I hate when a film refuses to kill their darlings especially for the sake of a sequel. Jurassic World: the Fallen Kingdom and Ocean’s 8 are two films from the summer of 2018 brought to us by the revival of film franchises long past their heyday. Deadpool had a quiet haul, Hotel Transylvania fulfills the family movie quota, and Ant-man …
Boring Waves Drown Ocean’s 8
With a cast of eight actresses and the potential to breath new life into this forgotten franchise, Ocean’s 8 failed to create a better version of the original film by sticking to the Soderbergh heist movie formula. I hate to say it’s all about the Benjamins, but it is all about the benjamins. Adapting preexisting franchises is less risky than …