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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Poster: Lots of colorful Mario characters stand in front of the movie's title

Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

age 7+

Colorful adventure is a bit more violent than the games.

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Beef TV show: two characters argue face to face, but their bodies are represented by two extended middle fingers

TV

Beef

age 15+

Dramedy mixes cartoonish revenge and serious subjects.

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Game

Grand Theft Auto V (2022)

age 18+

Crime, violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol = not for kids.

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Grand Theft Auto V (2022)

age 18+

Crime, violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol = not for kids.

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Dungeons & Dragons Movie Poster: The characters stand in a circle, looking down/out of the frame

Movie

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

age 12+

Cast elevates funny game-based adventure; action violence.

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Suzume movie poster: Suzume, Souta, and Daijin stand together in a doorway that Suzume has opened revealing the ever after, a beautiful and serene field with a starry sky.

Movie

Suzume

age 10+

Attack of the Black Rectangles: The top half of a boy is shown with a black bar over his mouth. Above and around him are a series of words black out except for the title Attack of the Black Rectangles.

Book

Attack of the Black Rectangles

age 11+

A Latina abuela snuggles her two granddaughters at a table full of platanos.

Book

Plátanos Are Love

age 4+

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Book

Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All

age 7+

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