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 13–17
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Hamnet
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Is This Thing On? (premium VOD/DVD)
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The Love That Remains (premium VOD)
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Rental Family (premium VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Secret Agent (premium VOD/Mubi)
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The Testament of Ann Lee (premium VOD)
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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The Voice of Hind Rajab (VOD/BFI Player)
I’m planning to watch…
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Balls Up (Prime)
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Endless Cookie (Mubi)
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Night Patrol (VOD/Shudder)
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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Anniversary (VOD/Netflix)
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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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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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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/Mubi)
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Dragonfly
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Dreamers (BFI Player)
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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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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (premium VOD)
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The Gorge (Apple TV+)
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G20 (Prime)
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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)
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The History of Sound (premium VOD)
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A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (premium VOD/BFI Player)
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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
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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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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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The Phoenician Scheme
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Pillion (VOD/HBO Max)
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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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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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Send Help (premium VOD)
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Sinners (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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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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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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Tornado
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28 Years Later
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2073
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Twinless
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The Ugly Stepsister (VOD/DVD/Shudder)
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Urchin (VOD/BFI Player)
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Warfare (VOD/Prime)
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We Bury the Dead
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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 (premium VOD)
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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Clown in a Cornfield
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Cold Storage (premium VOD)
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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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Drop
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Fackham Hall
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Final Destination: Bloodlines (premium VOD/DVD)
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F1: The Movie (premium VOD/DVD/Apple TV)
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Gladiator II
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Heads of State (Prime)
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The Housemaid
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In Vitro
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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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The Roses
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Rust
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The Shrouds
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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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Weapons
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William Tell
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You Gotta Believe
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Borderlands (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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Ella McCay (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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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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Melania (Prime)
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Mercy (VOD/Prime)
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Paint
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The Penguin Lessons
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Place of Bones
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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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Wicked: For Good
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