On spoilers.

[seanan_mcguire]

So Chuck Wendig posted his thoughts on spoilers recently. I agree with many of them. There are entire media empires I have chosen to have no truck with because they were spoiled for me so thoroughly before I could start embracing them, as often through the intent of the people doing the spoiling as by accident. There is a whole subculture on

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[full_metal_ox]

Another useful film review site is Kids In Mind; clicking on the "Complete Content Analysis" bar for a given film will yield extraordinarily detailed synopses that seem to be attentive to a vast range of possible squicks and triggers.

And this film review site addresses the specific topic of animal death, while doing their best to avoid spoiling other plot details: http://doesthedogdie.com/

(One rating category they could add--although it'd be a rare one--is "Fate of a pet is uncertain"; I'm thinking specifically of The Raven [1963], in which [ROT-13 for spoiler]: va gur pbhefr bs gur pyvznpgvp zntvpny qhry, gur ivyynva navzngrf fbzr fgbar tnetblyrf; gur ureb'f qrsrafr vf gb genafsbez gurz vagb phqqyl chccvrf. Nf vf fgnaqneq bcrengvat cebprqher sbe guvf xvaq bs zbivr, gur ivyynva'f pnfgyr fhpphzof gb synzvat Ynve Pbyyncfr hcba uvf qrsrng, naq jr arire svaq bhg jung orpnzr bs gur chccvrf; gurl qba'g nccrne va gur rcvybthr onpx ng gur ureb'f ubhfr. Gur gvghyne enira--npghnyyl n zntvpnyyl genafsbezrq uhzna--qbrf fheivir gur cebprrqvatf.)