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Parents need to know that Flow is a dialogue-free animated movie about a cat that's trying to survive an epic flood.The cat and other animals drift from one problem to the next, and while the movie is animated and has a certain gentleness that may help quiet the scary parts, the dangerous situations the creatures face could worry some kids.

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 Babygirl is an explicit erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman.It has long, graphic sex scenes and full female nudity, as well as problematic messages like "no means 'OK, sure.'" Writer-director Halina Reijn may have started from a feminist jumping-off point—i.e., women in their 50s are sexual beings, younger men are attracted to older women, and …

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.

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.

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 …

Parents need to know that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is an anime series based on a popular Japanese manga series. It's about descendants of a once well-established family who are forced to deal with an archenemy for over 100 years.

Parents need to know that Landman is a drama series about the falls and fortunes of oil rigging in Texas. It's based on the podcast Boomtown by co-writer Christian Wallace, who worked with Yellowstone universe creator Taylor Sheridan. Expect gun violence, blood, graphic injuries, and fist fighting. Characters make crude sexual jokes, flirt, kiss, and talk about sex explicitly.

Parents need to know that Homestead is a faith-based, doomsday survival movie about families and soldiers who are allowed to stay on a massive gated ranch after a nuclear device is detonated, while others (deemed unworthy) starve outside. It ultimately has messages about the importance of compassion and cooperation, but it's not for young kids. Things get violent, with …