![]() ![]() It’s rated R, though for nudity and language, not violence. ![]() It’s also over three hours long, so it’ll require some mental and physical endurance on the part of the viewer. “Oppenheimer” is by all accounts a searing portrayal of a man whose brilliance wrought destruction the likes of which the world had never seen. Ready to spend six-ish hours at the movies? Know what you’re in for first. A hint - definitely leave “Barbie” for last. Here’s the quintessential way to do a “Barbenheimer” double feature, from selecting showtimes to filling the space between the two films to navigating the wide range of emotions both films will elicit. But leave the musings on death and destruction to the eponymous stars of both films. It’s also, perhaps, a necessity, as the Earth warms to historic highs and people grow restless in the dangerous heat. It’s a gambit that some industry pundits hope could give the movie business a much-needed boost after earlier summer releases saw less-than-stellar box office returns. ![]() (AMC said this week that 40,000 moviegoers already bought tickets to see both films on the same day - double the number it reported last week.) But as more people tweeted fan-made posters of Margot Robbie’s Barbie smiling in front of a mushroom cloud, the idea of a day spent at the movies started to sound like a good idea. It’s the “Barbenheimer” double feature, and it started its life, as most phenomena do, as a meme. (“Barbie” is being released by Warner Bros., which shares parent company Warner Bros. Aside from their prestige-y creative teams, the films have little in common, but dedicated cinephiles are devoting a full day of their lives to both. It’s the cinematic event of the summer: Greta Gerwig’s splashy pink romp “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “emotionally devastating” three-hour epic “Oppenheimer” rolled out in theaters this week. This weekend, the movies belong to dolls and doom. ![]()
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