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MPAA Gives Harry Potter First PG Rating Since Third Installment

By Ani Vrabel on 1:33 PM on July 9, 2009

In a surprise decision, the MPAA has given Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince a PG rating. The last two films have been rated PG-13 for "sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images," and in a series that gets progressively darker, these traits certainly won't be missing from the film adaptation of the penultimate novel. But perhaps they won't be quite as severe as they have in the past, as the MPAA simply warns viewers against "scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality." The last Potter film to receive a PG rating was Prisoner of Azkaban, which is the...  read more

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Did The Hangover Dupe the MPAA?

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 4:45 PM on June 3, 2009

Zach Galifianakis has been widely hailed as the crossover star of The Hangover, which will open Friday to cheerleading reviews and big box-office hopes. But as early screenings of the movie continued this week, a debate has popped up: Are there really polaroids of Galifianakis getting a blow job during the end credits?...  read more

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno threatened with an NC-17

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 11:15 AM on April 2, 2009

An early cut of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno was only offered an NC-17 certificate from the MPAA because of graphic sexual content, Universal confirmed this week. According to The Wrap, there are two sequences the ratings board found particularly galling: an anal-sex scene and another that involves Cohen sneaking up on a man on a hunting trip without any clothes....  read more

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Slumdog Millionaire gets an (unnecessary?) R rating

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 4:40 PM on October 28, 2008

The big success of this year's festival circuit proved to be Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, which has since vaulted to a privileged place in the Fall’s packed release slate. The crowd-rousing movie got the usual comparisons to the Little Miss Sunshines and Junos of festivals past, but now the MPAA has put an unexpected strain on its ability to become the season’s crossover hit....  read more

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