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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 …
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.
365 Days Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that 365 Days is a 2020 erotic film in Polish, Italian, and English (with English subtitles). Its popularity has raised the question on social media regarding whether the movie's graphic sex scenes record actors actually having sex.
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, …
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Movie Review | Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is director Tim Burton's sequel to his hit 1988 film, with Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles as Beetlejuice, Lydia, and Delia, and with Wednesday's Jenna Ortega joining the cast as Lydia's daughter, Astrid. Many of the original beats and creepy characters are resurrected, in a slightly …
The Wild Robot Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that The Wild Robot is the beautifully animated, heartwarming adaptation of Peter Brown's award-winning middle grade book.Part adventure story, part adoptive/found family drama, it follows the epic journey of brave robot ROZZUM, aka Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong'o), who winds up on a forest island and must learn to communicate with the animal inhabitants …
Suggested citation: Robb, M.B., & Mann, S. (2023). Teens and pornography. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense. Credits Authors: Michael B. Robb, PhD, Common Sense
Terrifier Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Terrifier is a slasher movie about an evil killer clown. Blood and gore are extremely strong, and the violence against women is disturbing. One woman is hung naked upside down (her breasts are visible) and sawed in half from her crotch to her head.
New Report Reveals Truths About How Teens Engage with …
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 2023—Today, Common Sense Media released a new research report that confirms some startling truths about how teens engage with pornography. The report, "Teens and Pornography," found that 73% of teen respondents age 13 to 17 have watched pornography online—and more than half (54%) reported first seeing pornography by the time …