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New Trailer for Despicable Me 2

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Who wants more Minions?! You know you love them, who doesn’t! Universal have dropped a trailer today for a slightly different audience in the form of  Kick-Ass 2. That was a simply brilliant trailer and now we get one for Despicable Me 2 – we’re truly being spoilt! As well as Steve Carell who returns, [...]




Sandra Bullock to Voice the Lead Super-Villain in Despicable Me Spin-Off, Minions

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We first heard about the Despicable Me minions’ spin-off last summer, and as we approach the anticipated release of Despicable Me 2 this summer, we’re starting to get some promising news on next year’s movie. Deadline report that Sandra Bullock has signed on to voice the lead super-villain, Scarlet Overkill, going against type to play [...]




New Image of the Minions in Despicable Me 2

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Following on from the immensely popular original, Despicable Me 2 promises to be one of the best animated films of the year, and I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to its arrival on the big screen. Steve Carell is back once more at the head of an impressive voice cast, and after [...]




The First Trailer & Images Land for Despicable Me 2

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Due out in the height of Summer 2013, Despicable Me 2 is destined to be one of my favourite films of next year. The first film was one of the best animated films in recent memory, and I can’t wait for Gru to return. We caught a great little teaser trailer earlier in the year, [...]




Despicable Me’s Minions to be Given a Spin-Off Feature Film in 2014!

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Despicable Me was a phenomenal success back in 2010, and with Despicable Me 2 looking to be one of the biggest films of 2013, we’ve now got even more to look forward to in the years to come. Illumination Entertainment and Universal have announced that the little yellow minions – beloved by everyone – will [...]




EIFF 2012: The Lorax Review

The Lorax

Ted (Zac Efron), a young boy living in Thneeville – a self contained town where everything is predominately artificial – dreams of winning Audrey’s (Taylor Swift) affection. So, when she declares she’d marry anyone who brought her a living “Truffula” tree, Ted is led to seek out the Once-ler (Ed Helms), a poor old businessman [...]




Minions Sing to Us in The First Teaser Trailer for Despicable Me 2

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It’s here people! The one that we had no idea was coming! It’s the first teaser trailer for Despicable Me 2. The movie stars Dana Gaier, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Moises Arias, Al Pacino and is directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. It’ll be with us at some point in 2013. Up [...]




Javier Bardem In Talks To Be The Villain In Despicable Me 2

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Last summer, Universal’s Despicable Me was a resounding success that was really well received both critically and at the box office, turning a $70m. into more than half a billion dollars worldwide. Very impressive stuff. Following the great news that Javier Bardem has finally officially self-confirmed his involvement in Bond 23/Skyfall, word now comes that [...]




Win Despicable Me on Triple Play

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To celebrate the release of DESPICABLE ME, out to own on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Copy from February 21st, we have teamed up with Universal Pictures to offer you the chance to win one of 5 copies of the film on Triple Play (Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy). Synopsis: In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded [...]




American Football-Themed Hop Poster Arrives Online

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Here’s the new poster for kids animated feature Hop, which ties in very nicely to this evening’s Super Bowl. From the creator’s behind Despicable Me, Hop tell’s the story of the Easter Bunny who is incapacitated when he is accidentally hit by a car, leaving the offending driver to save Easter. Featuring the vocal talents [...]




Producers Guild of America Nominations Announced

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The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding [...]




Despicable Me Mini Movie – Orientation

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This is the third Mini Movies that Universal have made for Despicable Me and it’s just as good as the other two! We’ve already had Banana where we get to see just how much The Minions love fruit, then it was all about the Home Makeover where Gru’s mansion is turned into a child friendly [...]




Despicable Me Mini Movie – Home Makeover

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Last week, Jon put up the first Mini Movie from Despicable Me and thousands of you out there came to the site to watch it. Now, Universal have released another called Home Makeover where we get to see what happens when the Orphanage send someone round to make sure that Gru’s house is fit for [...]




Black Swan Leads Critics’ Choice Nominations

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Black Swan, the forthcoming psychological ballet thriller from acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky, picked up an unprecedented twelve nominations at the annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The King’s Speech and True Grit follow closely with eleven nominations each, while The Social Network and Inception each accumulated nine. The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will take place on [...]




New Despicable Me Mini-Movie Preview – Banana!

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Keen to ride the wave of positive momentum from the release of their Steve Carell starring animation Despicable Me Universal have given us a sneak peek of a new Mini-Movie. It all sounds like the Pixar shorts, and is set to be included on the forthcoming Blu-ray/DVD pack. Titled Banana, this footage showcases the movie’s [...]




DreamWorks’ Dragon and Pixar’s Toy Story Lead 2010 Annie Awards Nominations.

The full list of nominations for the 38th Annie Awards were announced today with Dreamworks’s How to Train your Dragon gathering up the majority of nominations including Best Feature, Animation, Character Design and Voice Work for Gerard Butler and Jay Baruchel, as well as Directing nominations for Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. Pixar’s Up took [...]




Megamind Review

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Coming six years after Pixar’s tale of those domesticated defenders of good, The Incredibles, DreamWorks Animation pulls on the spandex and attaches the long flowing cape to deliver a superhero spoof with a difference in the form of Megamind. The twist in the tale here is the story focuses instead on the devious villain, and [...]




Megamind does Mega Business at The US Box Office

Yet another computer-animated kids film has brought in the big bucks at the US box office this past weekend. The Will Ferrell/Brad Pitt starring Megamind has brought in an estimated $47.7 million. Although not quite up there with Toy Story 3’s incredible $110 million opening, this is still an impressive feat considering it’s both a [...]




Asterix and Obelix Set For 3D Adventure

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With Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton recently announcing that 3D is here to stay - that while “the fad element will die down” the extra dimension “is not going to go away” – it appears that more movies than ever are being shot especially for, or converted into, 3D. According to Variety, one such project [...]




My first Premiere was Anything but ‘Despicable’

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This summer has seen the continual rise and dominance of the CG animated feature film. Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 has made over $400 million at the US domestic box office to date – a phenomenal amount, and the results over here are not too shabby either (in fact, it’s now the UK’s second highest grossing [...]