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entertainment | gotta SEE<br />

<strong>July</strong> 21st<br />

► Barbie<br />

Barbie is an upcoming romantic comedy film based on the<br />

eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel and directed by Greta<br />

Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. It<br />

serves as the franchise’s first live-action film adaptation after a<br />

number of computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming TV<br />

films before this one. This Barbie movie is directed by the Oscarnominated<br />

American actress / filmmaker Greta Gerwig, director<br />

of the films Nights and Weekends, Lady Bird, and Little Women.<br />

The cast includes, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling star as<br />

Barbie and Ken, respectively, along with this epic ensemble also<br />

featuring Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp,<br />

Connor Swindells, Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Issa Rae, Hari Nef, &<br />

Kingsley Ben-Adir.<br />

► Oppenheimer<br />

The movie follows theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer<br />

(Cillian Murphy), the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory<br />

during the Manhattan Project (started in 1939 it ran from 1942 to<br />

1946) and his contributions that led to the creation of the very first<br />

atomic bomb during World War II. Oppenheimer is directed by the<br />

acclaimed, award-winning British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, of<br />

movies Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige,<br />

The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar,<br />

Dunkirk. The cast features Cillian Murphy, with Emily Blunt as “Kitty”<br />

Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as<br />

Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, as well as Rami Malek,<br />

Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew<br />

Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, Jason Clarke, David Krumholtz, Kenneth<br />

Branagh, David Dastmalchian, and many others.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 28th<br />

► Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’<br />

“<br />

Look alive, foolish mortals!” Inspired by the classic theme park<br />

attraction, Disney’s Haunted Mansion is about a woman and<br />

her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to<br />

help rid their home of supernatural squatters. Disney’s Haunted<br />

Mansion movie is directed by the American filmmaker Justin<br />

Simien, director of the films Dear White People and Bad Hair<br />

previously. The film features an ensemble cast including LaKeith<br />

Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Dan Levy, Danny DeVito,<br />

Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jared Leto<br />

as The Hatbox Ghost.<br />

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► Talk to me<br />

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using<br />

an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill,<br />

until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural<br />

forces. Talk to Me is co-directed by Australian brothers Danny<br />

Philippou & Michael Philippou, also known as “RackaRacka”.<br />

It played to rave reviews at both the Sundance and Berlin Film<br />

Festivals this year, after first premiering in Australia late last year.<br />

This is going to be the next big horror hit! The film stars Sophie<br />

Wilde as Mia, Joe Bird as Riley, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji,<br />

Miranda Otto, Marcus Johnson, Alexandria Steffensen, Zoe Terakes,<br />

and Chris Alosio.<br />

44 | july <strong>2023</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.com

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