Science & Medicine
Movies aimed at teenagers now include more scenes of gun violence than films made for adults, new research shows.
Nov. 11, 2013
Violence isn’t the only problem with violent movies aimed at younger audiences — they also tend to glamorize risky activities you might not want to encourage among kids, according to a new study.
Dec. 9, 2013
Movies with PG-13 ratings contain the most ‘gun violence per hour’
Entertainment & Arts
Though the conversations of moviegoers are shushed in cinemas, the Internet abounds with the chatter of movie fans discussing, rating and dissecting their favorite films.
April 13, 2007
Movies
Frank Sinatra has given his personal OK to the re-release of the 1962 movie “The Manchurian Candidate,” in which a Korean War prisoner is brainwashed to assassinate a liberal politician.
Nov. 13, 1987
Movie violence often paired with ‘risky’ behaviors like drinking, sex
Awards
Rising movie gun violence gives rise to concerns over movie ratings
Nov. 13, 2013
A new study finds ‘significantly more violence’ in the latest PG-13 movies versus R-rated fare, with gun violence tripling since 1985.
Nov. 12, 2013
This week’s comprehensive study of how violent PG-13 films have become -- gunplay has tripled in such films in the last 30 years, and PG-13 movies are now more violent than R-rated releases -- did not single out specific films.
The last three years’ worth of Hollywood blockbusters represent an escalation of gun violence depicted in film, and have exposed more families and younger teens to mayhem devoid of consequence, a team of researchers has found.
Jan. 10, 2017