The AggreGAYtor: December 20

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The MPAA has slapped an “R” rating on a mild romantic..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...how some of what transpires passed muster with the MPAA evaluators...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...of sympathy for the squeamish moral arbiters at the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board). Like..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vicious Fishes, Voluptuous Vixens, and Gary Busey: 'Piranha 3DD' Devours the Alamo

Director John Gulager brings 'Piranha 3DD' to the Alamo

"...Gulager, who had clearly expected a tussle with the MPAA. "The cooch, the butt, the vagina, the biting of..."

May 24, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Outrage

The objective of this documentary by Kirby Dick is to out closeted gay and lesbian policymakers, whose hypocrisy harms the GLBT community.

"...Not Yet Rated, outed the stealth members of the MPAA film-ratings board. Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey and..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House

In this Christian horror film, a mad killer who claims to have slain God, torments two couples seeking shelter.

"...haunting was tagged with an "R" rating by the MPAA. Truly, the Lord works in mysterious ways...."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lust, Caution

The NC-17-rated passion in Ang Lee's movie is at distinct odds with the chilly film that surrounds its lovers.

"...Lee's newest had received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, I was instantly, intensely curious about the film and,..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Clerks II

Kevin Smith is on solid footing with this sequel, which finds the filmmaker and his raunchy protagonists at the precipice of maturity but moving ahead with cautious baby steps.

"...earned Smith his only uncontested R rating from the MPAA says more about the mysteriously shifting standards of that..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hustle and Snow

At Sundance, the proving ground just got a lot more slippery

"...investigators to spy on Hollywood's supersecret ratings board: the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America). He traces some..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Truth Lies

Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan goes for the mainstream with this new murder mystery, but sadly his aim is way, way off.

"...rating given to Where the Truth Lies by the MPAA. Even though the distributors decided to keep the movie..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...away with all of it. I didn't have an MPAA battle. We were smart about it. In the first..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Seed of Chucky

Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.

"...of the sort that makes you wonder why the MPAA can’t just relax and have a good time at..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dirty Shame

John Waters, America's king of trash, is back with this tale of sex addiction, fetishes, and mad, bad, lascivious squirrel sexin’.

"...the conservative right, even while adult DVD rentals outstrip MPAA-approved fodder three to one (and surely it can’t all..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Festival 2004

Go. Watch. Mingle. Enjoy. For complete schedule see www.sxsw.com.

"...in mind that very few of these films have MPAA ratings guidelines). And stay tuned to austinchronicle.com for additional..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The third film in Robert Rodriguez’s south-of-the-border action trilogy is a whole lot of movie.

"...it is, Mexico isn’t for family audiences. When the MPAA says "strong violence," they’re not shitting around...."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wrong Turn

"...gore is disturbingly realistic (but obviously toned-down for the MPAA), and the faux-teen cast is slaughtered in marginally creative..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Festival 2003

"...in mind that virtually none of these films have MPAA ratings guidelines). And stay tuned to austinchronicle.com for additional..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Destination 2

"...graphic, gory ultra-violence. It’s a wonder this passed the MPAA with an "R" rating, frankly, but perhaps Jack Valenti..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Half Past Dead

"...of assault, someone should dopeslap the nimrods at the MPAA who gave this McMovie a PG-13 rating. Apparently 90..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Y Tu Mamá También

Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.

"...now arrives in America unrated, a sign of the MPAA's befuddlement over a film so overtly sexual, but in..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Storytelling

"...used in Eyes Wide Shut -- to block out MPAA-censored sex acts.) Meanwhile, the other students in the seminar..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Soul Survivors

"...the shelf since then, a victim of both the MPAA's ratings guidelines as well as (presumably), interference from real-life..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

George Washington

Green's debut feature is a sublime tone poem about adolescence

"...its mark. The movie has gone out without an MPAA rating, although that decision has more to do with..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Piece of Eden

"...the extreme -- the kind of film that the MPAA's PG rating was made for -- it's also relentlessly..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

"...beer was pulled from broadcast over the flimsiest of MPAA reasons; and according to the film's PR people, Williamson..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bride of Chucky

"...so that I wondered how this crept past the MPAA with only an R rating. In addition to the..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wes Craven'sEndless Nightmare

"...hopefully more toward the end of -- fighting the MPAA on my new film, Scream, for Miramax. It's very..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Screens Feature

Sundance Review: Censor

Flashback horror to an era of cultural repression

"...TV. Regulation was inevitable, and the BBFC (like America's MPAA, an industry, rather than governmental, entity) had to do..."

Jan. 30, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into the Woods With Gretel & Hansel Director Osgood Perkins

How the retelling of the classic fairytale remained true to its roots

"...taking the red out of blood to appease the MPAA and get a PG-13, but the very nature of..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...here in another extra, the illuminating "Henry vs. the MPAA"). But it's also far less fantastical than Chain Saw...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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