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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 American gangster film based on the 1929 mass murder of seven members of Chicago's Northside Gang (led by George "Bugs" Moran) on orders from Al Capone. The picture was directed by Roger Corman , written by Howard Browne , and starring Jason Robards as Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran, George Segal as ...
The film rating system has had a number of high-profile critics. Film critic Roger Ebert called for replacing the NC-17 rating with separate ratings for pornographic and non-pornographic adult film. [87] Ebert argued that the system places too much emphasis on sex, while allowing the portrayal of massive amounts of gruesome violence.
Motion picture rating systems are issued to give moviegoers an idea of the suitability of a movie for children and/or adults in terms of issues such as sex, violence and profanity. In some jurisdictions, they may impose legal obligations of refusing the entrance of children or minors to certain movies; in others, while there is no legal ...
The Icelandic ratings system also provides an "18" rating in addition to the Kijkwijzer ratings. [65] Under Icelandic law, minors aged 14-years-old and over may be admitted to a film carrying a higher age rating if accompanied by an adult. [66] The ratings are as follows: [67]
Call Northside 777 was shot extensively in Chicago. Views of the Merchandise Mart as well as Holy Trinity Polish Mission can be seen throughout the film. Aside from Chicago, locations for Call Northside 777 included Santa Monica and also the Illinois Stateville Prison "Roundhouse" annex, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which was closed in 2016 but briefly reopened ...
Gangster Squad is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Will Beall, based on a non-fiction book by Paul Lieberman. The film stars Josh Brolin , Ryan Gosling , Nick Nolte , Emma Stone , Anthony Mackie , Giovanni Ribisi , Robert Patrick , Michael Peña and Sean Penn .
Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 4.75/10. [5] Mike McCahill, film critic of The Guardian gave the film 2/5 stars saying the film "treats one-time football hooligans as if they were Camelot knights, and features a twinkly David Essex".