The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system, surprisingly, turned 50 this past month. It’s surprising… ...

The MPAA, led by former U.S. ambassador Charles Rivkin, is looking to McMahon to bring a fresh perspective to the 50-year-old ratings system, which has sometimes taken heat from moviegoers ...

The MPAA, which administers the ratings system via its Classification and Rating Administration, has already heard eight appeals for films scheduled for release this year.

MPAA Ratings Chief Defends Movie Ratings. As "The King’s Speech" receives a new PG-13 rating, ... The ratings system exists for one purpose: to inform parents about the content of films.

The basic structure of the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) current movie rating system dates back to the late 1960s and has not had a significant change since the PG-13 category was ...

The theaters love the R rating, (because since 1968), they can legally tell the 13 to 16 year olds that they are old enough to pay adult prices, but, can’t see a film without a parent or guardian.

“This Film Is Not Yet Rated” won’t be the film that changed the world. (That honor will probably go to Al Gore’s global-warming call to arms, “An Inconvenient Truth.”) But Kirby Dick ...

Looking to reform and demystify the ratings system, the MPAA and National Assn. of Theater Owners are planning a series of changes, including a new admonishment to parents that certain R-rated ...

The next year, the MPAA, taking Spielberg’s suggestion, instituted the PG-13 rating and Red Dawn was the first film with that rating. And the rest, as they say, is history. If you liked this ...

At the end of each of these is its rating, mandated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Unknown to everyone in the audience, that rating will make or break the film, and its impact on ...

PTC: MPAA Downgrading ‘Blue Valentine’ to an R Reveals ‘Absurdity of Self-Regulated Movie Rating System’ The Parents Television Council has issued a harsh statement in response to the MPAA ...