Actor Russell Brand (1975)

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) is a US-animated comedy film created by Illumination and released by Universal Pictures. In 1976, an 11-year-old Gru aspires to become a supervillain, with the help of his Minion employees. Gru is overjoyed when he receives an invitation to audition for the Vicious 6, a team of villains now led by Belle Bottom. The Vicious 6 are searching for a new member to replace their leader Wild Knuckles, after he betrayed them and was presumed dead during a robbery to steal the Zodiac Stone – a valuable gem connected to the Chinese zodiac. Despite his young age, Gru’s interview does not go well but he manages to outsmart the Vicious 6 ...

Death on the Nile (2022), a mystery film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Michael Green. The movie is based on Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel of the same name and is the second film adaptation of her work, following the 1978 version. In World War I, Poirot, a young strategizer, is unable to prevent his captain’s death from a booby trap that leaves him with facial scars. His lover and wife, nurse Katherine, encourages him to grow a mustache to conceal them. In 1937, Poirot attends a club where jazz ...

The American animated comedy film, Despicable Me 2 (2013), produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures, follows the story of a mysterious aircraft that steals PX-41, a highly potent mutagen, from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Upon learning of this theft, Silas Ramsbottom, director of the Anti-Villain League (AVL), enlists the help of Lucy Wilde to recruit former supervillain Gru. Despite being forcibly brought to AVL headquarters, Gru is asked by Ramsbottom to aid in tracking down the culprit and recovering the mutagen. However, Gru declines, stating that he has now taken on a more legitimate role as a father and owner of a ...

Rock of Ages (2012) is a film directed by Adam Shankman, based on the Broadway musical by Chris D’Arienzo. Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Sherrie Christian arrives from Oklahoma with hopes of becoming a singer. However, her suitcase is stolen and she is left stranded. Drew Boley, a barback at the Bourbon Room, helps her out by getting her a job as a waitress after the previous one quits (‘Sister Christian/Just Like Paradise/Nothin’ But a Good Time’). The Bourbon Room, facing financial troubles due to tax debt, desperately books Stacee Jaxx, a ...

The film Despicable Me (2010), produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures, follows the story of Gru – a longtime supervillain who is determined to outdo his unknown rival’s act of stealing the Great Pyramid of Giza. Together with his elderly assistant, Dr. Nefario, and faithful army of Minions, Gru hatches a plan to steal the Moon. However, concerns arise about the cost of such a feat and Gru is forced to seek financial assistance from Mr. Perkins, the director of the Bank of Evil. As part of Mr. Perkins’ conditions for granting Gru a loan, he must first steal a shrink ray. While attempting this task at the bank, Gru ...