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 ...
I was concerned by a number of inaccuracies in the April 8 article by Sharon Waxman on the voluntary movie rating system. I write today in hopes of clarifying a few key points. Ms. Waxman cites an ...
The Motion Picture Association of America is changing its movie-rating process. MPAA officials say the changes are intended to clarify the ratings process for parents and to make it more fair and ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The secretive movie ratings system -- the bane of Hollywood filmmakers, who often complain that its judgments are inconsistent -- is about to get an overhaul. Sign ...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The head of the Motion Picture Association of America says its rating system is fair despite ongoing complaints from some film leaders who claim the ratings are too conservative.
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 ...
The Motion Picture Association of America is at it again. Every once in a while, it tries to jazz up its movie ratings system in response to some recent trauma, whether it be real or imagined. The ...
PARK CITY, Utah - Hollywood's movie-ratings system, which critics call a secretive process that leaves filmmakers in the dark, will implement changes to make it more open and understandable to parents ...
It looks as if the Motion Picture Association of America’s archaic and hidebound movie ratings system has dodged another bullet — but every fresh case highlights again the need to overhaul or even ...
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 cable industry study of TV violence suggests that the new TV ratings system could be attracting children to programing "that parents don't want their kids to see." The study maintains that the MPAA ...
Lars von Trier is nothing if not controversial. In the latest twist, IFC Films is facing sanctions by the MPAA movie ratings board for screening an unrated, director's cut of his gruesome new film ...