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BOMBSHELL (15)
★★★★★
IN 2016, Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman, pictured), co-anchor of the morning news show Fox And Friends, has a meeting with lawyers after enduring sexism in the workplace and being demoted to a graveyard slot in the station schedule.
She prepares to file a harassment suit against chief executive Roger Ailes (John Lithgow) and is confident other women in the company will support her version of events.
One of Fox News’s most prominent anchors, Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), remains suspiciously quiet. She confides in her team – executive producer Gil Norman (Rob Delaney), researcher Julia Clarke (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and assistant Lily Balin (Liv Hewson) – that she wants to support Gretchen but is reluctant to put her head above the parapet without her colleagues’ support.
Meanwhile, ambitious new arrival Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie) worms her way into Ailes’s inner sanctum to persuade him to put her on camera.
Bombshell is a provocative drama inspired by the real-life sexual harassment scandal which engulfed Fox News and precipitated the downfall of chief executive Ailes.
■ Available from May 11 on download and streaming services, and from May 18 on DVD/ Blu-ray.
ONWARD (U)
★★★★★ PAINFULLY shy, self-doubting teenage elf Ian Lightfoot (voiced by Tom Holland) and his older brother Barley (Chris Pratt) live in New Mushroomton with their mother Laurel (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). The boys’ father Wilden (Kyle Bornheimer) lost his battle with serious illness before Ian was born and when Barley was just a wee elfling. When Ian turns 16, Laurel retrieves a rope-bound bundle from the loft.
Inside, the siblings (pictured) discover a wizard’s staff, a glittering Phoenix Gem and instructions for an incantation to reanimate their father for one day.
The spell casting goes awry and Ian and Barley have 24 precious hours to locate another Phoenix Gem to conjure the man whose love brought them into the world.
Inspired by the childhood loss of director Dan Scanlon, Onward is an unabashedly heartfelt computer-animated valentine to brotherly love, set in a fantastical world, many years after ancient magic has been forgotten.
■ Available now on download and streaming services, and from June 1 on DVD/Blu-ray.
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (15)
★★★★★ MIAMI detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith, right) barely survives a drive-by shooting. When he has recovered from his injuries, Mike hungers for revenge.
Long-time partner Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), who has retired from the force to spend more time with his wife and daughter, warns Mike against playing judge, jury and executioner.
His wise counsel falls on deaf ears and Mike goes to war, flanked by a team of fresh-faced recruits named Ammo, led by old flame Rita (Paola Nunez).
Her three-strong squad of Dorn (Alexander Ludwig), Kelly (Vanessa Hudgens) and Rafe (Charles Melton) identify Isabel Aretas (Kate del Castillo) and her son Armando (Jacob Scipio) as the architect of Mike’s close brush with death.
Mike persuades Marcus to join him for a final hurrah in Mexico to the chagrin of their superior, Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano).
Hard-wired to entertain fans of the series, Bad Boys For Life barks to the same tune as its predecessors.
■ Available from May 11 on download and streaming services, and from May 25 on DVD/ Blu-ray.