Parents need to know that Words of War is a biographical drama about the life of late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (Maxine Peake). She speaks out against powerful Russian people and there is ...

Multiple mentions of the potential for police violence against Black people. References to historical events including the killings of Lil' Bobby Hutton, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy. A ...

NEW YORK, May 6, 2025 — In response to Governor Kathy Hochul's announcement that New York will become the largest state to require statewide, bell-to-bell restrictions on smartphones in schools, ...

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Parents need to know that I'm Beginning to See the Light contains graphic scenes involving suicide and death. Adults drink and discuss past addictions to drugs. Swearing includes "f--k," "s--t," "hell ...

Parents need to know that The Eternaut is a sci-fi series set during an alien invasion and adapted from the Argentinian graphic novel El Eternauta by writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and artist ...

Parents need to know that The Biggest Fan is a Mexico-set comedy starring Kate del Castillo that contains language, drunkenness, and comedic violence. In the film, people drink until they're drunk and ...

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The book includes illustrations of enslaved people chained together. Parents need to know that So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story is a poetic picture book that shares the significance of Juneteenth ...

Parents need to know that The Surfer is a surrealist thriller about the cult of dominance in masculinity. Nicolas Cage stars as an unnamed surfer who's threatened by a menacing group at an Australian ...

Parents need to know that Another Simple Favor is the darkly comic mystery sequel to A Simple Favor, reuniting stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively and director Paul Feig. Now a successful true crime ...