Motion Picture Association of America Articles

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 [...]

Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine National Society of Film Critics Winners In addition to handing out awards to the likes of The Social Network, Carlos, Jesse Eisenberg, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, David Fincher, Roger Deakins, Aaron Sorkin, Olivia Williams, Geoffrey Rush, and Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme, the National Society of Film Critics issued two statements this year. The first statement lambastes the Classification & Ratings Administration [...]

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling have been mentioned as potential Oscar contenders for their performances as carefree lovers-turned-unhappily-married couple in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, which The Weinstein Company will be releasing in the United States on Dec. 31. But members of the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings (i.e., censorship) board, whose job is to perpetuate the ludicrousness of the Hays Office and the Breen [...]