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5 Supposedly Brilliant Movie Doctors Who Suck at Their Job
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- By Brendan Bourque-Sheil, Daniel Crow
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756 6 Movie Good Guys You Didn't Notice Were Total Hypocrites
Heroic movie characters stand up for what they feel is right, and they stick to those beliefs until it's inconvenient not to.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Reasons Superhero Movies Are a Bubble That Will Soon Burst
Bad news: The explosion of big-budget superhero movies is a bubble that seems poised to burst. How do we know? Because it's happened before.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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7 Classic Movies That Almost Had Absurdly Dark Endings
Thankfully, someone decided to change them to keep people from sobbing through several traffic lights on their way home from the theater.
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- By Robin Warder
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The 6 Most Idiotic Decisions by Authority Figures in Movies
Authority figures, from police departments to federal agencies, aren't known for making the wisest decisions in movies. In fact, some of them are bafflingly stupid.
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- By Robin Warder
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8 Characters You Won't Believe Are Based on Real People
Some characters are so bizarre, improbable, or flat-out impossible that you have to wonder how their creators ever came up with them. In a surprising amount of cases, the answer is that they didn't.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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5 Basic Facts of Life (Were Made Up by Marketing Campaigns)
No matter how cynical you think you are about the influence of advertising on things we consider traditions, it's always surprising how far it goes.
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- By Auriane Desombre, Eddie Rodriguez
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The 7 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History
A great movie monster taps into our most primal fears, a terrible one taps into equal parts hilarity and sadness.
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- By Cole Gamble, Dustin Koski
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5 Fan Theories About Cartoons That Will Ruin Your Childhood
Crazy is like currency on the Internet, and among all the garbage, some strangely compelling ideas can emerge, making you rethink shows you thought you knew well.
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- By Aaron Short, Dennis Fulton
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6 Classic Movies Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment
Sometimes directors decide that the only way to make sure your actors look like they're about to die is by actually risking their lives.
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- By Dustin Koski
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5 Fan Theories That Make Classic Movies Even Better
Every once in a while, we come across a mind-blowing fan theory that makes a disturbing amount of sense, casting a movie we've all seen a million times in a whole new light.
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- By Adam Wears, Charles Glass, Rich Solomon
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5 Recurring Movie Extras You Won't Believe You Never Noticed
The best Easter eggs are the ones that were staring you in the face all along, but you never saw them.
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- By Aaron Short
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5 Factors That Secretly Influence How Much You Like a Movie
It turns out there are all sorts of things about watching films and television shows that we never consider -- or even outright hate -- that are actually making the whole thing better.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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The 6 Stupidest Plots of Supposedly Smart Movie Villains
More often than not, you'll realize that these genius schemes would have fallen apart all on their own.
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- By Robin Warder
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Movie Character Overreactions
We understand why these absurd overreactions happen. We really do. But that doesn't mean we can't make fun of the most ridiculous ones.
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- By Robin Warder
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