This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, we do a #Barbenheimer (Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie and Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer), then split the difference of pastel colors, artifice, and nuclear testing with one we missed from June, Wes Anderson‘s Asteroid City. (1:05:52).

May contain NSFW language.

FilmWonk rating (Barbie): 8 out of 10 (Glenn)
FilmWonk rating (Oppenheimer): 8/10 (Daniel), 7.5/10 (Glenn)
FilmWonk rating (Asteroid City): 8 out of 10

Show notes:

• [02:11] Review: Barbie
• [10:14] Review: Oppenheimer
• [55:56] Review: Asteroid City
• Check out Glenn’s 8/10 written review of Barbie:
  • “Barbie” (dir. Greta Gerwig) – Life in plastic
• We referred back to our podcast review of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch:
  • FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #189 – “The French Dispatch” (dir. Wes Anderson), “Last Year at Marienbad” (1961) (dir. Alain Resnais)
• Thank you for listening.

Listen above, or download: Barbie, Oppenheimer, Asteroid City (right-click, save as, or click/tap to play)