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Ocean's 8

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I saw Ocean's 8  today. It is a female-led version of the 2001 heist film Ocean's Eleven . The film was entertaining, and I enjoyed it. This is how I see it. Scarlet Overkill (voice of Sandra Bullock, Minions *) teams up with Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett, Cinderella ), Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises ), Tip Tucci (voice of Rihanna, Home *), Disgust (voice of Mindy Kaling, Inside Out *), and Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, Harry Potter ) to get revenge on Heinz Kruger (Richard Armitage, Captain America: The First Avenger ) for betraying her to the police. Peter Rabbit (voice of James Corden, Peter Rabbit ) is an insurance agent.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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Did you know that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides  is the same story as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ? Let me tell you why. A renowned treasure hunter (Indiana Jones; Captain Jack Sparrow) meets with a wealthy antagonist (Walter Donovan; King George II), who asks him (Donovan informs Indy that his father, Henry Jones Sr., vanished while searching for the Holy Grail, using an incomplete inscription as his guide; George wants Jack to guide an expedition to the Fountain of Youth, but Jack refuses and escapes) to find a drinking vessel capable of granting its drinker immortality (Holy Grail; Fountain of Youth) before an enemy military (Wehrmacht; Spanish Navy) can locate it. The main character is introduced to a mysterious woman (Elsa Schneider; Angelica) whom he previously knew (Elsa is Henry's former colleague; Angelica, Jack's former lover, impersonates him to recruit a crew to find the Fountain). In the villains' territory (Castle Brunwald; Queen Anne...