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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 …

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 Red One is a Christmas-themed action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans as unlikely allies who must work together to save a kidnapped Santa. Setting itself a bit apart from standard mainstream holiday fare in an attempt to appeal to older tweens and teens, the movie leans into the action, with lots of chase and fight sequences, …

Loving kisses between married couples. Scenes featuring lecherous emperors and corrupt senators often include very scantily dressed people lounging about (in some cases it's hard to tell whether breasts are bare or covered with pasties), with implication that they're concubines.One character says that another's "disease that affects his loins has spread to his brain," making …

Parents need to know that Anora is a drama about a sex worker (Mikey Madison) who impulsively marries the wealthy son (Mark Eydelshteyn) of a Russian oligarch.Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, it's fascinating, moving, and drolly funny—but very mature. There are several fairly graphic sex scenes with thrusting, moaning, and climaxing.

Parents need to know that XXX stars Vin Diesel as Xander, a renegade thrill seeker pressed into covert service as a spy for the U.S. government. Explosive violence includes car chases, motorcycle chases, snowboard chases, machine gun and gun use, and missile launching. Characters use drugs, drink ...

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, …

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 Gregory Maguire's Wicked is a reimagining of the Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of the Wicked Witch and covers her formative years at Shiz University. First published in 1995 as Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the book was later adapted into the hit Broadway musical Wicked, which also inspired the 2024 movie of the …