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6 Horrifying Implications of the Harry Potter Universe
We have a feeling that Harry Potter is never going away. Which is fine because we love talking about how pants-crappingly terrifying that whole universe is.
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- By Micah Kolding, Michael Greenbrier
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4 Superhero Reboots We'll See Next
For all the gritty realism in comic book movies these days, they're not exactly realistic ...
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- By Winston Rowntree
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5 Movies That Accidentally Killed Innocent Characters
Occasionally, a movie chooses to kill completely innocent characters in the most horrible way possible for no discernible reason.
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- By Mohammed Shariff
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Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings: The Final Showdown
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- By Jeremy Kaplowitz
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6 Ridiculous First Drafts of Famous Movie Monsters
It's hard to imagine the Predator or Jabba the Hutt as anything other than the iconic beasts we know and love. But they and others evolved from ideas that at the concept stage were very, very different. And very, very stupid.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren't Acting
If you're ever employed in an Alien film, be on your toes ALL THE TIME.
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- By Ian White
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6 Insane Sequels That Almost Ruined Classic Movies
Here are six absolutely real and completely insane proposed sequels that were fortunately never made.
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- By Henrik Laine
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6 Ways The Creator of 'Sharktopus' Invented Modern Cinema
If we told you that the man behind some of the cheapest, crappiest and most ridiculously named movies ever made is also responsible for classics like The Godfather, would you believe us? You totally should.
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- By Garin Pirnia
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6 Movies That Inadvertently Remade Other Movies
Apparently, there are movies, sometimes decades apart, that seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other ... and yet, when you look at them carefully, they turn out to be the exact same thing.
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- By Christopher Daed
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6 Pop Culture Mysteries That Were Solved by Fans
We bring you the answers to questions that remarkably few people were asking.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Insane (But Convincing) Theories on Children's Pop Culture
It turns out that many well-adjusted, serious academics really are spending their free time running around and ruining the stuff we loved as kids with their brains. Unfortunatelier, when you actually hear their arguments, you almost want to agree with them.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Real Places Plucked Straight Out of Fairy Tales
Ever play Mario and want to hop in the toilet? Well, the following are just as cool outright fantasy locations that are just plane tickets away (and cleaner).
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Most Counterproductive PSAs of All Time
To public service announcement creators: The more tempting you make your subject matter appear, the more likely your PSA will fail.
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- By Elsa Moriarty
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6 Painful Things Nobody Tells You About Fighting
There is a big difference between choreographed movie fighting and real fighting. In the real word, it's worse than you think.,
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' In Under 5 Minutes
DAVID FINCHER: I don't know if you guys have seen the box office, but you may want to hold on to that money if you're planning on getting me to direct the other two books.
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- By The Editing Room
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