Blu-Ray Deal of the Week: 58% Off 'Despicable Me 2' Blu-Ray 3D/Blu-Ray/DVD Combo

If you just can't get enough of those crazy Minions (who are about to get their own movie) from Despicable Me, then this week's Blu-Ray deal is for you. You can get Despicable Me 2 on Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray 3D/DVD/Digital combo pack for only $20.99, that's 58% off the regular price. For that you not only get the hit film in multiple formats but it also comes with three mini-movies featuring the Minions in brand new adventures! The three-disc set comes with a ton of special features including commentary from Steve Carell on turning Gru from supervillain to super Dad.

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New on DVD & Blu-Ray: 'Fast and Furious 6', 'Despicable Me 2', 'Mary Poppins'

Fast and Furious 6: With Paul Walker's shocking and untimely death, he leaves behind the legacy of the Fast and Furious franchise that entertained millions for so many years. While it's not clear what will happen with Fast and Furious 7, the sixth installment of the very successful series is now on DVD and Blu-Ray. The film reiterates the importance of togetherness and family and the franchise is something Walker was highly proud of. The film also stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Elsa Pataky, and Gal Gadot. 

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Despicable Me 2: Gru and his minions never seem to catch a break, even after Gru has settled down with his three daughters and given up his life of crime. He is faced with a new threat when special agent Lucy asks for his help to defeat a villain they all thought was gone. Gru also has to learn to let his eldest daughter go on a date without freaking out and going into protective mode. The film stars Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, and Steve Coogan. 

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Mary Poppins, 50th Anniversary Edition: It's a jolly holiday with Mary Poppins! It's been 50 years since the happy nanny flew into the Banks' lives and sought to help fix their lives. And now with Saving Mr. Banks to hit theaters this week, Mary Poppins has never been more prominent and is a must-see for all ages. The film stars Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, and David Tomlinson. 

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Man of Tai Chi: A rebellious Tai Chi student ends up fighting in an underground fight club to earn money when he realizes that his Tai Chi school is being threatened by redevelopment. However, things take a turn when Chen Lin Hu finds out that the owner of the school doesn't have pure intentions. The film stars Keanu Reaves, Tiger Chen, and Iko Uwais. 

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Battle of the Year: The B-Boys dance team has competed in the biggest breakdance competition called Battle of the Year for years, but hasn't one any of them in fifteen. With a new coach and a little more discipline, the best of all American teams form one Dream Team in hopes to take the competition by storm and finally bring home a trophy. The film stars Josh Holloway, Josh Peck, Laz Alonzo, Caity Lotz, and Chris Brown. 

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Adore: Lil and Roz are best friends who grow up together in a small, but scenic Australian town. They're more like sisters who go through the ups and downs of life. Years after Lil's husband dies, Roz's husband gets an exciting new job in Sydney and wants to move Lil and their son Tom with him. However, they both don't want to go because, unbeknownst to him, Roz and Tom have both started affairs, Tom with Lil and Roz with Lil's son Ian. The film stars Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville. 

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Tops At the Box Office: 'Despicable Me 2' Holds; 'Grown Ups 2' Bests 'Pacific Rim'

1. Despicable Me 2- $44.75M/$229.2M
Those Minions are some deceptively strong little buggers, delivering knock-out blows to Adam Sandler's Grown Ups 2 and Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim. The 3D animated sequel only slipped 46% from last week, while also taking in an additional $55M on the foreign market for a worldwide haul of $472M. At this rate it will surpass Despicable Me's $543M run in just a few more days.
2. Grown Ups 2- $42.5M
Despite being slaughtered by critics, Grown Ups was the biggest live-action hit in Adam Sandler's career, and thus it also gave him his very first sequel. It turns out that roughly the same people who endured the first one turned out for Grown Ups 2. For Sandler this is a big win for him, and if it hangs around for awhile it won't be surprising to see Grown Ups 3 somewhere down the line. *shudder*
3. Pacific Rim- $38.3M
It's not completely surprising that Guillermo Del Toro's big sci-fi action film Pacific Rim was bested by the broad comedy of Grown Ups 2. Despite the fanboy crowd's enthusiasm for the monsters vs. robots spectacle, the genre has traditionally found it tough sledding in America, and total lack of A-list stars didn't help. Given the $200M budget, the $38M debut could be a big problem for Legendary Pictures, who recently split off from longtime partner, Warner Bros, and any hopes of a sequel will depend largely on the foreign box office. Fortunately, Del Toro has wide international recognition, and the film features an ethnically diverse cast in a story largely pulling from Japanese culture, which may explain the strong $53M overseas haul, making for a worldwide total of $91M.
4. The Heat- $14M/$112.4M
5. The Lone Ranger- $11.1M/$71.1M
After a disastrous opening that had everybody questioning Johnny Depp's viability when not dressed up as Jack Sparrow, The Lone Ranger kept the negative streak going by dropping a massive 62% in its second week. Bad word-of-mouth further drove this one into the dust, and with only $119M worldwide, against a budget shooting past $215M (minus marketing), this is looking like the year's most high-profile dud. Not that Disney cares, since they've already got Depp lined up for Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and Alice in Wonderland 2, which are like printing money.....right? Ehhhh.....
6. Monsters University- $10.6M/$237.8M
7. World War Z- $9.4M/$177.1M
8. White House Down- $6.15M/$63M
9. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain- $5M/$26.4M
10. Man of Steel- $4.8M/$281M

