Weekend Film Reviews

Get trapped in the liminal horror of ‘Exit 8.’

'The Drama' stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as an engaged couple with a terrible secret.

<p><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">In '</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span class="css-1msjh1x"><span data-slate-string="true">Forbidden Fruits</span></span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">,' a new hire at a mall store joins a secret witch cult run by her co-workers. The film is part 'Mean Girls,' part satire on faux feminist sisterhood, and part horror. Does it work? Film critics</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><strong class="css-35ezg3" data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true"> Christy Lemire </span></strong></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">and </span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><strong class="css-35ezg3" data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">Angelica Jade Basti&eacute;n</span></strong></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true"> review the film along with '</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span class="css-1msjh1x"><span data-slate-string="true">They Will Kill You</span></span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">,' '</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span class="css-1msjh1x"><span data-slate-string="true">Mike &amp; Nick &amp; Nick &amp; Alice</span></span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">,' and '</span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span class="css-1msjh1x"><span data-slate-string="true">Alpha</span></span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-fragment="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"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string="true">.'</span></span></span></p>

<p>In &lsquo;Project Hail Mary,&rsquo; Ryan Gosling plays a science teacher who travels to space to stop an alien microorganism from consuming the sun. Film critics Dave White and Alonso Duralde review the sci-fi flick based on Andy Weir&rsquo;s best selling novel. Plus: 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,' 'Late Shift,' and 'Miroirs No. 3.'&nbsp;</p>

<p dir="ltr">In A24&rsquo;s &lsquo;Undertone&rsquo; a paranormal podcast host receives ten creepy recordings from an anonymous source. Film critics Alissa Wilkinson and William Bibbiani review the new horror film along with 'Reminders of Him' and 'Slanted.'&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Plus, the two share their take on who will win Best Picture at the Oscars this weekend.&nbsp;</p>