Looking At Movies - Despicable Me 3 (2017)

I am a fan of Illumination animated movies, and an especially big fan of the Despicable Me franchise. I, like many Illumination fans, wondered if the minions could actually carry their own movie and make it entertaining. Minions turned out to be a lot more entertaining than people had anticipated and brought in over $1 billion in box office returns around the world. Those of us that closely follow the movie industry could just tell that Illumination was concerned that Gru might not actually be the main character in the Despicable Me franchise, especially after the minions did so well in their movie. Despicable Me 3 looks like Illumination's attempt to get the franchise focus back on Gru, and it may not achieve its goal.

Looking at Movies (First Run) - The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

I cannot even begin to tell you how much my wife and I were looking forward to seeing The Secret Life of Pets. We were still bouncing off the walls from Inside Out, and the Minion movie was starting to grow on us. When you have three and one year old children in the house, the minions get a lot of play. We are fans of the Despicable Me movies, so we figured that a fresh story from the same people who made Despicable Me would be awesome. Well, we were wrong.