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 Feb 03–05
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Hamnet (premium VOD)
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The Housemaid (premium VOD)
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The Plague
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The Secret Agent (premium VOD)
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The Dutchman
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Ella McCay (premium VOD/Hulu)
I’m planning to watch…
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We Bury the Dead (premium VOD)
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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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 (premium VOD)
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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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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/Shudder)
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The Gorge (Apple TV+)
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The Grab
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G20 (Prime)
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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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The History of Sound
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A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
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100 Nights of Hero (premium VOD)
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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It Was Just an Accident (premium VOD)
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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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Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
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The Long Walk
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Look into My Eyes
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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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The Phoenician Scheme
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Predator: Badlands (premium VOD)
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Rental Family (premium VOD)
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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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Sentimental Value (premium VOD)
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September 5 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Sinners (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Small Things Like These
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Sorry, Baby (VOD/HBO Max)
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Sovereign
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (premium VOD)
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The Surfer
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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/Shudder)
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Urchin
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Warfare
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Zootopia 2 (premium VOD)
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The Accountant 2 (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Americana
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Anniversary
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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Cleaner (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Clown in a Cornfield
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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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Fackham Hall (premium VOD)
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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 (premium VOD)
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Heads of State (Prime)
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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 (premium VOD)
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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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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 (premium VOD)
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Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Tinsel Town
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Weapons (VOD/HBO Max)
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Borderlands
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Daniela Forever
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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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Murder at the Embassy
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The Penguin Lessons
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Renner
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The Ritual
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The Running Man (premium VOD)
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Section 31 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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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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Wicked: For Good (premium VOD/DVD)
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