Movies: Cate Blanchett Calculates Her Risks In “Ocean’s 8”

In Warner Bros. Pictures’ heist thriller “Ocean’s 8,” Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock)—just released from prison—has been concocting the greatest heist of her storied career.  The first person with whom Debbie connects is her old partner in crime, Lou, played by two-time Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”).

“Debbie has to coax Lou back into that world,” Bullock relates.  “She wastes no time, going right in with her plan, and has to somehow convince Lou that what she’s come up with is good enough to risk the life that she has built while Debbie was incarcerated.”

Blanchett says, “Debbie needs a sure hand, someone she can rely on, and they’ve got a long history together.  Lou’s gone straight…or straight-ish…running a nightclub.  She is doing okay, but it’s not particularly exciting.  I think that’s why she decides to jump back in with Debbie—for the ridiculous, danger-filled adrenaline of it all.  She’s doing fine, but it’s not exciting and she’s not with her peeps.”

Movie Review: Ocean's 8

In the words of the great Cyndi Lauper "Girls just wanna have fun" and that is what the beautiful (really, who does their wardrobe and makeup?) and hilarious cast of "Ocean's 8" bring to the screen. Unfortunately for me, that's all that they bring-a "fun heist movie". It may lack that edge of your seat suspense I was looking for and the whole 'revenge plot' was just 'meh' and uninspired for me but its more than able stellar cast make up for it.   

Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is the younger sister of the legendary con-man himself Danny Ocean (George Clooney) who makes a cameo in the movie in a framed photograph and of course as a name on a tombstone. We don't really know if he's dead. 

Debbie is just let out of prison on parole, she leaves dressed in a stunning gown (more on that later in the movie) and with only $45.00 to her name but she somehow manages to go in a high end department store and exit with a whole bag of expensive make up and get a room in a luxury hotel. I'd love to get to do that but I'd probably end up in jail.  

She doesn't waste time and gets her old crime partner Lou, an androgynous Cate Blanchett (whom I love and who for me is the best thing in the movie) to bring in a new team of mistress criminals (because master criminals is just too preconceived Hey! Girls can be criminals too!) to pull off the most glamorous heist in history. 

Debbie has been planning to rob the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual gala (so posh, its pronounced Gaahh-la) and so long it will henceforth be known as simply the 'Met Gala'. 

Well, not really any piece in the museum but a legendary Cartier necklace, the Toussaint which is about $150 million worth of diamonds. Because cash is nice but diamonds are a girl's best friend after all. Now all they have to do is to get the diamonds on the neck of a certain Hollywood "It" girl, Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway) and in order to do that, they hire Rose Weil, (Helena Bonham Carter) an 80's has been fashion designer drowning in debt with the IRS. She's my second favorite thing about the movie, Carter's kooky and seemingly meek character is on point.  

We then have of course the 'gathering of thieves sequence' (which is always a favorite in a way, you do have to have your "Merry Men" again, with the one-sided terminologies!) Mindy Kaling is Amita, a jeweler who just wants to get out of being constantly pressured by her mom to get married. Sarah Paulson is Tammy a suburban mom and profiteer. I would have liked to have seen more of her and of her story on screen. Probably because I am a mom myself and I was hoping for her to raise the flag for us moms, you know. 

Rapper, Awkwafina (Nora Lum Ying) is Constance, your go to watch wrangler AKA thief while Rihanna plays hacker Nine Ball, nope, not Eight Ball but Nine Ball. 

As the fourth movie in the franchise it has that same Ocean's brand of sleight of hand, deception on top of deception sequence that you either believe the whole way through or just go, "wait a minute-is that even possible?" -then comes the best part is when everything and I mean everything is revealed because nothing is ever what it seems in an Ocean's movie right? 

"Ocean's 8" goes up to second gear but fails to go full throttle; it lacks the edge of your seat excitement which makes for an effective heist movie. It doesn't bring that drop jaw 'delighted surprise' it once did.


If you're a fan of the Ocean's type of plot and twist though, then you shouldn't miss this, especially since it is it's stellar cast that carries the film. Its your girls night out movie to enjoy and laugh at because of the comedy and to 'oohh' and 'ahhh' at all the pretty clothes but that doesn't mean guys won't enjoy it too! Because they will. It has great cast chemistry, celebrity cameos and that good old Oceans brand of a fun caper movie. 

Then of course there's that montage that shows how everyone of the team is shown enjoying their hard earned money. What I want to know is, how do they explain that to the IRS? 6/10. 

