By Chris Kavan - 02/14/18 at 10:02 AM CT
Alas, my pleas to the ratings board last week hath feel on deaf ears. Once again I am left with little to naught to talk about as there is but a single wide release in this week's update and, gag me, it's the next entry in the God's Not Dead franchise. I make no qualms about my disdain for faith-based films, especially those that take a not-so-subtle approach to their "message". Yet it is the only film worth mentioning, so mention it I must - grudgingly.
So the next film in the series will be God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, which follows Pastor (and/or Reverand) Dave (David A.R. White) who faces his biggest challenge when his church, located on Hadleigh University, is burned down. Of course the faithless university board uses this violence to try to force the church off campus, because religion is terrible for business. But it gives Dave a chance to reunite with his estranged brother, facing the past that drove them apart - and finding a light amidst this darkness. There is a built-in audience for faith-based films, and seeing as the first film brought in over $60 million and the sequel nearly $21 million, this third entry will likely find enough success the Pure Flix will most likely also figure out a way to make a fourth one. Preachy films don't score high in my book and nothing has made me want to see their first two films and I'm not about to start now. Co- stars John Corbett, Jennifer Taylor, Tatum O'Neal, Ted McGinley and Shane Harper. Rated PG for thematic elements including some violence and suggestive material.
That's your one and only new film worth mentioning, but if you're inclined, check out the full MPAA Ratings Bulletin below:
ALEX & ME
Rated G
BILBY
Rated G
CAKE: A LOVE STORY
Rated PG for thematic material.
FINDING YOUR FEET
Rated PG-13 for suggestive material, brief drug use and brief strong language.
GOD'S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS
Rated PG for thematic elements including some violence and suggestive material.
LIFE IN A YEAR
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual material, language and drug content.
PATIENT ZERO
Rated R for bloody violence, language, and some sexual content.
RIDE
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving violence, abuse, racial epithets and brief drug material.
THE SON OF BIGFOOT
Rated PG for action/peril, thematic elements and some language.
STEPHANIE
Rated R for some horror violence.
TREK - THE MOVIE
Rated PG for thematic elements, some suggestive material, peril, an injury image, and language.
THE WIFE
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
WOMAN WALKS AHEAD
Rated R for brief violence and language.
