![]() ![]() ![]() Do you prefer the cineplexes with seats that recline so far back you’re practically horizontal? Or if there’s a local independent theater near you, consider spending your day there to support it. ![]() Whether this means you bring a pillow and blanket for maximal comfort or order the largest popcorn tub sold by your local theater, arrive at the theater with all you’ll need to enjoy your double feature to the fullest. 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” will roll out in theaters this Thursday. ![]()
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