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 Jul 06
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Little Amélie, or The Character of Rain
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The Love That Remains
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Obsession (premium VOD)
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A Pale View of Hills
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They Will Kill You (premium VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Kraken (premium VOD)
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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
I’m planning to watch…
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California Schemin’
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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The Alabama Solution (Now)
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Anniversary (VOD/Netflix)
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Arco (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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The Assessment (Prime)
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The Bad Guys 2
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Blue Moon
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The Blue Trail
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Bulk
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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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Cover-Up (Netflix)
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Dead of Winter
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Deaf
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Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+)
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Die My Love (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Dragonfly
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The Drama (premium VOD)
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Dreamers (BFI Player)
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Everybody to Kemure Street
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Finding Emily (premium VOD)
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Flow (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Frankenstein (Netflix)
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Freaky Tales
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Good Boy (VOD/DVD/Shudder)
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The Good Boy
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
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The Gorge (Apple TV+)
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G20 (Prime)
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Hamlet (d. Aneil Karia)
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Hamnet
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Hard Truths
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Harvest (Mubi)
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Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV+)
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H is for Hawk (premium VOD/DVD)
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The History of Sound
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A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
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How to Make a Killing (premium VOD/DVD)
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100 Nights of Hero
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (VOD/BFI Player)
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Is This Thing On?
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It Was Just an Accident (VOD/Mubi)
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I Wish You All the Best
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Kneecap (VOD/DVD/Prime/BFI Player)
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The Last Sacrifice
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The Last Showgirl (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (Disney+)
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Late Shift (VOD/BFI Player)
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Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
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The Long Walk (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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The Marching Band (En Fanfare) (VOD/Curzon Home Cinema)
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Marty Supreme
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Materialists
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Memoir of a Snail (VOD/BFI Player)
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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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Mother Mary (premium VOD)
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Mr Burton (BBC iPlayer/BFI Player/DVD)
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Never Look Away (Prime)
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No Other Choice (Mubi)
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Orwell: 2+2=5 (premium VOD)
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The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
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The Phoenician Scheme
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Pillion (VOD/HBO Max)
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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
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Project Hail Mary (VOD/Prime/MGM+)
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Rebuilding
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Rental Family (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Rip (Netflix)
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Roofman
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Sasquatch Sunset
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Saturday Night (premium VOD/DVD)
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Scrap
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The Secret Agent (premium VOD/Mubi)
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Send Help (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Sheep Detectives (Prime)
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Sinners (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Sirāt (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Small Things Like These
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
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Sorry, Baby (VOD/Mubi)
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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/Disney+)
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The Surfer (VOD/DVD/Sky Cinema)
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The Testament of Ann Lee (premium VOD)
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Tornado
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28 Years Later
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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2073
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Twinless
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
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The Ugly Stepsister (VOD/DVD/Shudder)
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Urchin (VOD/BFI Player)
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The Voice of Hind Rajab (VOD/BFI Player)
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Warfare (VOD/Prime)
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Wasteman
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We Bury the Dead (premium VOD/Disney+)
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Young Mothers
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Zootropolis 2 (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Accountant 2 (Prime)
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Americana (VOD/Prime)
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Ballistic
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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The Chronology of Water (premium VOD/BFI Player)
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Clown in a Cornfield
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Cold Storage (premium VOD/DVD)
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
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Dangerous Animals
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Deep Cover (Prime)
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The Devil Wears Prada 2
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Drop
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Elio (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Fackham Hall
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Father Mother Sister Brother (premium VOD/Mubi)
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Final Destination: Bloodlines (premium VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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F1: The Movie (premium VOD/DVD/Apple TV)
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Gladiator II
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Greenland 2: Migration (Prime)
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Heads of State (Prime)
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The Housemaid
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In Vitro
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KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
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The Legend of Ochi
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Little Trouble Girls (VOD/BFI Player)
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Mickey 17
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Mr. Blake at Your Service!
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Myth of Man
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Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards (Channel 5)
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The Roses
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Rust
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The Shrouds
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Signal One
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Silent Night, Deadly Night
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Sketch
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Skincare
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The Substance (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Things Will Be Different
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Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) (VOD/DVD/Dinsey+)
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Tinsel Town (Sky Cinema)
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Undertone (premium VOD)
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Weapons
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William Tell
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You Gotta Believe
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Apex (Netflix)
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Borderlands (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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The Bride! (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Ella McCay (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Exit 8
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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
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The King of Kings
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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (premium VOD)
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Melania (Prime)
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Mercy (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Paint
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The Penguin Lessons
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Place of Bones
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Primate
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Renner
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The Ritual
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The Running Man
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Star Trek: Section 31 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Superman (2025)
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Troll 2 (Netflix)
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War of the Worlds (2025) (Prime)
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Whistle (VOD/Shudder)
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Wicked: For Good
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
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