LIKE A BOSS
(15)
★★★★★
MIA CARTER (Tiffany Haddish) and Mel Paige (Rose Byrne) have been best friends since junior high school, where they nurtured a mutual passion for make-up.
The gal pals run a home-made cosmetics store, Mia & Mel, aided by faithful employees Barrett (Billy Porter) and Sydney (Jennifer Coolidge).
Mel discloses the business is $493,000 in debt and persuades Mia to consider an investment proposal
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LOVE WEDDING REPEAT (12)
ALTERNATE versions of the same accidentriddled nuptials unfold in Dean Craig’s romantic comedy, based on the 2012 French caper Plan De Table.
Jack (Sam Claflin) is poised to walk his little sister Hayley (Eleanor Tomlinson) down the aisle.
Unfortunately, he is distracted by the appearance of the girl who got away, Dina (Olivia Munn), and his embittered ex-girlfriend Amanda (Freida Pinto) and her new beau Chaz
THE RHYTHM SECTION (15)
★★★★★
THREE years after the deaths of her parents and two siblings on Northeastern flight 147, drug addicted prostitute Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively) receives a visit from journalist Keith Proctor (Raza Jaffrey).
He discloses that the crash was caused by a bomb made by Mohammed Reza (Tawfeek Barhom) – an Islamic radical who walks the streets of London in full view of security services.
A quest for answers leads to Inverness, where Stephanie from Claire Luna (Salma Hayek), figurehead of the Oviedo brand.
After much debate, Mia and Mel agree to give Claire a 49% share in the business, which guarantees they retain control as long as their (Allan Mustafa).
One of Hayley’s old flames, Marc (Jack Farthing), threatens to derail the wedding so Jack is charged with sneaking a draft of sleeping sedative into the troublemaker’s champagne flute. establishes contact with Keith’s confidential source – a former MI6 operative codenamed B (Jude Law).
He helps Stephanie to kick her drug habit and learn basic combat skills to hunt down Reza.
The subsequent globe-trotting revenge professional partnership remains intact.
Once the contract ink is dry, Claire plots with assistant Josh (Karan Soni) to divide and conquer by turning Mel and Mia against one another.
Like A Boss is an ugly and contrived celebration of female empowerment, which squanders the comic talents of a gifted cast. ■ Available from April 13 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/ iTunes/Sky Store/ TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services.
■ Streaming and available to download from April 10 exclusively on Netflix.
mission ensnares sleazy businessman Leon Giler (Max Casella) in New York and intelligence broker Marc Serra (Sterling K Brown) in Madrid.
The Rhythm Section is a high-stakes thriller adapted for the screen by author Mark Burnell from his novel about an avenging angel, who criss-crosses the globe to put a righteous bullet between the eyes of her family’s killer.
■ Available from April 13 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/ iTunes/Sky Store/ TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services.