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Jul 2023
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Barbenheimer: A Movie Weekend Unlike Any...

MAD ABOUT MOVIES
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What a movie it was, with BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER combining their powers into BARBENHEIMER box-office gold. But what are the lessons we can learn from this weekend, and what was the experience like? Friend of the show Claudia Castillo is here to help break down the craziness that was this past movie weekend.

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