Marvin's death in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction underwent significant changes due to MPAA censorship.

Film reviewing parents question the accuracy of the current movie ratings system from The Motion Picture Association, with some arguing many films are inaccurately labeled PG, PG-13.

In 1984, the MPAA introduced a new rating that was supposed to warn parents about violence. Our film critic explains how that backfired.

Currently, the MPAA officially describes NC-17 as an “adults alone” rating that signifies that no one under the age of 17 can see the film.

It is the MPAA ratings system that, for example, allows the F-word to be used twice in a PG-13 films -- as long as it doesn’t refer to sex -- and often gives the same material an R-rating if it ...