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The 7 Most Hilarious Foreign Twists on Common Movie ClichÃ©s

While studios continue to crank out one multiplex-filling cash grab after another, the rest of the world has been putting its own spin on them, quietly dipping those tired old cliches in pure liquid insanity.

Authors: By Isaac Minarik
Published: November 02, 2012
Comments: 823

6 Unintentionally Hilarious Moments in Famous Scary Movies

Even classic horror movies, the serious ones that actually have the power to frighten, tend to feature at least one or two unintentionally hilarious moments. Here are some of our favorites.

Authors: By RiffTrax
Published: October 23, 2012
Comments: 1389

6 Insane Stereotypes That Movies Can't Seem to Get Over

It turns out there are subtle ways that Hollywood has been enforcing wrongheaded ideas right under our noses, and sometimes in our favorite films.

Authors: By J.F. Sargent
Published: October 15, 2012
Comments: 5434

8 Movies Made Possible by Incompetent Background Characters

People tend to be incompetent in movies -- that's how our heroes are able to make so many daring escapes. However, some plotlines are dependent on downright boneheaded incompetence.

Authors: By David Christopher Bell, Rohan Ramakrishnan
Published: October 10, 2012
Comments: 1513

6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Were Actually Made

Herein are just a few of the ugly bastard progeny that the unholy union of sitcom writers and head trauma victims produced over the years.

Authors: By Robin Warder
Published: October 06, 2012
Comments: 1113

6 Movie Mysteries the Characters Should've Solved Way Sooner

Secrets drive the plots of some of the best movies. That being said, sometimes a secret is only as good as the writers' ability to cover huge gaps in logic.

Authors: By David Christopher Bell
Published: October 05, 2012
Comments: 1024

5 Pop Culture Creations Spoiled by Their Own Creators

Surprisingly, networks, studios or publishers are in a rush to give away the endings to their own creations.

Authors: By Jacob Trowbridge
Published: September 30, 2012
Comments: 1371

5 Film Franchises Based on One Character's Stupid Decision

We see it all the time in Hollywood: One poor decision leads to an entire film series worth of conflict.

Authors: By David Christopher Bell
Published: September 27, 2012
Comments: 1134

7 Movies That Put Insane Detail into Stuff You Never Noticed

We can't stress this enough: A horrifying amount of time and work go into things that will be forever unnoticed by everyone except a few members of the crew.

Authors: By Karl Smallwood, J.F. Sargent
Published: September 19, 2012
Comments: 1534

The 6 Most Accidentally Creepy Movie Romances

We've seen movies about aliens doing it with human women, 100-year-old vampires dating high school teens and Woody Allen hooking up with young starlets, among other unlikely atrocities. And yet, somehow, the writers always find new ways to top themselves.

Authors: By Rohan Ramakrishnan
Published: September 12, 2012
Comments: 1476

5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies

How many times have we seen James Bond pick up some incredibly useful new technological gadget that ends up saving his life, only to completely forget it exists in his next movie? But it isn't just Bond -- action heroes do this all the time. What's worse, some of this tech could change the world.

Authors: By David Christopher Bell
Published: September 10, 2012
Comments: 1175