Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Teens and older.

What you should know: An assassination attempt on the president of the United States is seen from eight different vantage points, as the audience learns a little more with each view. Cast includes William Hurt as the president and Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox as Secret Service agents.

Language: One f-word, plus other milder curses.

Sexual situations and nudity: None.

Violence/scary situations: Lots of both, played over and over. Shots are fired at the president. Explosions leave onlookers dead or injured. People are kidnapped, shot and wounded or killed. Car chases are high-speed, extended and reckless. Many people, including a little girl, are in jeopardy.

Drug or alcohol use: None.

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Tweens and older.

What you should know: John Cusack is the father of two girls, ages 12 and 8, who learns his soldier wife has died fighting in Iraq. He must find a way to tell their daughters.

Language: One or two f-words and a half-dozen milder curses.

Sexual situations and nudity: A joke is made about married couples and phone sex.

Violence/scary situations: One of the girls briefly watches a TV report about a Baghdad bomb blast. Cusack is shown numb and dazed after he is informed his wife was killed. When the girls eventually learn about their mother, they sob in a heartbreaking way.

Drug or alcohol use: Nothing notable although there is underage cigarette smoking.