Despicable Me

Film Review: Minions & Monsters is a surprisingly sweet love letter to Old Hollywood

There was a point where it felt as though the Minions had exhausted every conceivable avenue of chaos. After multiple Despicable Me entries and two standalone adventures, these yellow agents of destruction seemed destined to endlessly recycle the same collection of slapstick gags, gibberish conversations and increasingly frantic set pieces. Minions & Monsters doesn’t entirely…

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Win a double in-season pass to the riotous new chapter in the Despicable Me universe: Minions & Monsters

Thanks to Universal Pictures and Illumination, we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the riotous new chapter in the biggest global animated franchise in history: Minions & Monsters. Fresh off the worldwide blockbuster success of summer 2024’s funniest comedy, ‘Despicable Me 4’, Illumination expands its joyful animated universe with a riotous…

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Win Despicable Me 4 concept art signed by Steve Carell and a Digital Access Code for the film

To celebrate the home digital release of Despicable Me 4, thanks to Universal Pictures we have an exclusive piece of concept art to give away to one lucky reader, signed by the voice of Gru himself, Steve Carell, as well as a Digital Access Code so you can view the film at home. In Illumination’s…

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Film Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru delivers the safe, nonsensical shenanigans we’ve come to expect from such characters

Even though 2010’s Despicable Me was centred around Steve Carell‘s Eastern European reformed super-villain Gru, it was his hoard of indecipherable henchmen – his Minions – that stole the film from under his considerably rendered nose. They were funny without really trying to be, so it made perfect sense that subsequent films (Despicable Me birthed…

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Film Review: Despicable Me 3 (USA, 2017) finds that love, family and Minions make for an excellent third chapter

Despicable Me 3 opens this week and it brings with it a charming, if not a little repetitive, new chapter in the franchise. The entire gang is back to cause, create and then solve a global catastrophe. More of a good thing isn’t always better, kind of like chocolate and wine (ok, maybe just chocolate),…

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Gru and the Minions are back in the first official trailer for Despicable Me 3

Bubble-gum filled with quirky moments here and there, there’s a lot to digest in the newest trailer for Despicable Me 3, the third installment of the Despicable Me franchise. Gru (Steve Carell) and his minions are back in style and are up against new nemesis Balthazar Bratt  (Trey Parker). Teaming up with his wife Lucy Wilde (Kristen…

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