Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Teens and up.

What you should know: Mark Wahlberg stars in this movie based on a video game. He's Max Payne, a cop still trying to solve the murders of his wife and child and caught up in a bizarre series of puzzling new deaths.

Language: One f-word, a couple of uses of "Jesus Christ" and a smattering of profanity and vulgarity.

Sexual situations and nudity: A woman is shown partially naked from behind and poses seductively on a bed.

Violence/scary situations: Lots, including flashbacks to Payne discovering his wife's corpse, much exchange of gunfire, fatal falls, murders, dismemberment, near-drowning and winged demon figures.

Drug or alcohol use: Adults drink in a bar or at a party and take drugs with unexpected side effects.

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: 12-year-olds and up (according to the director).

What you should know: The Sue Monk Kidd novel has been turned into a movie with Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah and others. It's set in 1964 when a motherless girl and her housekeeper take refuge with a family of kind beekeepers.

Language: In addition to a handful of curses, some with "God" attached, and some mild vulgarity, use of the N-word.

Sexual situations and nudity: A few kisses.

Violence/scary situations: You hear the sound of a gun going off, which delivers a fatal shot, and witness a father's cruel treatment of his daughter, encounters that turn nasty or violent, and see the lifeless body of a suicide victim and subsequent funeral.

Drug or alcohol use: Nothing out of the ordinary.