The new system, called "Check the Box" by the MPAA, aims to help parents make better decisions about the movies their kids see. CEO Chris Dodd announced the change at the CinemaCon gathering in Las ...
A PG movie may not exactly be safe for your kids, film reviewing parents are warning, saying the current movie ratings system is often "random" and too closely tied to budgets. Today's movies are ...
After an uproar from parents over surprising graphic content, Steven Spielberg used his clout to create the PG-13 rating. By Ryan Parker When fans think of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the ...
LOS ANGELES - A shotgun-wielding hunter mercilessly pursues his target. Angry space aliens vaporize a defenseless town. A bloodthirsty shark preys on the weak and tiny. These movie scenes aren't from ...
If “This Film Is Not Yet Rated” tanks at the box office, director Kirby Dick can at least say he proved his point. In exposing the ratings entity that is the Motion Picture Association of America, ...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – Following through on a commitment made to Vice President Biden in the wake of the December shooting in Newtown, Conn., the MPAA and the National Association of Theatre Owners ...
A new documentary called This Film is Not Yet Rated takes aim at the MPAA rating system, and the mysterious workings of the anonymous ratings board. The film has been a hit at film festivals. But it's ...
Bully has seen its rating downgraded from an R to a PG-13. The documentary from Lee Hirsch has been the subject of much debate in the US in recent weeks, after the Motion Picture Association of ...
On a recent trip with my film class to the Somerville Theatre, one of my classmates noted that we hadn't been asked for our IDs, something that she said normally happens to her, upon purchasing ...