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 May 11
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Project Hail Mary (premium VOD)
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Cold Storage (premium VOD/DVD)
I’m planning to watch…
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Goat
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Jimpa (premium VOD)
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The Magic Faraway Tree (premium VOD)
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The Tasters
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“Wuthering Heights” (premium VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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You, Me & Tuscany (premium VOD)
(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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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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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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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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The Good Boy (premium VOD)
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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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Hamlet (d. Aneil Karia) (premium VOD)
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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)
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (VOD/BFI Player)
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Is This Thing On? (premium VOD/DVD)
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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 Love That Remains (premium VOD)
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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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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 (premium VOD)
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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 (premium VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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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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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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They Will Kill You (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 (premium VOD)
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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 (premium VOD)
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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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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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Elio (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Fackham Hall
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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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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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Apex (Netflix)
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Borderlands (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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The Bride! (premium VOD)
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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/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
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