The biggest debut of the week went to Ryan Coogler's Frutivale Station, which stars Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant, an African-American unjustly killed by cops in 2009. Opening with a massive $377K at only 7 locations for a $53K per site average, it's probable the film has seen a boost due to the similar Trayvon Martin case and the ongoing trial coverage.

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New Posters for 'Riddick', 'Despicable Me 2', 'Rush', 'Pacific Rim', and More

"Survival is his revenge". While the Internet waits with baited breath for word on Vin Diesel's meeting with Marvel, the brawny actor is also busy getting the word out on Riddick, the third film in his Chronicles of Riddick series. The latest in a string of one-sheets is a sun scorched image of the titular Furyan, stranded on a dangerous planet from which there is no escape other than to alert his many enemies. Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, and Karl Urban co-star when Riddick opens on September 6th.

Despicable Me 2 goes a long way in establishing that Gru's minions aren't just a chaotic yellow mass of hilarious drones. They actually have names and distinct individual personalities. The latest batch of posters hammers that idea home, and it's likely these will be the Minions leading their self-titled movie coming in December 2014. In Despicable Me 2, opening on July 3rd, they help Gru stop a new villain who is using electromagnets to destroy the world. Watch out for that shady one in the French maid outfit. Something off about that guy.

A pretty dull Spanish poster has been released for Ron Howard's F-1 racing film, Rush. Why would this make anyone want to pay to see it? Trailers have been mighty impressive though, with Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl playing 1970s rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Ironically, the film enters the Oscar race on September 20th.

Pacific Rim opens next week and I'm in full shutdown mode. I was there when they unveiled the first footage a year ago, and at this point I just want to see the finished product in all its spectacular glory. While they'll have a hard time matching the awesomeness of the IMAX exclusive poster, here are two new ones that are still pretty boss. One features the American Jaeger with the incredibly cool name of Gipsy Danger. The other is the hydra-esque Kaiju known as Otachi, which apparently has a category rating of '4'. I assume that means he's pretty dangerous. Pacific Rim opens on July 12th.

A new character poster has been issued for the gritty as sh*t crime thriller, Prisoners, which stars Hugh Jackman as a small town carpenter who takes the law into his own hands after the cops fail to find his kidnapped daughter. This image features co-star Jake Gyllenhaal as the slick big city detective clearly in over his head. I have this one pegged as this year's The Town, a crime film that comes out of nowhere and makes an unexpected Oscar run. Look for director Denis Villeneuve to blow up when Prisoners opens on September 20th.

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Three New Clips from 'Despicable Me 2' with Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig

In Despicable Me, we saw Gru (Steve Carell) begin to give up his career as the world's lamest supervillain with the help of three cutesy adopted girls. In the sequel he's completely put his criminal career behind him, and has joined the Anti-Villain League to help take down a new baddie named El Macho. But there are worst threats Gru has to deal with now that he's a father, and one of those is the danger posed by his daughters talking to boys.

Universal has released three clips from Despicable Me 2, and two of them deal with domestic issues rather than battling supervaillains. The first has Gru and the girls discussing his new job with the League, while the second has him grilling Margo (Miranda Cosgrove) about a boy she's been chatting with over the phone. The final clip features a chaotic rescue attempt by the minions to save Gru and fellow agent, Lucy Wilde, voiced by Kristen Wiig.

Despicable Me 2 hits theaters on July 3rd.


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New poster and clip from 'Despicable Me 2'

Losing Al Pacino as the villain, only to replace him with Benjamin Bratt, hasn't slowed down plans for Despicable Me 2. The sequel to Universal's surprise hit will still hit theaters on July 3rd, and it'll be interesting to see if has quite the same box office muscle as The Croods, or Pixar's upcoming Monsters University.

