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Parents need to know that Nosferatu is director Robert Eggers' remake of a 1922 German Expressionist vampire movie, which itself was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Bill Skarsgård stars as the creepy vampire Count Orlok, and the film is a disquieting, menacing experience that horror hounds will likely love. Violence includes scary, unsettling …

Sep 20, 2024 · Parents need to know that The Substance is a body-horror movie about a fading star who tries a treatment that literally splits her body into two parts, one of which is young and conventionally beautiful (Margaret Qualley).It's exceedingly bloody, over the top, and disturbing, with graphic gore and nudity, but it's also an insightful commentary on how women view their …

Parents need to know that The Brutalist is a mature, epic, ambitious drama about the rise and fall of a Hungarian Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) that explores themes of art and trauma in a fascinating way.Violence includes disturbing scenes—including rape and the suggestion of rape, a woman's walker being kicked out from underneath her before she's dragged away, and more.

Parents need to know that A Complete Unknown is a biopic about iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) that's specifically focused on the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, an event that changed his career trajectory.Expect strong language, including "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "goddamn," "damn," and exclamations of "Jesus" and "Christ," plus a middle-finger gesture.

Parents need to know that Halo Infinite is a first-person shooter for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows PCs. Using guns, explosives, devices, blunt and sharp instruments, vehicles, and their fists, players kill numerous enemies -- including aliens and humans -- often resulting in a small amount of bloodshed and cries of pain.

ELDEN RING is an action role-playing game that drops players into the Lands Between, an expansive otherworldly realm filled with foggy fields and forest thickets, castle ruins and dark dungeons.

Suggested citation: Robb, M.B., & Mann, S. (2023). Teens and pornography. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense. Credits Authors: Michael B. Robb, PhD, Common Sense

Parents need to know that Deadpool & Wolverine—Marvel's follow-up to Deadpool and Deadpool 2—brings the two title characters together in starring roles for the first time, following motormouth Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) as he reluctantly (and violently) teams up with the quiet, intense Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to save their respective timelines.. Like the previous Deadpool …

Parents need to know that Heretic is a smart, taut horror movie about two young women (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who find themselves trapped in the home of a brilliant, evil man who's bent on testing their Mormon faith in terrible ways.Violent and upsetting scenes include throat-slicing, stabbing, someone getting hit by a board with nails in it, a finger being chopped off, …