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Out of 'Hills,' a point of shame for the MPAA: 'THE HILLS HAVE EYES' (star)1/2.(Movie Review)

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| March 10, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Michael Phillips

Mar. 10--The reasons the Motion Picture Association of America can't be trusted keep piling up like festering, bullet-ridden corpses, which happen to be among the MPAA's favorite things. The ratings board gets all twisted up about sex and skin, yet it cannot give you or your kids enough ax blades to the cranium. This week's evidence: the remake of the old Wes Craven horror item, "The Hills Have Eyes," which should not be rated R. It should be rated NC-17, or ITTS-OW, which stands for Is This Thing Sadistic, Or What? The original "Eyes" came out in 1977, when every B-movie actor sported a porn-star mustache and every B-actress had ...

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