Sex, drugs and crime surround many of this week’s new releases. However, there is a ray of hope in the religious based sequel that hopes to restore people’s faith in God.
A high school history teacher is persecuted for mentioning religion in her classroom in God's Not Dead 2. An innocent answer to a student’s question causes her to go to court with the school’s principal, superintendent and the civil liberties union against her. The PG drama stars Melissa Joan Hart and Jesse Metcalfe. It runs for two hours and one minute.
See the passion behind jazz musician Miles Davis in Miles Ahead. The one hour and forty minute biopic is set in the late '70s as the troubled artist reminisces about his past and collaborates with a Rolling Stone writer to get his music back from his record label. Don Cheadle wrote, directed and stars in the musical drama, alongside Ewan McGregor. It’s rated R for language, drugs, sex, nudity and violence.
A family, looking to escape their crime-ridden neighborhood in Chicago, moves to Beverly Hills in Meet the Blacks. In an unfortunate coincidence, they arrive at their new home during their town’s annual purge, a time when nothing is illegal. The one hour and thirty minute comedy spoof stars Mike Epps, Mike Tyson and George Lopez. The limited released film is rated R for language, sex, violence and drugs.
College freshmen experience life without parental supervision in Everybody Wants Some. The teens navigate social circles while trying out for the baseball team. The one hour and fifty-six minute coming of age comedy was directed by Golden Globe winner Richard Linklater. The limited released film is rated R for language, sex, drugs and nudity.
There’s more time for laughs next week with the release of Melissa McCarthy’s latest comedy, The Boss. On April 8, the action film Hardcore Henry is also making its debut in theaters.
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