Showing posts with label Minions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minions. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2013

Gru & Crew Are Back With a Perfectly Enjoyable Follow-Up!: Our Review of "Despicable Me 2" (2013)


Directed By: Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (Despicable Me

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristin Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Coogan, Russell Brand

Rating: PG for rude humor and mild action

Run Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Synopsis: Famed supervillain Gru (Carell) has retired from villainy to focus on being a good father to his daughters - Margo, Edith and Agnes - as well as starting his own jam and preserves company. But when the Anti-Villain League comes asking for his assistance to find and stop a new supervillain, Gru must team up with an agent named Lucy (Wiig) to stop a villain named El Macho (Bratt) who was long-thought to be dead.

REVIEW

Andrew: Hello dear readers! Our sincerest apologies for our absence on the blog lately, we’ve been pretty busy the last week or so with me traveling back to Michigan last weekend for a wedding and then hosting Sarah’s younger sister all week out here for an East Coast visit. Haven’t had a whole lot of down time when you combine those things with work, but things have slowed down juuuuust enough that we can finally post reviews we’ve been meaning to get to!

First up, Sarah and I were able to catch a morning showing of last weekend’s hit animated film Despicable Me 2, the sequel to 2010’s Despicable Me, which is one of our favorite animated films of all-time.

Steve Carell returns as Gru the supervillain-turned-adoptive father to his three daughters Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Sarah: This time around instead of being a bad guy he’s recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help them bring down a new super-villain they can’t quite seem to catch. We were really excited to see this one because we absolutely love the first one, and this one didn’t disappoint! What are your thoughts on Despicable Me 2?

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

What's After the Minions in The First Full-Length Trailer for "Despicable Me 2"?

UPDATE: Found a working version! Enjoy!

Andrew: Hello readers! First and foremost, Happy Halloween to you all! Secondly, it brings us great pleasure to share with you the first full-length trailer for Despicable Me 2! We're big fans of the original and all the characters involved - Gru, Dr. Nefario, Vector, Margo, Edith, Agnes (especially Agnes!) and of course The Minions.

So needless to say we're very excited about the sequel and the further adventures of our favorite super-villain/adoptive father and his crew. The trailer below doesn't really give a great idea of what the new film will be about, but apparently someone (or something) REALLY wants Gru's minions for themselves. Consider us intrigued. (I'm also a fan of the use of John Carpenter's Halloween theme in this trailer. Quite fitting considering today's date.)



Despicable Me 2 includes the voice acting of returning stars Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Kristin Wiig and also some new voices to the franchise in Al Pacino and Steve Coogan. It's slated for release on July3, 2013.

Programming Note: We will also be posting a new Six-Pack later today on our pick's for the best family-friendly Halloween movies to watch tonight!