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Synopsis: In 1976, an 11-year-old Gru aspires to be a supervillain and thinks his dreams are about to come true when he receives an invite to interview for a position with the Vicious 6 crime team. When the team's leader, Bell Bottom, insults him, Gru tries to prove his worthiness by stealing a mystical stone from the group and, instead, finds his life in danger from both the Vicious 6 and their ex-leader Wild Knuckles and it is up to the Minions to save the day. Who's in it? The animated movie uses voices from Steve Carrell , Danny Trejo , Alan Arkin , Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme . Review: My entire family is fans of the Minions/Despicable Me movies but, by the time I heard about this film, I had serious doubts about the quality. After all, even the best franchises grow stale after awhile.  That's why I didn't bother paying money to see this at the theater but did take advantage of being able to see it on Peacock. We did that last night and it turned ...

Synopsis: After once again failing to capture super villain Balthazar Bratt, Gru and Lucy are fired from the Anti-Villain League. Shortly after, Gru learns he has a twin brother, Dru, who hopes to convince him to return to a life of crime. Who's in it? The animated movie uses voices from Steve Carrell , Kristin Wiig , Miranda Cosgrove , Trey Parker and Dana Gaier . Review: Even though I'm an avid movie watcher, I very rarely watch movies at the theater. This is mostly because it has gotten expensive to the point very few movies are worth the money. One of the exceptions to this is around my daughters' birthdays, when my wife and I take them out for a family film every year. And, since this tradition started with Despicable Me when it came out in 2010, we have made sure to watch all the sequels (including Minions ) at the theater too. As a result of this, we decided to continue that tradition with Despicable Me 3 last night. Since we enjoyed all the previous...