Common Sense Media: Age-Based Media Reviews for Families
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Poppy Playtime Game Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Poppy Playtime is a downloadable episodic horror adventure game available for Windows based PCs. Players explore a seemingly abandoned toy factory, solving puzzles along the way, as they uncover the fate of the factory's staff and also attempt to survive the experience.
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 …
Suggested citation: Robb, M.B., & Mann, S. (2023). Teens and pornography. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense. Credits Authors: Michael B. Robb, PhD, Common Sense
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.
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, …
Barbie Movie Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that writer-director Greta Gerwig's all-star take on Barbie has a sophisticated message about feminism and the patriarchy (and, consequently, a screenplay that will likely go over younger kids' heads). The movie follows "Stereotypical Barbie" (Margot Robbie) and her handsome but insecure (boy)friend, Ken (Ryan Gosling), as they venture into the …
Elden Ring Game Review - Common Sense Media
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.
Halo Infinite Game Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Halo Infinite is a first-person shooter for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows PCs. Using guns, explosives, devices, blunt and sharp instruments, vehicles, and their fists, players kill numerous enemies -- including aliens and humans -- often resulting in a small amount of bloodshed and cries of pain.
Demon Slayer TV Review - Common Sense Media
Parents need to know that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba is an anime series that features lots of fantasy violence, blood, and scary looking demonic creatures.The dead and possessed include young children, and characters are seen eating human flesh. But it also contains positive themes about the love of…