A love of films

One thing shared with all of my family is a love of good films. Even my wife's parents, now in their 80s, still like to get along to the cinema, sitting among the pop-corn eating hoards, eyes glued to the screen, feet glued to the carpet. Our eldest son, John, is seeking to establish a career in films and for most of the past year has been studying for an MSc in management and the film industry at CASS Business School.

In the meantime he still gets along to the cinema and has just started a new blog on the cinema industry that will include news, views and reviews with this note on 300, seen at the IMAX. The lad's got talent. But don't take my word for it. Take a look. I'm told this is a stylish but very gory film. So why is it rated 15? What does it take to push the "gruesometer" past 18?