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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