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A repository of thoughtful, sometimes amusing, always enlightening movie reviews and analysis, both of new releases and older films. Also includes special articles and year in review features, and more!
- AboutFilm.Com - Ratings Scale
Our ratings for family movies include a normal grade,...
- AboutFilm.Com - Ratings Scale
AboutFilm.Com is a film site dedicated to reviews, interviews, and community that was active from 1999 to 2006. It's been 8 years since AboutFilm.Com went on hiatus, and the reality is that, while I may someday return to AboutFilm, it's probably not going to happen anytime soon.
Our ratings for family movies include a normal grade, according to AboutFilm.Com's standard rating system (above), and a rating "for kids," which takes into account the movie's values and suitability for youngsters.
Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography".
3 days ago · Film, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous motion. Learn more about motion pictures in this article.
The power of film. 12 visionary creators and curators -- from Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood -- talk about how to make movie magic. 13 talks.
5 days ago · history of film, history of cinema, a popular form of mass media, from the 19th century to the present. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
