Joining in with this summer’s cinema sensation, James and Imo combine forces once again to review Barbenheimer (2023) – an unlikely double-bill of campy satirical fun and heavy historical reflection. 

First up is ⁠Barbie⁠ (2023), a proudly feminist exploration of the iconic doll. Directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the famous toy couple, do the critics find this ‘controversial’ movie an unexpected, insightful delight or brightly inanimate?

Following on from all that singing and dancing is director Christopher Nolan’s latest film: Oppenheimer⁠ (2023). This propulsive, dense three-hour epic, starring Cillian Murphy as the eponymous physicist, delves into the mindset of the man who helped unleashed the nuclear age. The two critics discuss the peaks and pitfalls in this Promethean morality tale of ambition and regret. 

Which of these two films is a victory, and which just bombs? 

Listen to this SPOILER-FILLED special for their reviews and discussion on the whole ‘Barbenheimer’ experience. 

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