Movies & TV
‘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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Steve Martin’s ‘Pink Panther’ Remake Somehow Kept The Franchise Alive
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- By JM McNab
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10 Years Later, It’s Still Crazy That ‘21 Jump Street’ Actually Worked
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- By Tim Grierson
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
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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- By JM McNab
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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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15 Parody Films With Legitimately Badass Moments
Bad-ass movies deserve bad-ass parodies.
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, JhallComics
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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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26 Incidents of Celebrity Drama For All The Gossip Goblins
Showbiz isn't as fun as it looks.
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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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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