Gru and his lovable yet chaotic Minions have been household names for over a decade. The first film, which debuted in July 2010, has led to an entire franchise of movies, spinoffs, short films, video ...

Julie Andrews voices the mom of Steve Carell's Gru in Minions: The Rise of Gru, due in theaters in 2022 after delays due to the pandemic Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. The Minions were born as side characters in the movie Despicable Me and soon became the stars of their own franchise. Their appeal lies in their ...

July 3 will mark the latest installment in Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me franchise, just in time for Independence Day weekend. Despicable Me 4, which premiered at the 2024 French Annecy ...

The Mega Minions have been a long time coming. The filmmakers behind Universal and Illumination’s “Despicable Me 4“– which has grossed more than $400 million at the global box office — had been having ...

Back in 2010, Illumination Entertainment released the Minions into the world via the first “Despicable Me” film. They were the supporting characters to reformed super-villain Gru (Steve Carell). But ...

Should a review of a “Despicable Me” movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As much as I might believe in the value of film criticism, I kind of suspect ...

As the voice of Gru, Carell has known nothing but success. The three Despicable Me movies opened with $55 million or more, and the two Minions movies went way beyond that. Carell’s latest outing as ...

Gru from the Despicable Me animated movie series, wearing a black mask over his eyes and the top of his head, lies on his stomach in a library-like space, kicking and screaming with a huge syringe ...

The Minions rose to fame, like tiny demented soda bubbles, in Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud’s glorious 2010 animated caper Despicable Me. Sadly, these little yellow capsules of devious (and sometimes ...

Should a review of a “Despicable Me” movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As much as I might believe in the value of film criticism, I kind of suspect ...