Since the dawn of time—or at least since humans started raising livestock instead of hunting and gathering—a simple question has perplexed farmers, philosophers, and (eventually) scientists: what came first, the chicken or the egg? While there might still be some semantic wiggle room to debate this, with the advent of

Actors often, if not always, portray characters that aren’t the age they really are in real life. This can be masked through makeup and special effects, at least when the difference is significant, but usually the difference is not of visual significance. Someone can be 35 and play a character

Age restrictions in movies are there because children aren’t ready for mature themes, not because they can’t tackle any complex topics. But movies aren’t made by kids, they are made by greedy adults that want to tap on any market for a profit, including a child’s innocent interest in films.

When we cringe, it isn’t because a given scene is outright bad, at least when it comes to movies. It’s mostly a combination of awkwardness and poor execution that makes us feel that strange level of embarrassment; in a movie with a different tone, or a different method of execution,

Horror movies depend on characters making terrible decisions, but some scenes are so frustrating that audiences spend years yelling at the screen afterward. Every horror fan has watched a character ignore an open exit, stop running for no reason, or stay inside a deadly situation that clearly offered a chance