Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without G-rated movies, but we’re getting there. Since the rating system was instituted in 1968, beloved films like Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Babe, The Muppet ...

"The Wizard of Oz," "Mary Poppins" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" are among timeless classics that have been seen and enjoyed by families across many generations. What do these films have ...

You might blink twice when you see the new title of Zöe Kravitz’s directorial debut. The 35-year-old’s feature film, “P—y Island,” has been given a much more G-rated name — “Blink Twice.” It also has ...

It seems the MPAA is in its “Don’t Say Gay” era. The organization, which assigns films a rating as a guide to their content and appropriateness for children and teenagers, controversially slapped two ...

The MPAA film rating system, especially the NC-17 rating, can significantly impact the commercial success of a film's theatrical release, often favoring studio productions over international or ...

The earliest movies, some only mere seconds long, were made in the last decade of the 19th century after Thomas Edison invented the kinetoscope. As technology quickly advanced, the demand for more ...

According to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association), the film contains "sequences of violence and grisly images." Correspondingly, they’ve slapped it with an R-rating, meaning viewers under 17 require ...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is not for the faint of heart. According to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association), the film contains "sequences of violence and grisly images." Correspondingly, they’ve slapped ...