Bob Mondello says a G rating used to mean “general audiences.” Now it means a movie for kids, and that means kids are less likely to be interested in them than they once were.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – With its supercharged muscle cars, “Fast & Furious 6” raced to first place at the box office for the second consecutive weekend.
By Tia GhoseLiveScienceFrom catastrophic climate change to hostile aliens, Hollywood routinely envisions apocalyptic endings to humanity’s stint on planet Earth.For instance, in the movie “After Earth,” which opened in theaters Friday, a series of earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and other natural disasters makes the planet inhospitable to humans, who resettle on a new world called Nova Prime …
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online While American children are seeing less tobacco use in the movies these days, they’re also more likely watching alcohol consumption in those same films, according to new research in JAMA Pediatrics . The study explicitly showed the success of passing restrictions on the film industry, the study authors said, referring to regulations placed on …
LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) — The eons-spanning fantasy flick “Cloud Atlas” is the top-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak announced Tuesday.
( Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center ) Researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found that current constraints on advertising for alcohol products in movies that adolescents watch are not effective. The study, “Trends in Tobacco and Alcohol Brand Placements in Popular US movies, 1996 through 2009,”was published online in the May 27, 2013, JAMA Pediatrics.
The Modesto Film Society doesn’t just show movies. It celebrates them. During its nine-month season, MFS shows 18 films divided between classics and more contemporary films destined to become classics.
Watch This Week’s Movies: May 24, 2013 video online.
As the world continues to work towards that dream of smell-o-vision, a Brazilian advertising agency and international pizza chain Domino’s think they’ve come up with a way to make you crave a slice of pie when sitting down to a … Continue reading →
No-Kill, High-Resolution 3-D Movies of Cells Now Possible [Video + Infographic]