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Bombshell (Cert 15)
Available from May 11 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/ TalkTalk TV Store and from May 18 on DVD £19.99
In 2016, Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) 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, remains suspiciously quiet. She confides in her team that she wants to support Gretchen but is reluctant to put her head above the parapet without the support of other colleagues. Bombshell is a provocative drama inspired by the reallife sexual harassment scandal which engulfed Fox News and precipitated the downfall of chief executive Ailes.
Little Women (Cert U) Available from May 11 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/ TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from May 25 on DVD £19.99
Marmee (Laura Dern) presides warmly over the March family home while her husband is enlisted in the American Civil War. Her four daughters pursue their dreams. The siblings’ paths diverge courtesy of romantic dalliances and grave sickness, while clucky Aunt March (Meryl Streep) advises the brood to marry well because “no-one makes their own way, not really, least of all a woman”. Little Women is distinguished by terrific performances. As guardian of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved text, writer-director Greta Gerwig remains faithful to the original words and abides by literary tropes.
Ray Donovan - Season Seven (Cert 15) Available now on NOW TV, available from May 11 on DVD £29.99
Professional “fixer” Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber ) and his associates are implicated in the murder of a police officer in the seventh outing of the gritty American crime drama. This series, Ray is haunted by the terrible price that spunky daughter Bridget pays for his actions and his jailbird father Mickey is declared dead after a devastating explosion. Meanwhile,
Smitty betrays someone close to him by wearing a wire to gather incriminating evidence and Ray grows closer to Molly Sullivan, putting her in danger when old alliances are shattered.
The Boys (Cert 18) Available now on Amazon Prime Video, available from May 11 on DVD £26.99
Superheroes willingly do the bidding of big corporations and are permitted to bend the law in pursuit of so-called justice in a violent and darkly satirical comedy series adapted from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic books. Powerful businesswoman Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue) owns The Seven.
This superpowered team comprises A-Train, Black Noir, The Deep, The Homelander, Queen Maeve and new recruit Starlight. When A-Train accidentally kills Robin, partner of
Hughie Campbell, the griefstricken boyfriend vows revenge. Hughie joins forces with a team of renegades known as The Boys to dismantle The Seven and everything they stand for.