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Suggested citation: Robb, M.B., & Mann, S. (2023). Teens and pornography. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense. Credits Authors: Michael B. Robb, PhD, Common Sense
Red One Movie Review - Common Sense Media
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, …
Nosferatu Movie Review - Common Sense Media
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 …
Gladiator II Movie Review - Common Sense Media
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 …
Terrifier 3 Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Terrifier 3 is an ultra, ultra gory slasher movie that's part of the series featuring "Art the Clown" and is set at Christmastime. It's beyond brutal: Characters are killed in horrifying ways, chopped up and destroyed with axes and chainsaws (at one point, a chainsaw is shoved into a naked person's bottom, absolutely shredding them; the same is then done via …
Best Movies for Family Movie Night - Common Sense Media
Nov 25, 2024 · Common Sense Media editors help you choose Best Movies for Family Movie Night. The perfect picks for your next family movie night.
Deadpool & Wolverine Movie Review - Common Sense Media
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 …
Longlegs Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Longlegs is a crafty, unsettling horror movie directed by Osgood "Oz" Perkins about an FBI agent (Maika Monroe) who finds new clues in a decades-old case involving a serial killer (Nicolas Cage).Violence is intense and includes guns and shootings (sometimes at close range, and sometimes fatal); characters being killed in shocking and gruesome ways; …
Cyberpunk 2077 Game Review - Common Sense Media
Mature, violent cyber-dystopian action game for adults only. Read Common Sense Media's Cyberpunk 2077 review, age rating, and parents guide.