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 Oct 20–23
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The Weight (premium VOD)
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Ice Cream Man (premium VOD/DVD)
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One Night Only (premium VOD/DVD)
I’m planning to watch…
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I Want Your Sex
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Masters of the Universe (DVD/Prime)
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Over Your Dead Body (DVD/Prime)
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Traces of Home
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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Ask E. Jean
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Buffet Infinity
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The Christophers
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Coyote vs. Acme (premium VOD)
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Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+)
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Disclosure Day (premium VOD/DVD/Peacock)
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The Drama
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Familiar Touch
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Finding Emily (premium VOD/DVD)
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (premium VOD/DVD)
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Hamlet (d. Aneil Karia) (premium VOD)
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Hard Truths
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Heel (aka The Good Boy)
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The Invite (premium VOD)
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Kneecap
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Late Shift
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Leviticus (premium VOD)
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The Love That Remains
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The Marching Band
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The Merchants of Joy (Prime)
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Mother Mary (VOD/Prime/HBO Max)
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Obsession (premium VOD/DVD/Peacock)
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Project Hail Mary (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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The Python Hunt
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Pillion (premium VOD)
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The President’s Cake (premium VOD)
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
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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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Scrap
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The Secret Agent (VOD/Hulu)
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Send Help (premium VOD/DVD/Hulu)
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Sentimental Value (premium VOD/DVD)
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The Sheep Detectives (premium VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Sirāt (VOD/Hulu)
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Sound of Falling (premium VOD/Mubi)
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (premium VOD/Mubi)
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Twinless
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Unidentified (premium VOD)
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Urchin
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Wasteman
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Young Mothers
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The Death of Robin Hood
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 (premium VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The End of Oak Street (premium VOD)
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Fackham Hall
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Father Mother Sister Brother (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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Fuze
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Greenland 2: Migration
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The Housemaid (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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The Last House (Netflix)
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The Outer Threat
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Pressure
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A Private Life
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The Roses
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Rose of Nevada
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Sheep in the Box (premium VOD)
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The Shrouds
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Signal One
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Sunny Dancer (premium VOD)
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The Thing with Feathers
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This Tempting Madness
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Tuner
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Two Prosecutors (premium VOD/DVD)
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Undertone (premium VOD)
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The Birthday Party
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Colony (premium VOD)
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Deep Water
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Exit 8
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Hope (premium VOD)
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Idiots
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Kraken (premium VOD)
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Melania (Prime)
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Mercy (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Practical Magic 2 (premium VOD)
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Primate
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The Running Man (VOD/DVD/Paramount+/MGM+)
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Saccharine
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Seven Snipers
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (premium VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
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Superman (2025) (VOD/HBO Max)
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Whistle (VOD/DVD/Shudder)
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Wicked: For Good (VOD/DVD/Peacock)
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The Wizard of the Kremlin (premium VOD)
decipher
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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