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Die Hard and Home Alone Are The EXACT Same Movie
If you're wondering, no, there's no evidence one way or the other as to whether the similarities are intentional.
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5 Action Stars Who Had Real Life Moments Of Badassery
You don't really expect that any of your favorite action heroes are going to live up to their on-screen reputations. But there are a few cases where actors apparently forgot there weren't any cameras rolling.
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- By S Peter Davis
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The NRA's Celebrity TV Special Was Confusing And Insane
Let's take a critical look back and explore the largely forgotten television event that was celebrities shooting a bunch of guns for sport.
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- By JM McNab
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14 Gaping Plot Holes In The Fabric Of The Star Wars Universe
Your odds of navigating a Star Wars movie without encountering a plot hole are approximately 3,720 to 1.
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- By Andres Diplotti
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6 Behind-The-Scenes Shots From Disney Movies That Are Magic
The Disney creative process was far more insane than you might imagine.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Reasons It's A Miracle That 'Star Wars' Got Made At All
This, friends, is the inspirational tale of an objectively terrible idea that only got worse ... until the finished product changed the world.
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- By Steve Clark, Maxwell Yezpitelok, Dustin Koski, Jim Doughty
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5 Painfully Stupid Movie Reboot Ideas The World Nearly Got
Hollywood has managed to necromance countless properties. And while it's easy to complain about this trend, you might hold your tongue when you find out some of the crazy ways those reboots almost went down.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Crazy Star Wars Deleted Scenes (You Never Knew Existed)
'The Last Jedi' is almost in theaters, so let's pause for a moment and reflect on all the mind-boggling crapola that didn't make its way into our favorite robes-and-laser-swords epic.
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- By JM McNab
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6 Crazy Ways Your Favorite TV Shows Get Written
At its best, TV writing is an exceptional art form -- from the existential malaise of 'Mad Men' to the quippy horror of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' to the sadly cancelled 'Zoo,' which once devoted an entire episode to fighting a giant octopus inside of an airplane.
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- By Adam Wears, JM McNab, Marina Reimann
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5 'Edgy' Ads That Sold Nothing But Failure And Madness
Here are some ad wizards who came up with unspeakable, horrific situations and hoped for the best.
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- By Michael Garowee, Greg Tuff, Jordan Breeding, Andrea Meno
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6 Ways The Star Wars Movies Were A Total Nightmare To Make
It's a miracle the Original Trilogy got made at all, given how much of a white-knuckle nonstop carousel of suffering it was.
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- By Nimby Smith
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6 Movie 'Jobs' That Serve Zero Purpose
Some movies make up entire careers that have no reason for existing whatsoever.
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- By Spencer Thew, Abraham Mireles, Jordan Breeding
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5 Movies Where The Heroes & Villains Would Be Reversed Today
The world is rapidly changing, and as a result, many things we took for granted are falling by the wayside.
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- By James Kinneen, Michael Garowee, Dan Hopper
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6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work
Movies are hard to make. The times movies put insane work into little things that nobody ever noticed? Who will cry for them?
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- By Matt Cowan
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5 Theories That Make Famously Bad Movies Awesome
If you use a heaping helping of positive thinking, some cinematic turds can become cinematic gold ... Or, at the very least, semi-watchable.
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