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The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool

Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO Max

The Guardian - UK

‘You have to be ready to see it’: Abel Ferrara and Catherine Breillat on why Pasolini’s Salò is a gift that keeps giving

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious film is now 50 years old, and its cavalcade of shocking cruelty and violence still leaves a stark impact on its viewers. Film-makers explain why Pasolini ‘was a saint to us’

The Guardian - UK

Majority of UK parents find BBFC age ratings on Netflix helpful, poll finds

The partnership was first launched in 2020.

Evening Standard

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This American comedy has been crowned as the UK’s favourite Christmas film

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The Independent UK

UK’s favourite Christmas film confirmed – and it’s not Love Actually

An American comedy classic is officially the Christmas film most loved by British public

The Independent UK

What is the UK’s favourite Christmas film?

Home Alone topped the BBFC poll, while British romantic comedy Love Actually was in second place.

Evening Standard

The impact TV and films are having on the mental health of young people

New calls for age ratings and additional guidance have been made in light of the survey

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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?

Euronews

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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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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’

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.

The Guardian - UK

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’

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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…

5 great Christmas movies with unthinkably low scores

Christmas classics with unfestively low ratings

The Guardian - UK

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

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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