Barbenheimer Blockbuster Bonanza

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Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box office numbers of the year. So far, Barbie has made over 200 million domestically and Oppenheimer has surpassed 100 million. So are the movies back in business? Or i ...  Show more

Amy and guest host Jamie Loftus (“Raw Dog,” The Bechdel Cast) detonate this summer’s hot pink double feature phenomenon, Barbenheimer! Starting with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, they discuss what made them cry, what made them cringe, and what sent them down a rabbit hole about pregnant ...  Show more

It's Barbenheimer week everybody and you know what that means, reviews of both Barbie and Oppenheimer but not in that order. But there's plenty of news to get to before that including updates on the Writers/Actors strike, Aquaman 2 gets a third round of reshoots, He-Man scrap ...

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! This week, since everyone else is, we're talking Barbie and Oppenheimer. We talk the role of fantasy in ideology, and the culture war as a distraction from class antagonism. Along the way we chat about Indiana Jones, Paul Verhoeven, and Michael's ...  Show more