"Minions: The Rise of Gru" is out July 1. Say what you will about Minions -- those tiny yellow, goggle-wearing buggers in blue overalls who’ve been around since the dawn of time talking ...

His classmates double over in laughter. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is the latest installment in the “Despicable Me” franchise, which includes three “Despicable Me” movies set in the ...

give “Minions: The Rise of Gru” credit: After their over-the-top 2015 prequel, the second spinoff seems to recognize that less is more. Having appeared in four movies, numerous short films and ...

Gru and the Minions thus take off on parallel tracks, which merely adds to the splintered nature of the story, which is unhelpfully crammed into a less-than-90-minute package.

In "Minions: The Rise of Gru," the confusion starts before the movie even begins: Where exactly does this story fall within the "Despicable" timeline? The first "Minions" was a spinoff set before ...

Unnecessarily, their insufferable dominance expands further with a new movie, “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” from director Kyle Balda, a creator involved in this hollow animated emporium since ...