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Chained to NC-17: Watch the Trailer for the Latest Movie to Earn the MPAA Kiss of Death

Chained to NC-17: Watch the Trailer for the Latest Movie to Earn the MPAA Kiss of Death

Filmmaker Jennifer Lynch knows a thing or two about battling the MPAA — her 1993 debut Boxing Helena earned the ratings board's dreaded NC-17 for its sexualized violence and general depravity — and so it seems just like old times that her latest effort, Chained, faces the same fate for "some explicit violence." But wait: Isn't violence supposed to fly with the ratings board while sex gets the adults-only rating? What gives? Actually, look no further than the film's NSFW trailer for your answer.
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REVIEW: Don't Go in the Woods — Unless You're Up for Something Cheap, Cheerful and Seemingly Unfinished

REVIEW: Don't Go in the Woods — Unless You're Up for Something Cheap, Cheerful and Seemingly Unfinished

If horror movies have taught us anything, it’s that you can lead teenagers to a big red sign that reads “DON’T GO IN THE WOODS,” but you can’t make them not go in the woods anyway. Actor Vincent D’Onofrio nods to this and other slasher clichés in Don’t Go in the Woods, his feature directing debut -- that is, when he’s not nodding to clichés native to the musical and the old “star is born” storyline.
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