Film of the Week — Ocean's 8

We’ve had three films on the antics of George Clooney and his boys, but now the dames are getting a look-in in this side-quel. Sandra Bullock is in the lead as Danny Ocean’s sister, fresh from prison and ready to get back to a fun life of elaborate heists, with Cate Blanchett in the Brad Pitt best pal/consigliere role. The stacked supporting cast are all fun, Anne Hathaway, in particular, having a ball sending herself up as a dopey celebrity and the new team’s mark, and even Rihanna is pretty decent – if there’s a fault, it’s that plodding journeyman director Gary Ross can’t come close to the vim and snap Steven Soderbergh brought to the earlier films. But who cares? The cast is having a ball, and the one-liners generally hit. Be warned, though: James Corden is in it for some reason. Times & trailer