When Alien was released here in 1979 it was given an "X" rating under the old cinema classification system, but not because of its chest-bursting horror. It was due to censors thinking the alien eggs would be a bit too weird and sexy for the innocent kids of the day. Read More >>
We have a pretty vibrant community of indie filmmakers here in the UK. It's something we should be really proud of, but their success is hampered severely by bureaucratic hoops that cost an absolute boatload to jump through. Frankly, it's a miracle there are any indie movies at all. Read More >>
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"Why not a tiered charging schedule? Big studios can pay more and do a deal for smaller indie studios that register and jump through hoops to start wit..." More »
A new video game censorship system for the UK will be controlling all the age ratings on our favourite interactive driving and murder simulations from now on, replacing the awkward old combination of PEGI and BBFC age ratings. Read More >>
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"Incidentally I have been looking at my avatar and just can't see sherlock Holmes. Have you been at the seven percent solution?" More »
The informative and often inadvertently amusing iPhone BBFC app is now on Android, if you need specific knowledge of the strength of swearing a film contains. Shame it still doesn't give timecodes for when nudity occurs, though. [Market via Apps Rush] Read More >>
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