Barbie movie review: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling shine, but what’s the point? BARBIE REVIEW Barbie movie review and star rating: ★★★ I can only assume the Barbie movie PR team have checked into the most beige hotel possible this week, cowering from all the pink to engage in some much-needed deep breathing. The movie’s ballistic marketing campaign has been even more omnipresent on social media than the endless stream [...]
Asteroid City: Why Wes Anderson’s new film with Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie is going to be huge WES ANDERSON It’s been two years since everyone’s favourite maker of loveably odd movies, Wes Anderson, last dropped a film, which was 2021’s The French Dispatch, and let’s be honest, it was no-one’s favourite Wes Anderson film. But the good news is two years on and he’s got another film, his 11th, out next week. Asteroid City [...]
Dreamland review – Margot Robbie saves this flat chase movie The fourth film produced by Margot Robbie for her Lucky Chap Production company, the Aussie A-lister also stars in this drama set during the Great Depression. Finn Cole plays Eugene, a young man living with his family in a small rural American town. His humdrum life is turned upside down when he finds Allison (Robbie), [...]
Why Barbenheimer is actually about masculinity July 20, 2023 Both Barbie and Oppenheimer offer revealing male character studies, says Adam Bloodworth You wouldn’t think it from all the beaming photos of Margot Robbie plastered about the place, but ‘Barbenheimer’ has actually ended up sending some pretty prescient messages about masculinity, asking questions about what it’s like to be a man today. In case you’ve [...]
Oscars nominations 2024: three biggest snubs, including Saltburn and Barbie January 23, 2024 Oscars 2024 snubs included Saltburn and Barbie
Explainer: Barbie vs Oppenheimer July 18, 2023 This week, there has been a fierce fight between two warring parties. They're as different as they possibly could be, they have their own party colours and have thrown huge piles of cash at their success.
Oliver Stone apologises for slamming Ryan Gosling in City A.M. interview January 24, 2024 Oliver Stone has apologised for telling City A.M. that Ryan Gosling was “wasting his fucking time” for starring in Barbie
Barbie and Oppenheimer gives Everyman a £11m summer boost August 18, 2023 Everyman reported nearly £11m in revenues after Barbie and Oppenheimer – together known as ‘Barbenheimer’ – drew in record numbers of crowds. The boujee cinema chain said the lucrative film pairing, released in the final week of July, helped the group rake in a revenue of £10.6m in the month of July, up from £7.1m [...]
Drive around London in a Barbie movie inspired car with Sixt July 14, 2023 Unless you’ve been hiding under a pink sound-proofed boulder this July, you’ll have noticed that the Barbie movie is coming out soon, next Friday 21 July. It’s hard to remember a movie in recent years that has had more pre-release publicity, from the on-set photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken [...]
How Dr. Martens and Birkenstock explain London’s stock exchange quandary November 10, 2023 Dr Martens and Birkenstock aren't that different. Global brands. Design icons. $1bn-plus revenues. But the one listed on the London Stock Exchange is having a much tougher time.