Minion Masters: Arise!

Who would have thought it, but the seventh movie in the Despicable Me franchise may be the best one yet, as Minions & Monsters uses those little banana-loving dudes to make an ode to early Hollywood and to the power of cinema and storytelling.

2026's Masters of the Universe makes the smart choice to play up the dumb parts of He-Man and not take anything seriously. It’s part Flash Gordon, part Deadpool, and almost officially a parody of itself. These are all good things, by the way.

Star Wars creator George Lucas has been cast in Minions & Monsters, and he's already talked to Illumination about appearing in more Minions movies.

Minions & Monsters is now available on PVOD services like Prime Video. The third Minions film is landing on digital just over 40 days after it was first released in theaters. The latest movie from Illumination Studios grossed over $473 globally on a reportedly modest budget of $85 million, placing it narrowly in the top 10 highest-grossing movies of the year so far. While it didn’t quite match the heights of Despicable Me 4 at the box office, Minions & Monsters does currently sit as one of the best-reviewed movies in Illumination’s franchise. IGN’s own 8/10 review called the cinephile-

Masters of the Universe, the new He-Man movie, flopped at the box office despite a positive critical reception. You can stream it this week.