So What Is Blu-ray ?

Blu-ray (not Blue-ray) also referred to as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is a name associated with a next-generation optical disc format jointly created by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a collection of the…

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So What Is Blu-ray ?

Who Creates Movie Ratings?

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has controlled the film industry, including movie ratings, since its advent in 1922. The ratings system itself was not organized until the late 1960’s however. Prior to that the movies had a standardized rulebook for thhings they could and could not do.

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The History of Movie Reviews and Rating

Movie review ratings began around the year 1966 in the United States when Jack Valenti was president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). This was a decade when there were changed American morals due to protesting, riots in the streets, women’s liberation and the change of social traditions.

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