Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

8 Famous Movies Made by The Last Person You'd Ever Suspect

Almost every successful person working in Hollywood sticks to his or her thing that they like. But sometimes these folks, with their well-defined comfort zones, lend a hand to movies so bizarrely out-of-character for them it's like they only did it to say, 'There, I can do other stuff too. Happy?'

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By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz

Published

April 07, 2011

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690

12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder

Spoiler alert: Assholes produced your favorite movie moments ever -- and some of them did that while putting their cast and crew through relentless horror.

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By Orrin R. K., Geoffrey Cubbage, Eddie Rodriguez

Published

March 29, 2011

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984

6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Saved People's Lives

Sometimes cartoons can have a live-action impact.

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By Simon Bower

Published

March 28, 2011

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851

5 Ways Philip K Dick's Insanity Changed the World of Movies

It's pretty much one guy. His movies are on the way to grossing a billion dollars, but the man himself died broke, not having lived to see any of them.

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By Shane Hyland

Published

March 27, 2011

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521

How to Understand Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy [COMIC]

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By Scott Meyer

Published

March 22, 2011

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73

5 Useful Organizations You Think Are Evil (Thanks to Movies)

Hollywood does such a good convincing us that some organizations are terrible that we forget about the good they do in real life..

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By Diana McCallum

Published

March 22, 2011

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2090

6 Groups Who Don't Work as Movie Bad Guys Anymore

The biggest tragedy of the 90s was the loss of Russians as a viable movie villain.

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By Christina H

Published

March 21, 2011

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1266

5 Technologies That Prove We've Caught Up With Star Wars

Since the day the first Star Wars movie was released, fans have been donning bathrobes and making lightsaber noises with their mouths while swinging broom-handles around their kitchens. it turns out that science is no exception to fandom: They've been working 'round the clock to bring Star Wars tech to life, and they're actually succeeding

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By Mohammed Shariff

Published

March 19, 2011

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609

Best View on the Starship Enterprise [COMIC]

A new side to some of the crew of the Enterprise ...

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By Space Avalanche

Published

March 19, 2011

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136

8 Actors Who Look Exactly The Same on Every Movie Poster

It turns out that some of Hollywood's most iconic actors are no different than your duck-facing Facebook friend when it comes to selling their movie.

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By CRACKED Staff, Eric Yosomono

Published

March 17, 2011

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583

6 Studies That Prove Reality TV Is Causing the Apocalypse

Lots of people joke about reality TV being the end of civilization, and many of them are us, but we weren't really worried. Until we found out what smart people like scientists were saying.

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By Luke McKinney

Published

March 12, 2011

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757

6 Insane Versions of Famous Cartoons They Almost Made

In a business full of endless reboots and remakes, maybe nothing in Hollywood gets recycled more than animation. Since cartoon characters aren't associated with any one actor (in the audience's mind) studios feel even more free to come up with endless revamps starring the same characters. Here are the ones too ridiculous to see the light of day.

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By Anthony Scibelli

Published

March 09, 2011

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1128

6 Movie Guardians Who Shouldn't Be Allowed Near Children

Movies need excitement, sure, but all too often do see a child ending up in a dire circumstance for no reason other than that the grown-ups don't seem to give a damn.

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By David Christopher Bell

Published

March 04, 2011

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929

6 Classic Series You Didn't Know Were Made Up On The Fly

It turns out that the creators of these shows had nothing in mind at all while writing, figuring they could throw out the mystery now and figure out the rest when it got closer to deadline.

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By Maxwell Yezpitelok

Published

March 01, 2011

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1119

7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries

Writing movies is hard -- we try to point that out in every article like this. And occasionally, the writer will write his characters into a corner, where they can be rescued only by some new science, device or technology. Once they're out of the jam, the tech is usually immediately forgotten. The problem is, sometimes the device itself should have

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By Rohan Ramakrishnan

Published

February 27, 2011

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1456