Amanda Mannen

4 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

We’re probably not going to shock anyone when we take the bold stance that movies made for children aren’t typically of the highest quality. That’s no shade on them, necessarily; there’s just no reason they should be. In fact, a kids’ movie that was too good probably wouldn’t be very successful. Children are entertained by clowns that pop out of boxes when you turn a handle. They’re not ready for Citizen Kane.

4 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

At its best, songwriting is alchemy, transforming pure human emotion into poetry and melody. Sometimes, though, they’re just singing whatever sounds good. That gets weird when it sounds like the former, but it’s actually the latter. For example…5 Noel GallagherStop asking Noel Gallagher what a “Champagne Supernova” is — he has no idea. In fact, “that song is so long, and I often find myself drifting off enjoying the song and thinking, ‘What fucking does it mean?’” Oasis’s chief songwriter said.

5 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

It can be fun to ask questions raised by a movie’s plot; some websites even make a living from it. Sometimes, though, if you just squint at the background long enough, all your questions will be answered. Other times, you just give yourself a headache and an existential crisis. If it’s a really good movie, you get all three.

6 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

Another year, another Oscars has gone by. Once again, a seemingly arbitrary segment of Hollywood gathered to pat themselves on the back, exchange uncomfortable glances during the documentary winners’ speeches when they remember other kinds of people exist and love-bomb the movie that does the best job of pretending to care about other kinds of people. In fact, sometimes, the Academy seems so concerned with appearing to have the correct opinions that they completely whiff it. For example, “Samuel L.

6 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

Here at Cracked, we’re generally on the side of obscenity. No matter how immature and yet somehow unfit for children the language and/or antics get, we can get behind them (or at least won’t stop anyone from getting behind them). Sometimes, however, a work of supposed art is so extreme that you have to admit you’re kind of on the censors’ side.