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 Aug 17–21
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Sentimental Value (VOD/DVD/Mubi)
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A Private Life
I’m planning to watch…
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (10th anniversary DVD)
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Lesbian Space Princess
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Rosebush Pruning (Mubi)
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Toy Story 5 (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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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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The Christophers (premium VOD)
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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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Disclosure Day (premium VOD)
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Dragonfly
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The Drama
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Dreamers (BFI Player)
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Everybody to Kemure Street
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Familiar Touch
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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 (aka Heel) (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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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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Hen
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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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The Invite (premium VOD)
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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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Little Amélie, or The Character of Rain
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The Long Walk (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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The Love That Remains (VOD/Mubi)
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The Marching Band (En Fanfare) (VOD/Curzon Home Cinema)
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Marty Supreme (premium VOD/DVD/Prime)
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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 (VOD/Prime)
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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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Obsession (premium VOD)
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Orwell: 2+2=5 (premium VOD)
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A Pale View of Hills
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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/DVD/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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They Will Kill You (premium VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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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 (premium VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Drop
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Elio (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Fackham Hall
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The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (Mubi)
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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 (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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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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The Last House (Netflix)
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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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This Tempting Madness
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Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) (VOD/DVD/Dinsey+)
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Tinsel Town (Sky Cinema)
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Tuner (premium VOD)
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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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Deep Water
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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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Kraken (premium VOD)
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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (premium VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (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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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
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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