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When you were first watching Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight," was any part of you surprised that the movie was rated PG-13? This movie, with its intense violence (the pencil scene alone!), was approved by the MPAA for viewers aged 13 and above. And yet, when you think again, how much do you really see? You never see the Joker jam a pencil in someone's eye. You see some blood, sure, but most of the intense, disturbing stuff in that movie is all filled in by your imagination and by Heath Ledger's amazing performance.

The very same thing happens when playing "Portal 2," a game which is rated E-10 for Everyone by the Esrb. What other games have an E-10 rating? "Cake Mania Main Street," "Wildlife: Forest Survival" and "Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge."

Note: If you haven't finished the single-player campaign of "Portal 2," you should stop reading,...

The Cornish stately home where Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was shot now features a themed trail of installations, complete with tea party and Cheshire cat

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Pitching the idea of an overnight excursion to look at some Alice in Wonderland-themed installations to Gloria, aged four, is easier than expected. A trip to Cornwall with her mother is an exciting prospect and she wonders whether we will be taking our pyjamas. But when it comes to explaining what exactly we will be doing in the garden of Antony House, where scenes from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland film were shot and where the National Trust has just embarked on a season of Alice-themed entertainment, I am at sea.

I am unsure whether the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party" booked for Saturday morning will meet my daughter's expectations of a "show", and my attempt...

Golden Globe Award® winner and Emmy Award® nominee Matthew Modine (the film Short Cuts, "And the Band Played On") and Jennifer Morrison (Fox series "House"), both now making their Broadway debuts in The Miracle Worker, sit down with Wor Radio's Joan Hamburg live from Water's Edge Restaurant tomorrow, Friday, March 26 at 12:06p. Tune in to Wor Radio at 710 Am.

Robert Loggia, Angie Harmon, Colm Feore and John Heard have joined Christian Slater and Selma Blair in the indie thriller The Deal. The Myriad Pictures/Front Street Films project began production this week in Vancouver. Harvey Kahn (Water's Edge) is directing the Ruth Epstein script, which revolves around government secrecy, illegal oil trading and the Russian Mafia. Front Street Films' Harvey Kahn, Ruth Epstein and Chris Dorr are producing, with Slater, David Leuschen and Mark Shafir executive producing.

LONDON -- The London Screenings was stuck in neutral Monday, with one screening during the day and little signs of buyer-seller activity. Despite fine, sunny weather, few attendees were in sight, and the lobby of Berners Hotel -- this year's designated central point for the annual informal film market -- remained deserted. Around 30 screenings are scheduled for the next few days, according to Fusion Events, one of the surviving companies behind the London Screenings. Among the companies scheduled to screen fare are Curb Entertainment (Water's Edge), Lions Gate Entertainment (Rules of Attraction, House of 1000 Corpses and Cabin Fever), Park Entertainment (Nine Dead Gay Guys) and Axiom Films (Beneath Clubs). Although Berners Hotel will host an opening cocktail reception tonight, the deliberately informal gathering essentially has dropped its party hat this year, with no other large receptions planned. Serious business appears unlikely, too.