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Four New Technologies Promise an Optimal, Much-Improved Moviegoing Experience

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.09.2013 | Technology
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Ellen Sterling

This is a celebration of movies, the people who make them and a celebration of the theater owners who show them. It is the one time each year when the movie exhibition industry gathers to thank the people who show their films and, while there, show off a range of innovations intended to entice more people to come to see them.

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Why Is the Second Movie in Iconic Film Trilogies So Often the Best?

Quora | Posted 02.26.2013 | Entertainment
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Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Mark Hughes, screenwriter and Forbes blogger Some notable examples:The Godfather Part IIThe T...

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The Soldier in All of Us

James Hirsch | Posted 10.22.2012 | Arts
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James Hirsch

The realities of war do not go away by themselves. The nightmares and the contradictions don't disappear. And yet, in the midst of this struggle, someone decides to give an award to a commercial that celebrates the very violence our veterans can't seem to shake.

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Parents, Don't Let the MPAA 'Bully' You

Jim Steyer | Posted 05.30.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Parenting, Mpaa, Bully, Kids, Movie Ratings, Common Sense Media, Mpaa Ratings, Bully Movie, Bully Rating, Entertainment News
Jim Steyer

There is no question that Bully is a difficult film to watch. The rub is that the MPAA's R-rating can act like a scarlet letter, basically preventing most parents from even considering this movie -- or any movie -- for younger teens.

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Is Smoking In Movies As Bad As Sex And Violence?

Posted 11.20.2011 | Parents
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Film ratings help us shield our kids from inappropriate scenes containing sex, drugs and violence. But what about smoking? New research, out of the U...

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F-Bombs Are Dropping By The Cluster In PG-13 Movies

AP | GLENN WHIPP | Posted 10.18.2011 | Home
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LOS ANGELES — Those extra expletives you're hearing at the multiplex these days aren't just echoes. PG-13 movies, officially allowed one nonsexu...

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The MPAA Gets an X-Rating

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Robert J. Elisberg

Why do you think the MPAA gave the good-hearted romantic comedy It's Complicated an R-rating?

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Sandra Bullock's 'Proposal' Woos Date Crowds With $34.1M

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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LOS ANGELES — Sandra Bullock popped the question, and fans said yes. Bullock and Ryan Reynolds' wedding comedy "The Proposal" led the weekend b...

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