July 17, 2026

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It’s a hard ticket between Ready Player One and Free Guy. Which one will you watch? Let’s decide!

Spielberg Summer continues, but they can’t all be winners. RP1 is surely one of the auteur’s more decisive works, but does his vision still prevail? We put it up against Free Guy to see whether a shinier veneer works better for this story if the exceptional(ly online) individual.

And returning to the studio is Letterboxd user Scrambled, who initially suggested the idea of Spielberg Summer and has opinions of their own. Take a deep breath, folks. Your virtual Hard Ticket experience begins now.

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0:00 - Act I

11:51 - Act II

58:43 - Act III

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