mention, have made careers out of pointing out the ridiculous stuff pulled by Hollywood screenwriters who don't want to put in the time or effort to produce a credible scene.
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- By Sam Hurley, Michael Garowee, Quinn Knobbe, Ed Stevens, Saikat Bhowmik, Jordan Breeding, Michael Battaglino
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7 Special FX That Were Made Out Of Food (And Super Gross)
Some of the most iconic special effects in movie and TV history were achieved not through complex camera techniques or computer animation, but by throwing unlikely (and often gross) combinations of food products together.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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Real Talk Time: John Wick's Enemies Are Trying To Get Shot
The average action movie villain has the self-preservation instincts of an extremely drunk moth.
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- By Alec Ferrer, Jordan Breeding
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The Same Dumb Plan That Every Movie Villain Keeps Trying
A supervillain plan to destroy the world is idiotic by default because, well, where are they going to live?
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- By CRACKED Staff, Spencer Thew
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The Villain From Dr. Strange Is Too Dumb To Live
'Doctor Strange' is clever and unique in a lot of ways, but the actual plot feels like a placeholder template that came free with the screenwriting software.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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6 Fans Who Became Part Of The Show (Through Hilarious Fraud)
Being a superfan means knowing more, and getting more, out of what you love the most.
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- By Justin Crockett
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5 Famous Movie Lessons (That Didn’t Make A Lick Of Sense)
Some movies seem solid at a glance, yet spend so much time belaboring their point that they accidentally ruin whatever they were trying to say.
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- By Jordan Breeding, Norbert Gehardt
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Why Beethoven Is The Most Screwed Up Family Movie Ever Made
If you decide you want to devote a weekend to ruining your own sanity, settle in for a marathon of dog movies on Netflix.
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- By Dan Hopper
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How Sequels And Reboots Ruin Your Favorite Characters
Sequels have the potential to take their characters to new and exciting places, but an unfortunate trend has found them Groundhog Day-ing their way through familiar adventures.
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- By JM McNab
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The Big Reason Why Darth Vader Is Actually A Crappy Villain
Every single Star Wars fan has only one question on their mind right now: Has Darth Vader ever used the Force to squeeze a dude's nuts?
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- By Jordan Breeding
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Why Loki Sucks As A Villain (And Keeps Getting Worse)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's Loki is arguably the saddest example of the evil genius archetype.
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- By Spencer Thew
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6 Characters You Didn't Know Had Wild Origin Stories
Us nerds all have our favorite fictional characters we like to obsess about.
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- By Adam Wears
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