#heist-film

#heist-film

If there's anything I miss in pop culture, it's the presence of ordinary movies. I don't mean blockbusters like Avatar or cultural events like Barbenheimer or Oscar contenders like One Battle After Another. I'm talking about the routine, well-made entertainments that, for nearly a century, used to open in theaters every week. You'd go see them because the story sounded good or you liked the stars or you just wanted to enjoy something as part of an audience.

Directed by The Hunger Games' Gary Ross from a script co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch, Ocean's 8 is pure, unfettered wish fulfillment. It takes what's possibly the girliest special interest, the annual Met Gala, and turns it into a heist for the ages. Sandra Bullock is Debbie Ocean, younger sister to Clooney's Danny Ocean, who followed in his footsteps in every conceivable way.