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‘Barbenheimer’ sweeping nation with both films hitting theaters this weekend

Jul 21, 2023, 2:00 PM | Updated: 2:33 pm

Are you ready for the Barbenheimer phenomenon?

Micki Gamez joined Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien to explain why audiences are clamoring for an unusual double-feature this weekend, and which movie Margot Robbie thinks you should watch first.

“I haven’t seen this much excitement for a movie since ‘Gone with the Wind’ in 1939,” Ross joked.

“It’s a battle of the bomb-shells this weekend,” Gamez replied. “Our suggestion is to make ‘Oppenheimer’ a matinee, take a little bit of a walk, and then close out the afternoon with something lighter, something fun … Barbie.”

Listen to the rest of the conversation above:

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