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Looks like a good old fashioned visit to the toy aisle might be in order if you want a chance at the second drop of Barbie movie dolls.
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After a social media storm swirled in Japan after the U.S. social media accounts for the Barbie movie acknowledged the “Barbenheimer” mashup memes, Warner Bros.
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It’s the summer of Barbenheimer in the west, as the twin successes of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer have bought a soothing balm to an industry wracked by uncertainty, and plenty of memes
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The summer movie season is often one of the most stable periods of the year: studios show off their big tentpoles (usually about a superhero, or something close to one) whose primary goal is to be crowd pleasers and make a lot o
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Just when all that pre-release Barbie buzz was starting to make hot pink feel monotonous, the movie opened—and delivered that sought-after blend of critical praise,
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Barbie and Oppenheimer opened this weekend, and crossing theater aisles for both films was a cultural phenomenon; Barbenheimer.