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Was This Movie Secretly Cursed? (PODCAST)
Two of the four who tried out for this role died, two became mega-famous?!
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- By Jesse, Jordan Breeding, Ali Gordon
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Hollywood Myths, Cracked: 4 Things About Mobsters We Believe Because Of Movies And Shows
Our high school reunions didn’t even have as many people show up as a mob deal in a movie.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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4 Bizarre Details Left Out In Famous Crime Biopics
"Pain and Gain" reads a lot like "The Wolf of Wall Street," only with beefed-up dudes on roids who — and we can’t stress this enough — also did some murders.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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All The Weird DC Comics Stuff Hiding In 'The Sandman'
Netflix couldn't scrub the show's nerdy DC roots completely, no matter how hard they tried.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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4 Superpowers That Suck Worse Than You'd Think (VIDEO)
The Flash poops so much.
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- By Tara Marie
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4 Megalodon And Other Shark Myths, Debunked
Please stop using that "coconuts kill 150 people a year" line, everyone (including us).
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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The B-Movie Gimmick From The '60s (That We Want Back)
We’ve discussed William Castle here at Cracked, the all-time king of horror movie gimmicks. And among all his contrivances to get butts in theater seats to watch B-grade schlock, there's a particularly clever one used in one of his ‘best’ movies, Homicidal.
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- By Talbert Gregson
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The Earliest Movies Had No Characters, And Audiences Didn't Care
The first movies had more in common philosophically with Instagram than, say, Jurassic Park.
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- By William Kuechenberg
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King Kong vs. Godzilla: Facts About The Colossal Franchises
Also featuring an octopus and the number 13.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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The Magical Glue That Holds Movies Together: Editing
Editing: it's necessary in all films, uh, right? Right?
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- By William Kuechenberg
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Obscure Batman Villain Tries To Get A Job (VIDEO)
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- By Jesse
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4 Dumb 'Jaws' Ripoffs That Somehow Exist
You know what Spielberg's classic needed? Psychic powers and/or sensual mermaids.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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The Reason All Modern Movie Protagonists Have To Be 'Likable'
What's the difference between a hero and a protagonist? A film deal.
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- By William Kuechenberg
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By The Power Of Grayskull: 15 Rad Facts About The Masters Of The Universe Franchise
Oh, so this is how we got the movie “Cyborg.”
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Why All Movies And Shows Follow A Three-Act Structure
The three-act story is great for creating compelling drama (and adding lots of commercials).
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- By William Kuechenberg
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