SPOTLIGHT | The talking toys are back, a new take on Robin Hood and what’s on for winter school holidays

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Spotlight this week is toy- and adventure-filled and also features legendary heroes strutting their stuff at cinemas.

To infinity and beyond. Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the gang return for a new chapter of laughter, friendship and plenty of nostalgia in Toy Story 5. The toys find themselves competing for attention in a world filled by technology, forcing them to confront what it means to be relevant to a new generation of children. Returning voice actors Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack are joined by Greta Lee as the dreaded newcomer Lily Pad. It is at cinemas, 3D, ScreenX and IMAX.

Forget everything you thought you knew about the legendary outlaw who returns as a darker version in an emotional retelling of the iconic tale in The Death of Robin Hood. An ageing Robin Hood is facing the consequences of a lifetime spent fighting, stealing and surviving in a quest to find redemption for his past. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Faith Delaney, it is on at cinemas.

Spotlight shines a light on upcoming movies for the winter school holidays that are not to be missed, from the romantic comedy Solo Mio (July 3) featuring Andrea Bocelli to the laugh-out-loud audience favourite Jackass: Best and Last (July 3) and the war action thriller Lucky Strike starring Scott Eastwood, Colin Hanks and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (July 17).

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