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There are many movies in which I think are very inappropriate for children under the age of 12, but kids over that age have seen and heard about a lot more. For instance I have seen the movie bad moms and that was rated R, but I wouldn’t recommend it for a 11 year old. There have been multiple movies that are rated R, and I am not allowed to see them because of the sexual stuff and swearing. Like I wanted to see Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates, but I wasn’t allowed to. Also I wanted to see Why

From the The Godfather to The Last Airbender, classic and forgettable movies alike all had to go through the MPAA to receive the glory or infamy they are remembered for today. During Jack Valenti’s 38 year reign over the MPAA, he set the standards of how movies would be rated for years to come. The MPAA’s rating system has become outdated when compared to America’s constantly changing societal standards which has allowed filmmakers to push the boundaries with their films while still getting the ratings

Media Violence By the time a child reaches the age of one, they see about 200,000 acts of violence on television. (Nakaya, 3). The Media has been becoming more and more violent over the years. A poll in an issue of Times Magazine, from 2005, showed that 66 percent of Americans think that there is an abundant amount of graphic acts of violence on televisions (Nakaya, 18). People are exposed to thousands of acts of violence through video games, television, and movies. Many studies show that media

There was a movie which was called Fifty Shades of Grey was released on February 2015. It had a number of controversies when it was just on show. That was because this film was based on E. L. James’ same name novel which has erotic content in the text. Essentially it was a romantic drama film, but it was divided into R-rated movie because of some sex scenes. This movie was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson with a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. It stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan

Todd Haynes’s Safe is a difficult film to analyze for its themes are not simple to decipher. As I write this paper, no words can justify the concept of the film. Instead, it raises more questions--but I will do my best to answer them. All in all, the film is an eerie, horror movie about the nightmares of the “normal” life. It follows the story of a suburban housewife named Carol White (Julianne Moore) who develops an illness her doctor cannot diagnose and her husband (Xander Berkeley) cannot understand

police officer, sends out reports saying that she is a wanted murderer. Alex then confronts Katie and gets angry that Katie didn't trust him enough to even tell him her real name, Erin.  Kevin's boss then confronting him at work for publishing that picture to the world, and says that Erin was Kevin's wife. Erin/Katie was an abused wife of an alcoholic and sociopath police officer whom she left after he physically beat her a few too many times. Kevin then gets kicked off and has to turn everything in

Action Adventure movies are one of the most common genre of movies that we see in the theatres. This genre of movie makes the biggest headlines and is also paired with the biggest ticket sales. So with such huge success that the Action Adventure genre within movies has, something has to be working to garner such an audience. In this year there have been quit a few Action Adventure movie hits, such the widely anticipated movie “Dead pool.” Dead pool is a movie about a dark humored mercenary who is

The Motion Picture Code of the Great Depression During the times of the Great Depression, film was viewed as a valuable importance to people. Film during this time of distress contributed to the maintenance of the national morale of America. During this time Hollywood played a valuable part, getting over eighty million Americans to attend theaters, but soon it would become a lot harder as America continued living in the Great Depression. Everyone in America, even the most troubling of poverty

Jerold L. Simmons. The Dame in the kimono Hollywood, censorship, and the production code. Lexington (Ky.): University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Leff and Simmons’ book explores the history of film censorship, from the 1920’s Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), to the Hays Code, to the current MPAA rating system. The first half of the book gives a thorough background on the people who spearheaded the efforts to enact censorship in Hollywood, especially focusing on MPPDA President

Disney Gets It Right: Moana the Way-finder “If you reduced the Disney films [to a phrase] it would be ‘Once Upon a Time,’” said Glen Keane… once upon a time. Disney has a habit of portraying petite princesses who sit around with no real purpose except to wait for Prince Charming to come along and rescue them from their everlasting slumber. This is certainly not the case for Disney’s latest hit, Moana (2016). This “Disney Princess” is no princess; Moana does not seek to live happily ever after in