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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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 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?

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Big changes are coming to films

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Movies that had their ratings changed before Mary Poppins

Some other iconic movies saw their movie ratings changed in the UK, while in the US some big movies were re-edited for lower ratings.

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Salon

“Mary Poppins” U.K. age rating raised

The change concerns the film's repeated usage of a derogatory term originally used by white Europeans

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Mary Poppins 1964 Rating Increased In UK Due To Language

The age rating for the 1964 film 'Mary Poppins' was raised in the U.K. due to discriminatory language, reflecting evolving media content standards.

Evening Standard

Mary Poppins age rating raised to PG due to discriminatory language 60 years after release

The British Board of Film Classification has changed Mary Poppins, which stars Julie Andrews, from a U to a PG

The Guardian - UK

Mary Poppins’ UK age rating raised to PG due to discriminatory language

British Board of Film Classification lifts it from U certificate almost 60 years after film was first released

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Cinemablend

Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Looks Like It's Headed To Theaters, But There’s A Twist

Although primarily intended for Netflix subscribers, it looks like Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon may also play in theaters, but with a twist.

Total Film

Rebel Moon's theatrical release confirmed as Zack Snyder's Netflix movie gets official rating

Rebel Moon releases on Netflix next month

The Week

Watership Down: disturbing children’s film finally loses its U rating

“For 45 years, it has menaced our children, bringing unbridled horror and trauma into countless young lives,” said Robbie Collin in The Daily Telegraph. “But at last, good sense has prevailed” – and “Watership Down” has been regraded from a U to a PG. In its latest annual report, the…

The Independent UK

Watership Down upgraded to PG rating after 45 years due to ‘violence, threat and bloody images’

The 1978 animated classic is among a number of titles to have had their age ratings raised

The Independent UK

Watership Down given new film rating over ‘mild violence’ and ‘threats’

The 1978 animated film is among a number of titles to have had their age ratings raised

The Guardian - UK

Watership Down now rated PG after 45 years of terrifying children

Film once described as ‘one-way ticket to post-traumatic stress disorder’ originally classified U

The Guardian - UK

No more newborns: Watership Down has been upgraded to a PG. It’ll still terrify children

The red in tooth and claw classic now requires parental guidance rather than being suitable for anyone. This may seem quaint in the digital age, but it raises important questions

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