Ratings

Who Creates Movie Ratings?

by Old Shoe Woman

Who Creates Movie Ratings?

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has controlled the film industry, including movie ratings, since its advent in 1922. The ratings system itself was not organized until the late 1960’s however.… Continue reading

Movie Ratings Changing?

by Verloren Jaren

Question by Paul D.: Movie Ratings Changing? Why on earth would some of these movies coming out now be rated pg-13 when they clearly woudl have been an R just a few years ago? It seems… Continue reading

Movie Selection – What is most important: review ratings, maturity rating, genre, created mood, actors, other?

Question by The Man Who Ruled The World: Movie Selection – What is most important: review ratings, maturity rating, genre, created mood, actors, other? When picking a movie, what characteristic(s) is/are most important? – Review ratings/comments – Maturity rating… Continue reading

Jules Kroll Tries His Hand at Credit Ratings

Jules Kroll Tries His Hand at Credit Ratings Jules Kroll, known for his corporate detective work, now wants to shake up a business that was tarnished by the financial crisis. Read more on New York Times

Two films, two sex scenes, two different ratings

IMG_7566 Image by tango.mceffrie

Two films, two sex scenes, two different ratings ‘Black Swan,’ which shows a sex scene between two actresses, gets an R rating while ‘Blue Valentine’ shows a similar scene between a man and woman and gets… Continue reading

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