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Why classic musical was the most complained about film last year

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The Independent UK

Star Wars movie reclassified due to this classic scene

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The Independent UK

Why is 'Mary Poppins' Britain’s most complained about film of 2024?

Supercalifragilisticexpialido-WHAT?? How did the 1964 classic 'Mary Poppins' become the most complained about film of 2024 in the UK?

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Star Wars film reclassified over lightsaber fight scene

The BBFC cited the 1999 film’s starship dogfights, use of laser weapons, and a battle sequence for the change

The Independent UK

Lightsaber fight sees Star Wars film reclassified due to ‘moderate violence’

The reclassification was revealed in the BBFC’s 2024 annual report.

Evening Standard

Mary Poppins named as the most complained about film of 2024 after rating change

The classic musical’s rating was changed due to an offensive term used in the Disney film

The Independent UK

Was Thatcher right to ban ‘video nasties’? I binged Zombie Flesh Eaters and Slaughtered Vomit Dolls to find out

The ‘obscene’ movies once banned in the UK are now mostly freely available. Are these tales of cannibals and the undead antiquated schlock or genuinely repellent?

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BBFC seeks to extend its monitoring role to include online pornography

The British Board of Film Classification has classified offline pornography for 40 years, but wants to expand its remit

The Guardian - UK

Classic sci-fi movie removed from Disney+ after including previously banned scene

The RSPCA claim that the controversial scene was included thanks to a ‘loophole’

The Independent UK

Disney+ streams banned sci-fi epic, almost 40 years after scene first "caused terror"

An unedited James Cameron sci-fi hit found its way onto Disney+ before it was realised to have been banned.

Rachel Zegler says West Side Story executives repeatedly asked her to prove Latina heritage

The Snow White actor, whose mother is Colombian-American, said ‘when I was in the running for María, they kept calling to ask if I was legit’

The Guardian - UK

No, The Grand Tour Isn't Returning

The Grand Tour has driven into the sunset. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May's final episode, One For The Road, aired last September on Amazon Prime. Prior to that, the trio dissolved their production company, W. Chump and Sons. We've seen some occasional YouTube content of the presenters living…

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5 great Christmas movies with unthinkably low scores

Christmas classics with unfestively low ratings

Wicked would be fun and forgettable but for the alt-right waging dark arts against it

Digital crusade by anti-woke warriors against a vapid film for teen girls should be sending a wake-up call to Hollywood

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International Business Times

Wicked's Green Skin Trigger Warning Mocked By Experts: 'The Authors Of This Silly Classification Are Living On Planet Bonkers'

At the long-anticipated film "Wicked" makes its debut in theaters, some experts are mocking the movie's green skin trigger warning.

Latin Times

Wicked's Green Skin Trigger Warning Mocked By Experts: 'The Authors of This Silly Classification are Living on Planet Bonkers'

At the long-anticipated film "Wicked" makes its debut in theaters, some experts are mocking the movie's green skin trigger warning.

The Guardian - UK

Wicked’s green skin trigger warning may feel silly – but not as silly as those crying woke

As BBFC’s Wicked warning leaves usual suspects green with anger, is a polite notice on a website really worth frothing about?

Evening Standard

Star Wars film reclassified to PG due to violence and frozen Han Solo scene

Other films to be reclassified by the British Board of Film Classification included Abba – The Movie, Black Narcissus, and Higher Learning.

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The Independent UK

BBFC explains decision to lower A Nightmare on Elm Street’s age rating after 40 years

Classic 1984 horror had previously been given an ‘18’ rating

The Guardian - UK

A Nightmare on Elm Street rating change defended by BBFC

Certificate lowered from 18 to 15 after 1980s classic is deemed ‘relatively discreet in terms of gore and injury detail’

The Guardian - UK

Mary Poppins review – Disney’s entertainment sugar rush possesses thermonuclear brilliance

Manic, magic, madcap … Julie Andrews is superb in the role of the flying nanny, in a film filled with amazing songs

The Guardian - UK

Free speech warriors take note, if film censors can move with the times, you can too

As a fascinating film rating survey shows, what is deemed taboo simply shifts with different mores

Evening Standard

Film ratings and what they mean as age ratings tightened around sex and nudity

Big changes are coming to films

The Guardian - UK

UK film board tightens guidance on sex scenes in 12/12A-rated releases

BBFC survey finds sexual violence remains main area of concern, as it relaxes rules on swearing in trailers

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Wes Craven, who made horror ‘a positive force in a world filled with fear’

As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream

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