‘Barbie’ reaches $1 billion at the box office, beats ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Ninja Turtles’

[ad_1] Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a giant, prehistoric shark were no match for Barbie at the box office this weekend. Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Barbie” secured first place at the domestic box office for a third consecutive weekend, grossing $53 million for a North American cumulative of $459.4 million, according to estimates from measurement… Continue reading ‘Barbie’ reaches $1 billion at the box office, beats ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Ninja Turtles’

‘Meg 2: The Trench’ review: Eventually, it’s in on the joke

[ad_1] Perhaps it was the effects of a bright blue “sharktastic” cocktail, but about halfway through “Meg 2: The Trench,” this self-serious sequel suddenly became funny. The moment arrives when DJ (Page Kennedy), a mouthy techie who miraculously survived the first movie, tells Mac (Cliff Curtis) that this time, he has poison-tipped bullets, “just like… Continue reading ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ review: Eventually, it’s in on the joke