Despicable Me

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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