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Santa Claus Has Been A Violent Badass in Comedies for Years
Long before ‘Violent Night,’ ‘South Park,’ Weird Al and other comedy greats tried their hand at an ass-kicking Santa
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2 ‘South Park’: Meet the Teen Who Went Viral for Turning Her Bedroom into a Shrine to Randy Marsh
She’s also declared him her husband. So that’s Mrs. Marsh to you, thank you very much
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- By Brian VanHooker
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‘Miracle on 34th Street’: The Anti-Capitalist Satire Hiding Inside A Family Classic
‘Miracle on 34th Street’ could have more accurately been titled ‘Santa Claus Conquers Capitalism.’
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- By JM McNab
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People Would Like James Corden More If He Were Simply Peter the Rabbit All the Time
Even when ordering a salad, he’s far more palatable as a woodland creature
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- By Jocelyn Coffman
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Steve Martin’s ‘Pink Panther’ Remake Somehow Kept The Franchise Alive
With an assist from Beyoncé.
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- By JM McNab
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10 Years Later, It’s Still Crazy That ‘21 Jump Street’ Actually Worked
Channing Tatum trying to be funny? The guys who made ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ doing an R-rated buddy-cop movie? It seemed like a dumb idea, but this big-screen redo of a cheesy 1980s TV show isn’t just hysterical — it helped change the careers of everyone involved
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- By Tim Grierson
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Funniest Moments of Actors Making Fun of Themselves in Comedies
Say what you will about self-deprecating humor — that crap is funny, y’all.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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In Praise of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Comedy Chops
He was The Master… of comic timing
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- By JM McNab
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How the ‘Woody Allen Font’ Has Been Reclaimed
Its return subversively spells out exactly what modern filmmakers think of him
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Throwaway Jokes That Required A Lot More Work Than You'd Think
Sometimes, coming up with a good joke takes more effort than simply feeling inspired and tweeting an Updog equivalent while enjoying some me-time on the toilet.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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‘The Polar Express’: How Robert Zemeckis Turned Tom Hanks Into An Uncanny Valley Monster
In the 2004 animated film, America’s most beloved movie star looks less like a human and more like three raccoons in a trench coat
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- By Zanandi Botes
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I Supplied the Coke, Guns and Cash for ‘Scarface’
Legendary prop master John Zemansky tells us how he secured enough blow for a herd of elephants and enough weaponry for a small army while working on the 1983 classic.
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- By Brian VanHooker
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Christmas Specials from Franchises That Had No Business Having A Christmas Special
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ isn’t even close to being the weirdest one
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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The Hidden Climate Doom Lurking in ‘The Office’ Winter Episodes
Will Dunder Mifflin destroy humanity as we know it?
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- By JM McNab
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Is Daniel Craig Just Doing a Foghorn Leghorn Impersonation in the ‘Knives Out’ Movies?: An Investigation
His Benoit Blanc might sound like a giant cartoon rooster — and share the last name of the man who originally voiced that giant cartoon rooster — but does that make that giant cartoon rooster his actual inspiration?
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- By Brian VanHooker
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