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Callie Petch

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Tag: Illumination Entertainment

What I’ve Been Watching: 21/05/19 – 27/05/19

Rapping rabbits, banging beats, Bash Brothers, and redundant remakes.

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 Callie PetchLeave a comment

Your 2019 Summer Movie Guide, Part 1

Return of the Guide (IT IS), return of the Guide (PUMP UP THE WORLD)!

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Callie PetchLeave a comment

The Grinch

Illumination’s take on The Grinch is not incompetent but it is thoroughly inessential.

November 15, 2018December 3, 2018 Callie PetchLeave a comment

The 3rd Annual Callum Petch Awards, Part 2

The other half of that “last double-stop.”

January 4, 2018January 3, 2018 Callie PetchLeave a comment

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 is a tired, stale, scattershot mess of a film that I’d be more forgiving of if, like the other entries in this series, it were actually funny.

July 10, 2017August 15, 2017 Callie PetchLeave a comment

Sing

Sing is a film that deliberately plays to all of Illumination Entertainment’s weaknesses and the results are exactly how that sounds.

January 24, 2017August 15, 2017 Callie PetchLeave a comment

The 2nd Annual Callum Petch Awards, Part 2

And now, the not-so-thrilling conclusion!

January 5, 2017January 4, 2017 Callie PetchLeave a comment

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets is a very enjoyable joke machine, but a deeply confused one that illuminates Illumination’s continued weaknesses.

July 21, 2016September 18, 2017 Callie Petch1 Comment

The Problem with Illumination

…and, in fact, most animation studios in general.

June 28, 2015August 26, 2017 Callie PetchLeave a comment

Minions

Minions is a precision-tuned, finely-honed, 91 minute joke machine.

June 27, 2015August 26, 2017 Callie PetchLeave a comment

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