A new clip has been released, and it features supervillain turned stay-at-home dad Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) getting a little help in dealing with some pesky neighbors. The film has Gru "recruited" by the Anti-Villain League to help them take down a powerful new foe.

Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, and Steve Coogan lend their voices to the film. Check out the clip below....

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Al Pacino departs 'Despicable Me 2'; Jon Hamm to voice 'Minions'

It's been no secret that Universal and Illumination Entertainment's focus on Despicable Me 2 has been geared towards those little yellow scamps, the Minions. Steve Carell may have been what helped put butts in seats for the first film, but he's been overshadowed by the popular sidekicks, and Universal is cashing in by giving them their own, self-titled spinoff coming in 2014. With only two months before the sequel opens, Universal is having to make some major changes, as one of their top celebrity voices just made for the exits.

Al Pacino had been set to to voice the villain Eduardo, but has now departed due to creative differences. Javier Bardem had initially been set for the role, but when he left Pacino took over. We had neither seen or heard anything of Pacino's character in the film, so maybe this explains why. Benjamin Bratt, last seen in the Dwayne Johnson drug thriller Snitch, will be stepping in to replace Pacino. Directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin will have to go back with Bratt and redo all of Pacino's scenes, which could be significant considering how long he was a part of the production. Bratt joins Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, and Steve Coogan for the July 3rd release.

Where one A-lister drops out, another one has stepped in for the spinoff, Minions. The ever-versatile Jon Hamm (Mad Men) has signed on to voice a major character in the film, which is set long before the minions ever served Gru. Taking place in the 1960s, it follows a group of minions who go off in search of a new leader to follow, and wind up serving Scarlet Overkill, a stylish, bad ass supervillain voiced by Sandra Bullock. Hamm will lend his vocal talents to her husband, Herb Overkill.

It's another example of the many talents Hamm has at his disposal, as we've heard him voice a number of animated characters in the past, including playing Brogan the Ogre in Shrek Forever After. He's recently wrapped Clear History, the HBO comedy film from Greg Mottola and Larry David. Next up for him is the Disney sports drama, Million Dollar Arm.

Minions is slated to hit theaters on December 19th 2014. 

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Minions play football and celebrate Christmas in new 'Despicable Me 2' teasers

It doesn't really matter that one of these new teasers for Despicable Me 2 is in another language, because those little yellow minions don't say anything we can understand, anyway.  They communicate much more effectively by beating the tar out of one another or zapping them with electricity from the Christmas decorations.

Two new teasers feature the little buggers in the middle of a game of football, and getting everything nice and ready for the holiday. We've barely seen or heard a thing from Steve Carell's returning Gru character, and it looks like the emphasis is being put on the Minions to get us ready for their eventual spinoff. I think Universal might want to start gauging the risk of overexposure.

Despicable Me 2 opens on July 3rd 2013....[Bleeding Cool]

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The Minions celebrate Halloween with a new 'Despicable Me 2' trailer

It's probably a year or two too late to go out dressed as one of the Despicable Me Minions for Halloween, but when the holiday comes around next year I'm betting we'll see a bunch of folks dressed up as the little yellow buggers. A new trailer was released today for Despicable Me 2, and it's a surprisingly ominous, perfect for the Halloween season.

Something alien or possibly supernatural appears to be hunting the minions, and it doesn't seem to care if they're embroiled in an intense game of backyard golf or not. We don't get to see much of Gru(Steve Carell) except during the title sequence, which isn't much of a surprise since it's the Minions people have really connected with. Universal is clearly using this film as a springboard to their upcoming Minions spinoff.

Despicable Me 2 opens next year on July 3rd....

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The Minions are back! Watch them tease the sequel to 'Despicable Me'!

Those little yellow minions from Despicable Me have pretty much become the unofficial mascots of Illumination Entertainment. They even turn up in their other movies, like a very brief cameo(keep your eyes peeled!) in The Lorax. Everybody loves them, and their silly spinoff short films and video games have proven to be a big hit.

So it makes sense that they'd be the ones to get you amped up for Despicable Me 2, the sequel to the $500M grossing hit about a supervillain(voiced by Steve Carell) who finds his heart warmed by the arrival of three precocious orphans. Plot details on the next film are few, but we know Al Pacino will be playing a new enemy. The new teaser features the minions doing a rendition of the Beach Boys' hit, 'Barbara Ann', only using the word 'Banana' instead.  Funny stuff. Despicable Me 2 is set to open on July 3rd 2013. So far away....

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