Motion Picture Association of America Articles

Now that Steve McQueen's Shame has received an NC-17 rating from the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), some are concerned that the film's two leads, Michael Fassbender (right) and Carey Mulligan, may be penalized by the generally conservative membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscar history, however, shows otherwise. An X rating — the pre-1990 equivalent to [...]

Michael Fassbender, Shame Steve McQueen's Shame, a look at a man suffering from what some refer to as "sex addiction," has been screwed with an NC-17 rating by the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). That means no one under 17 is allowed to watch Shame at a movie theater in the United States. Shame is thus joining an illustrious — and [...]

Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech The PG-13 version of Tom Hooper's The King's Speech opened this past weekend in North America, grossing only $1.13m at 1,011 theaters while averaging a meager $1,121 per theater according to weekend box-office actuals found at Box Office Mojo. The Weinstein Co. release stars Best Actor Oscar winner Colin Firth, who has voiced his strong disapproval of [...]

Colin Firth as King George VI in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech Colin Firth, last night's Best Actor Oscar winner for The King's Speech, has voiced his opposition to the potential release of an edited version of his film. "I don't take this stuff [coarse language] lightly," Firth said backstage at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, "but in the context of this film, it could [...]