MaryAnn’s quick take: A real aspect of boxing — dangerously fast weight loss — sports films have ignored becomes body horror we have not seen before in The Cut. The genre’s motivational clichés get twisted, nastily and poignantly. Read the review…
new from Apr 28–May 01
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They Will Kill You (premium VOD)
I’m planning to watch…
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Holy Days
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Hoppers (premium VOD)
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“Wuthering Heights” (premium VOD/HBO Max)
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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Anniversary
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Arco (premium VOD)
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The Assessment
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Audrey’s Children
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The Bad Guys 2 (VOD/Peacock)
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The Baltimorons
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Blue Moon
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The Carpenter’s Son
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The Choral
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Code 3
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Dead of Winter
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Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+)
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Die My Love (VOD/Mubi)
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The Dreadful
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Dreams
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Familiar Touch
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Flow (VOD/Max)
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Frankenstein (Netflix)
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Freaky Tales (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Good Boy (VOD/DVD/Shudder)
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (premium VOD/DVD)
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The Gorge (Apple TV+)
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The Grab
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G20 (Prime)
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Hamnet
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Handling the Undead
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Hard Truths
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Harvest (VOD/Mubi)
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Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV+)
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H is for Hawk
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The History of Sound
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A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
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100 Nights of Hero
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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Is This Thing On?
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It Was Just an Accident (VOD/Hulu)
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I Wish You All the Best
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Kneecap
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The Last Showgirl
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Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (Hulu)
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Late Shift
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Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
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Little Amélie, or The Character of Rain
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The Long Walk
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Look into My Eyes
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Marty Supreme (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Materialists
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The Merchants of Joy (Prime)
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
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A Mistake
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Mr Burton
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My Neighbor Adolf
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No Other Choice
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Orwell: 2+2=5
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The Phoenician Scheme
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Pillion (premium VOD)
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The Plague
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Pompei: Below the Clouds (Mubi)
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Predator: Badlands
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The President’s Cake (premium VOD)
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Rebuilding
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Rental Family (VOD/Hulu)
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The Rip (Netflix)
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Roofman
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Sasquatch Sunset
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Scrap
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The Secret Agent
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Send Help (premium VOD)
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Sentimental Value
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September 5 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Sinners (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Sirāt
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Small Things Like These
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Sorry, Baby (VOD/HBO Max)
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Sound of Falling (premium VOD/Mubi)
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Sovereign
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (VOD/DVD/Hulu)
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The Surfer
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The Testament of Ann Lee
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Tornado
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28 Years Later
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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2073
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Twinless
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The Ugly Stepsister (VOD/Shudder)
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Urchin
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Warfare
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We Bury the Dead
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Young Mothers
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Zootopia 2 (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Accountant 2 (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Americana
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (premium VOD)
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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The Chronology of Water (premium VOD)
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Cleaner (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Clown in a Cornfield
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Cold Storage
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The Conjuring: Last Rites (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Dangerous Animals
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Deep Cover (Prime)
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Drop
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The Dutchman
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Fackham Hall
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Father Mother Sister Brother
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F1: The Movie (premium VOD/DVD/Apple TV)
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Gladiator II (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Greenland 2: Migration
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Heads of State (Prime)
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The Housemaid
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Last Days
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The Legend of Ochi (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Little Trouble Girls
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The Luckiest Man in America
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Mickey 17 (VOD/Max)
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Mothers’ Instinct
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Mr. Blake at Your Service!
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Myth of Man
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Nuremberg
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A Private Life
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The Roses
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Rust
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The Shrouds
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Sketch
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Starman
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The Substance (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Survive
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Things Will Be Different
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The Thing with Feathers
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Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Tinsel Town
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Undertone (premium VOD)
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Weapons (VOD/HBO Max)
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Borderlands
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The Bride! (premium VOD)
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Daniela Forever
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Ella McCay (VOD/DVD/Hulu)
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Fly Me to the Moon (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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Fountain of Youth (Apple TV+)
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Jurassic World: Rebirth (VOD/DVD/Peacock)
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The King of Kings
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Last Ride
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Melania (Prime)
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Mercy (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Murder at the Embassy
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The Penguin Lessons
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Primate
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Renner
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The Ritual
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The Running Man (VOD/DVD/Paramount+/MGM+)
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Section 31 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
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Superman (2025) (VOD/HBO Max)
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Troll 2 (Netflix)
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War of the Worlds (2025) (Prime)
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Whistle
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Wicked: For Good (VOD/DVD/Peacock)
decipher
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worth paying multiplex prices for
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worth a look, but wait for streaming or DVD, unless your favorite actor is in it
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give it a miss
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my reaction under consideration
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my reaction under gag order for now
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not yet seen by me