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...effect said, Don't trust them; trust me. Such was his clout with national lawmakers that they agreed to his scheme of a "voluntary" ratings system: G indicating films suitable for all ages, PG for those requiring parental guidance, R for films off limits to unaccompanied youngsters, and X for anything goes. The MPAA would rate the films; the theaters would theoretically enforce the ratings...
...Even Valenti's critics would acknowledge the ratings system worked well for a while. X, belying its suggestion of toxicity, simply meant films for adults only. Most, like Medium Cool, were serious, intense, mature social studies; and one, Midnight Cowboy, won the Oscar for the best picture of 1969. But two things changed. The MPAA had copyrighted its other classification, but not the X, which was soon appropriated by the early-'70s wave of porno features. Studios quickly became reluctant to release X-rated films, and an important avenue for frank artistic initiative was closed off. The director was still...
...film’s script elevates it above all others and convinced her to work on the project: “It was written by Douglas Coupland.” Yes, that Douglas Coupland—best-selling novelist/social theorist and coiner of the term ‘Generation X.’ “Everything’s Gone Green” is Coupland’s first screenplay, and he again attempts to capture the voice of a generation trying to find its way in the new millennium. NO BRAFF HERE Director Paul Fox says...
...places it in what astronomers call the habitable zone: the spot at which temperatures remain comfortable and water can remain liquid. All this has led to a fair amount of astronomical hyperventilating. "On the treasure map of the universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X," said Xavier Delfosse, an astronomer with Grenoble University in France and one of the planet's co-discoverers. Dmitri Sasselov of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, went further, enthusing to The New York Times, "It's 20 light-years [away]. We can go there." (Sasselov did not make...
...like this.”FINAL TICKSNot only did nine different players score goals for Harvard in the win, but only one of those goals carried an assist with it. The 11 unassisted scores is a season high.... Co-captain John Henry Flood continued his dominance at the faceoff X, winning 19-of-24 tries against Holy Cross. He also picked up a team-high eight groundballs.... Crusaders captain Paul LeBlanc frustrated sophomore goalie Joe Pike all afternoon, scoring four goals and assisting once in the losing effort. It was the second time this year Pike has given up that...