Shopping: Showgirls
Updated: 1995 France/USA drama by Paul Verhoeven just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray, it has just been confirmed that the BBFC has waived its previous cuts
Cuts and Bans
Shopping: Eliminators
1986 USA / Spain action Sci-Fi fantasy by Peter Manoogian set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018 with previous BBFC cuts waived
MPAA News
Updated: The 15:17 to Paris
Warner Brothers win appeal to the MPAA for a PG-13 rating for their latest Clint Eastwood film
Offsite Article: Cennsorship may sometimes be good
China's banning of VPNs may make it harder to work around internet censorship but it is also causing China's business community significant hardship
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The Digital Economy Bill is passing through Parliament and will lead to the
mass blocking of internet porn to all UK residents. This includes the free
tube sites and is not restricted to UK based websites. The BBFC has been
penciled in for the new role of internet porn censor.
The law is currently
scheduled to take affect in May 2018.
Offsite Article
Offsite Article:
Age Verification Dangers
Pandora Blake offers a full analysis of the dangers and
difficulties that come with the introduction of age
verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017
Shopping:
Showgirls
1995 France/USA drama by Paul Verhoeven just released on UK
DVD and Blu-ray hopefully now uncut, but BBFC details yet to
be published
Deep divide
Debate about drowning rats in James Cameron's The Abyss
enters its 28th year
Shopping:
Toolbox Murders
1978 US video nasty by Dennis Donnelly just released on UK
DVD and Blu-ray
Shopping:
Sorcerer
1977 USA action adventure drama by William Friedkin just
released on UK Blu-ray in the longer US version
Shopping:
Slaughterhouse Rock
1988 USA horror by Dimitri Logothetis set for UK DVD and
Blu-ray release on 22nd January 2018 with previous BBFC cuts
just waived
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Porn Censorship in Britain 2016: The Digital Economy Bill. By the Britisher.
Via YouTube
Porn performers talk about the UK porn laws . By Pandora Blake
Via YouTube
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Tony Bear explains UK video censorship to Lady Bear
In December 2014 the UK introduced new regulations to censor
online videos. Tony Bear explains the new rules to Lady Bear. She
doesn't like it. If you don't like it either, find out more at
Backlash.
Offsite Article: Age Verification Dangers
Pandora Blake offers a full analysis of the dangers and difficulties that come with the introduction of age verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017
Shopping: Eliminators
1986 USA / Spain action Sci-Fi fantasy by Peter Manoogian set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018 with previous BBFC cuts waived
Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 76
Breaking Bad. The BBFC discuss the classification of TV programmes extensively featuring drug use
Religion
6th Dec
Game of Ayodhya
Another Indian film becomes the focus for religious violence
MPAA News
20th Dec
Updated: The 15:17 to Paris
Warner Brothers win appeal to the MPAA for a PG-13 rating for their latest Clint Eastwood film
Asia Pacific
Offsite Article
Offsite Article: Cennsorship may sometimes be good
China's banning of VPNs may make it harder to work around internet censorship but it is also causing China's business community significant hardship
US News
17th Dec
About fucking time!
Virginia lawmaker proposes an end to the state's disgraceful criminalisation of swearing in public
UK Internet
Offsite Article
Offsite Article: Age Verification Dangers
Pandora Blake offers a full analysis of the dangers and difficulties that come with the introduction of age verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017
Politically confused
London Theatre bans production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too because it is about #MeToo issues and then reinstates it because it is about #MeToo issues
ASA Watch
Stereotypical PC bullies
Advert censor continues with its campaign to impose its own personal PC morality on advertisers
UK TV News
15th Dec
Touched a sensitive spot
The BBFC receive a few whinges about apprentices measuring the inside leg of a male model
ASA Watch
13th Dec
Loose comment
A whole load of time and effort taken to censor a trivial tweet
World Nutters
12th Dec
Broken hearted
Australian anti-porn campaigners in a failed relationship with the local bus company
Offsite Article: Modern rules vs old traditions
Dutch schools grapple with Black Pete. For some students, celebrations speak to a lack of sensitivity on issues of race and diversity.
World News
16th Dec
Unerotic results
German sex shop chain Beate Uhse files for bankruptcy
US News
15th Dec
Offsite Article
Offsite Article: Legal zone
Petition is lodged with the US Supreme Court challenging New York's zoning laws used to censor sex shops
Shopping: Showgirls
Updated: 1995 France/USA drama by Paul Verhoeven just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray, it has just been confirmed that the BBFC has waived its previous cuts
Future Releases
Shopping: Eliminators
1986 USA / Spain action Sci-Fi fantasy by Peter Manoogian set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018 with previous BBFC cuts waived
Shopping: True Love Ways
2015 Germany horror thriller by Mathieu Seiler just released on US DVD
Recent Releases
16th Dec
Shopping: The Cremator
1969 Czechoslovakia crime comedy horror by Juraj Herz just released on UK Blu-ray
Recent Releases
Shopping: House
1985 USA comedy horror fantasy by Steve Miner just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray
Recent Releases
15th Dec
Shopping: House 4
1992 USA horror fantasy thriller by Lewis Abernathy, cut by the BBFC, just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray
Recent Releases
14th Dec
Shopping: 78/52
2017 USA documentary by Alexandre O Philippe just released on UK DVD
New Listings
20th Dec
Shopping: Eliminators
1986 USA / Spain action Sci-Fi fantasy by Peter Manoogian set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018 with previous BBFC cuts waived
New Listings
Shopping: The Executioner's Song
1982 USA TV crime biography by Lawrence Schiller set for US Blu-ray release on 2nd January 2018 with 2 versions
New Listings
17th Dec
Shopping: Re-Animator
1985 US horror film by Stuart Gordon set for US Blu-ray release on 30th January 2018
New Listings
16th Dec
Shopping: Tom Jones The Criterion Collection
1963 UK comedy adventure by Tony Richardson set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 27th February 2018
New Listings
Shopping: Jigsaw
2017 USA / Canada horror thriller by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018
New Listings
Shopping: Camp Massacre
2010 Poland / UK horror by Shaun Troke set for UK DVD release on 22nd January 2018
New Listings
15th Dec
Shopping: Dark Portal
2017 Spain Sci-Fi horror thriller by Sadrac González-Perellón (as Sadrac González) set for UK DVD release on 15th January 2018
New Listings
14th Dec
Shopping: It
2017 USA horror drama by Andrés Muschietti set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 15th January 2018
New Listings
Shopping: The Enchanting Ghost
1970 Hong Kong / Taiwan horror fantasy by Hsu Chiang Chou set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 26th February 2018
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