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 12
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The Christophers (premium VOD)
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Hamlet (d. Aneil Karia) (premium VOD)
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Project Hail Mary (premium VOD)
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Twinless
I’m planning to watch…
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Dracula (d. Luc Besson)
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Goat
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The Propagandist
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Sleeping Dog (premium VOD)
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“Wuthering Heights” (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 (VOD/HBO Max)
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Anniversary
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Arco
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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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Buffet Infinity
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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 President Now! (Apple TV+)
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Die My Love (VOD/Mubi)
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The Drama (premium VOD)
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The Dreadful
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Dreams
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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/DVD/Shudder)
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (premium VOD/DVD)
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The Gorge (Apple TV+)
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The Grab
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G20 (Prime)
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Hamnet
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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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H is for Hawk
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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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100 Nights of Hero
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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Is This Thing On?
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It Was Just an Accident (VOD/Hulu)
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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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Late Shift
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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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Look into My Eyes
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Marty Supreme (VOD/DVD/HBO Max)
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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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Mr Burton
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My Neighbor Adolf
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No Other Choice
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Orwell: 2+2=5
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The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
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The Phoenician Scheme
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Pillion (premium VOD)
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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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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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Sasquatch Sunset
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Scrap
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The Secret Agent
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Send Help (premium VOD/DVD/Hulu)
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Sentimental Value
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September 5 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Sinners (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Sirāt (VOD/Hulu)
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Small Things Like These
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Sorry, Baby (VOD/HBO Max)
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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/Hulu)
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The Surfer
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The Testament of Ann Lee
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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 (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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2073
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2000 Meters to Andriivka
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The Ugly Stepsister (VOD/Shudder)
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Urchin
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Warfare
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We Bury the Dead
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Young Mothers
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Zootopia 2 (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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The Accountant 2 (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Americana
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (premium VOD)
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Ballistic (premium VOD)
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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The Chronology of Water
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Cleaner (VOD/DVD/Max)
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Clown in a Cornfield
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Cold Storage
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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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The Dutchman
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Elio (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Fackham Hall
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Father Mother Sister Brother
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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
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Heads of State (Prime)
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The Housemaid
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KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
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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
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A Private Life
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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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Starman (2026)
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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
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Thunderbolts (The New Avengers) (VOD/DVD/Disney+)
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Tinsel Town
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Undertone (premium VOD)
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Weapons (VOD/HBO Max)
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Apex (Netflix)
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Borderlands
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The Bride! (premium VOD)
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Daniela Forever
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Ella McCay (VOD/DVD/Hulu)
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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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Last Ride
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Melania (Prime)
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Mercy (VOD/DVD/Prime)
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Murder at the Embassy
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The Penguin Lessons
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Primate
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Renner
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The Ritual
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The Running Man (VOD/DVD/Paramount+/MGM+)
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Section 31 (VOD/DVD/Paramount+)
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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
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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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Whistle (VOD/Shudder)
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Wicked: For Good (VOD/DVD/Peacock)
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