Movies & TV
6 Happy Movie Endings That Actually Ruin the Hero's Life
If there's one thing Hollywood loves more than a happy ending, it's a happy ending that accidentally screws over the hero.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell, Alex Race
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The 6 Most Brutal Murders Committed by Batman
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- By CRACKED Staff, Lucas White
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6 Insane (But Convincing) Fan Theories About Kids' Cartoons
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- By M. Asher Cantrell, M.W.
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5 Awesome Movie Robots with Inexcusable Design Flaws
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- By David Christopher Bell
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident
Like in any job, accidents tend to happen when they're shooting a movie ... and sometimes those accidents turn out to be far better than what the director originally had in mind and are left in the film.
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- By Sean Warhurst, Dennis Fulton
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The 7 Most Hilarious Foreign Twists on Common Movie Clichés
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.
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- By Isaac Minarik
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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.
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- By RiffTrax
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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.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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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.
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- By David Christopher Bell, Rohan Ramakrishnan
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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.
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- By Robin Warder
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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.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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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.
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- By Jacob Trowbridge
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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.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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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.
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- By Karl Smallwood, J.F. Sargent
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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.
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- By Rohan Ramakrishnan
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