Movies: Anne Hathaway Plays The “It Girl” In “Ocean’s 8”

The target of Sandra Bullock’s all-women scheme in “Ocean’s 8” is The Met Gala, but they won’t be taking cash.  Instead, they plan to steal the Toussaint: a unique diamond necklace so valuable it stays locked away in an impenetrable vault in the bowels of the Cartier mansion.  The key is to convince Cartier to let it out of the vault.

And the only way to do that is to put it around the neck of this year’s designated Gala Chair: current “It girl,” Daphne Kluger, whom Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway plays to perfection.

Hathaway reveals that she first heard about “Ocean’s 8” from an unusual source.  “A maître d’ at a restaurant told me that Sandra Bullock was doing a new ‘Ocean’s’ movie with a female cast, and I remember thinking, ‘That sounds like the best job ever,’ because I loved the earlier movies.  And then [director] Gary Ross called me and said, ‘I have a diva for you to play.’

Movies: Sandra Bullock Masterminds The Heist Of The Century In “Ocean’s 8”

Debbie Ocean has had nothing but time on her hands for more than five years.  And she’s made good use of it.  Sandra Bullock plays Debbie, the ringleader of a high-stakes plan in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure “Ocean’s 8” (in Philippine cinemas June 13).

In the film, Debbie has spent a little over five years devising an intricate plot to steal the Toussaint, Cartier’s one-of-a-kind diamond necklace, valued at 150 million dollars.  And she plans to do it in the midst of one of the most-watched events of the year: The Met Gala.

Bullock explains, “She’s had a lot of time to think and to perfect her plan and comes out of jail ready to execute it.”

Movies: Kick-Ass Ladies Rob The Met Gala In “Ocean’s 8”

Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter team up in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure “Ocean’s 8” in Phiippine cinemas June 13.

It’s been more than 10 years since an Ocean-led crew has conned their way to millions of dollars.  Now a new gang is banding together to carry out the ultimate heist.  But this time, it’s Debbie Ocean (Bullock) masterminding the plan, and she’ll only require eight supremely skilled women to pull it off. 

Director/screenwriter Gary Ross says, “The outlaw trope has always been at the heart of American movies, but with few exceptions, those ‘outlaws’ have been men.  I was intrigued with the idea of a group of kickass women laying claim to this genre that had always seemed off limits.  Plus, I love heist movies—always have.” 

Movies: The Plan Is Priceless In “Oceans’s 8” Main Poster

Warner Bros. Pictures has just revealed the main poster for its upcoming heist thriller “Oceans 8.”

Check out the one-sheet art below and watch “Ocean's 8” in Philippine cinemas June 13.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross directs the film starring Oscar winner Sandra Bullock in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter.

Five years, eight months, 12 days...and counting. That’s how long Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) has been devising the biggest heist of her life.

She knows what it’s going to take—a team of the best in their field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller (Cate Blanchett). Together, they recruit a crew of specialists: jeweler Amita (Kaling); street con Constance (Awkwafina); expert fence Tammy (Paulson); hacker Nine Ball (Rihanna); and fashion designer Rose (Bonham Carter).

The target is a cool $150 million dollars in diamonds—diamonds that will be around the neck of world-famous actress Daphne Kluger (Hathaway), who will be centerstage at the event of the year, the Met Gala.

The plan is rock solid, but everything will need to be flawless if the team is going to get in and get away with the ice. All in plain sight.

“Ocean’s 8” also stars James Corden as an insurance investigator trying to put the pieces together, and Richard Armitage as Kluger’s unwitting date at the Gala.

Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.

“Ocean’s 8” is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Movies: The Women Have What It Takes In “Ocean’s 8” Official Main Trailer

Having this much fun is a crime. Watch the official main trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Oceans 8” which has just been released by the studio.

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Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.

Movies News: PRODUCTION UNDERWAY ON WARNER BROS.' “OCEAN'S 8"

What do you guys feel about an all female "Ocean's 8" ? 

PRODUCTION UNDERWAY ON WARNER BROS.' “OCEAN'S 8”

Gary Ross directs the all-star cast, including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett,

Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina,

with Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter

BURBANK, CA – November 2, 2016 – The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York. Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.

Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.

Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,” “Not Fade Away”), production designer Alex DiGerlando (“Beasts of the Southern Wild,” HBO’s “True Detective”), editor Juliette Welfling (“Free State of Jones,” “The Hunger Games”), costume designer Sarah Edwards (“Tower Heist,” Showtime’s “Billions”), and composer Nicholas Britell (“The Big Short,” “Free State of Jones”).

The film is set for release in Summer 2018 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.