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Cinema

Women can now make dull formulaic franchise films too! Hurrah! Ocean’s 8 reviewed

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

Ocean’s 8 is the all-female spin-off of the all-male Ocean’s trilogy and it’s a sop, with a third act that drags like nothing on earth. But its success — it earned an estimated $41.5 million during its opening weekend, which is better than any of the male versions — shows the market isn’t that bothered by content, which is equality of a kind.

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