MPAA Ratings Chief Defends Movie Ratings. As "The King’s Speech" receives a new PG-13 rating, the head of the ratings board explains to THR their ratings rationale and the rules under which they ...

CinemaCon: MPAA Tweaks Movie Ratings System in Wake of Newtown School Shooting. UPDATED: National Association of Theatre Owners chief John Fithian also calls on Hollywood to make fewer R-rated films.

The movie ratings system is getting a makeover, it was revealed Tuesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Chris Dodd, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, unveiled an initiative that ...

An R-rating for violent movies, such as "Alex Cross" and "Jack Reacher" (both of which depicted innocent people killed by snipers, and both were rated PG-13), seemed only reasonable.

Today all the hubbub in Hollywood is about the Motion Picture Association of America overturning its decision to give The Weinstein Company’s Oscar bait movie Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating ...

Film ratings dominated Tuesday's speech by Dodd and John Fithian, ... The MPAA and NATO say 2012 was a banner year for U.S. ticket sales, which hit a record $10.8 billion, ...

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

The Motion Picture Association of America has relaunched its film ratings website, www.filmratings.com, with enhanced features. The official website of the Classification and Ratings ...

Movie ratings are administered by the Classification and Rating Administration, which is not a government agency and comprises MPAA-appointed board members. The current system began in 1968, with ...