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…for deciding that two female action stars constitutes a “new normal”: It’s amusing to realize, in hindsight, that Luc Besson’s funky-violent French art-house thriller La Femme Nikita, in 1990, and its rote American remake, Point of No Return, in 1993, were still treating lady-killer heroines with kid gloves. At that point, seeing an actress like … more…
I worried, a while back, about Best Buy’s Movie Mode phone app, which translates for you the chatter of Gru’s Minions over the end credits of Despicable Me. I wondered if it would simply encourage more people to use their phones during movies, and as we all know, phone use during movies is one of … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, it’s to be Despicable Me meets The Incredibles, then? I can take it. Sucks, I suppose, to be the second movie of the year about an idea that probably seemed wildly original when it was in conceived only to be thrown back in your face when … more…
I thought the IHOP/Despicable Me connection was a tenuous one — you may have seen the ads on American TV in which little yellow blobby Minions are chowing down on pancakes — but even if IHOP is disgusting, at least there’s something endlessly cute about watching Minions do anything. But MasterCard prepaid credit cards featuring … more…
Despicable Me seems to have captured the public imagination at the moment, opening to an astonishing $60 million-plus this weekend, far beyond the most generous predictions on Friday. It seems, perhaps, that audiences were indeed hungry for something fresh and original. With supervillainy on my mind, then, this morning, here’s a question for you: If … more…
None of Gru’s Minions are female because Gru’s archenemy Gargamel hasn’t yet gotten around to creating a Minionette to sow discontent in the land of Gru…
I just discovered this at the official site of the U.K.’s Odeon chain of multiplexes: OWN YOUR 3D GLASSES Save money – and the environment – with 3D glasses you can use again. There are loads of awesome 3D films coming in 2010 – and we’ve found a way you can watch them and save … more…
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Despicable Me: “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” is my new go-to phrase for when I’m excited about anything. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • The Incredibles (2004): the last great animated movie about supervillains (and the superheroes who thwart them). • 101 Dalmatians (1961): For one … more…
Better than *Toy Story 3.* Really.
Very funny. From director Chris Renaud, whose next project is Despicable Me:
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