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A Haunting in Venice Movie Poster: Five people stand in a circle against a black background, looking down

Movie

A Haunting in Venice

age 13+

Stark, spooky Hercule Poirot murder mystery has violence.

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Elemental Movie Poster: Ember and Wade look at each other, against a black background

Movie

Elemental

age 6+

Heartfelt, romantic fable about immigrant experience.

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Dear Child TV show poster: A little girl stands in the center of a shattered snow globe.

TV

Dear Child

age 16+

Disturbing, bloody abduction story has sexual violence.

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The image of the classic Dr.Seuss character the Cat in the Hat smiles at the fish, who is above a fishbowl and above a microphone.

Podcast

The Cat in the Hat Cast

age 5+

Based on Dr. Seuss classic, full of rhymes, songs & sounds.

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Dear Child TV show poster: A little girl stands in the center of a shattered snow globe.

TV

Dear Child

age 16+

Disturbing, bloody abduction story has sexual violence.

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The image of the classic Dr.Seuss character the Cat in the Hat smiles at the fish, who is above a fishbowl and above a microphone.

Podcast

The Cat in the Hat Cast

age 5+

Based on Dr. Seuss classic, full of rhymes, songs & sounds.

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Women of Marvel

age 9+

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Grown, a podcast from The Moth

age 12+

The Saint of Second Chances movie poster: Collage of scenes from the documentary, which include white baseballs, a white pig standing on a white base of a green baseball field, and Mike Veeck, the son of Bill Veeck, owner of the Chicago White Sox, faces the camera with his visually-impaired daughter Rebecca as she embraces him around the neck

Movie

The Saint of Second Chances

age 14+

On a black background, a yellow moth sits underneath "The Moth" and above "25 years of humanity one story at a time"

Podcast

The Moth

age 14+

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