Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

5 Movie Villains With Really Stupid Master Plans
Every movie villain seems like they have it pretty together. Well, almost ...
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The 16 Most Ridiculous Death Scenes In Movie History
Spoiler warning? We guess?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Insane (but Convincing) 'Game of Thrones' Fan Theories
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- By Will Lennon
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36 Movies And Shows That Didn't Happen But Should Have
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6 Hilariously Misleading Movie Trailers
Sometimes the trailer editors decide that if nobody will want to see the actual movie that got made, well, they'll just pretend it's something different entirely.
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- By Jonathan Persinger
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7 Directors Who Stole Their Biggest Hits (From Themselves)
There's a line where a filmmaker goes from 'following the same formula' to 'remaking his own friggin' movie.'
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, J.F. Sargent
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17 Awesomely Simple Tricks Behind Movie Special Effects
Nowadays we're so spoiled by CGI that we can't appreciate a good, well-executed special effect when it's blowing a dude's head up right in our face.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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41 Great Movies With Really Dumb Moments
Sometimes, perfection is simply a scene-cut away.
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5 Old-Timey Movies That'd Be NC-17 Today
It's funny how we rewrite history to make the present look worse. Because that's simply just not the case.
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- By Chris Scott, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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15 Famous Movies With Hidden Symbolism You Didn't Notice
We can't stress enough just how little you're paying attention during movies. Like, we're surprised you even remember what you just watched.
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5 Characters Amazingly Based on Real People
Every story you've ever watched or read includes characters that are, in reality, based on somebody the writer knew. But you'd be surprised to see how totally out of left field the real-life inspirations often are.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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21 Stunningly Cheap (Very Bad) Special Effects
These moviemakers obviously didn't go to the Michael Bay Film Institute.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Dumb Things Movie Characters Do Only to Advance the Plot
These are the times when the filmmakers are hoping you get so enthralled with the action that you forget how much more easily the whole thing could have been resolved, if somebody hadn't dropped the ball.
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- By Robin Warder
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18 Adult Lessons Tucked Into Famous Kids' Shows
Of course people who create content for children take extra care that they're sending a good message, right?
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18 Stereotypes Still Around In Movies And TV
In case you didn't know, it's the 21st Century. And also in case you didn't know, Hollywood still has stereotypes it loves to perpetuate.
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