On a trip to Target last September, my 5-year-old sprawled out on the floor of the toy aisle, her birthday gift card dangling from one hand while she weighed her options. A Barbie in a sparkly ...

“Barbie” is a cotton-candy-pink extravaganza directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and a platinum Ryan Gosling as Ken. Mattel wanted a summer blockbuster to kick off ...