This time around, things take an origin story approach, as we flash back to 1970s San Francisco and the life of preteen Gru (Steve Carell returning once again), a boy who wants nothing more than ...

"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 ...

Minions Bob, Otto, Stuart, and Dave attend the ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ premiere June 25 in Hollywood. | Araya Doheny/FilmMagic 2010’s Despicable Me centered on a villain with big dreams ...

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.

Universal Pictures The collector's edition of Minions: The Rise of Gru will have over 60 minutes of bonus content for viewers to enjoy. The digital download for the collector's edition will be ...

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 ...

UPDATE, writethru: Coming in slightly above the estimates we reported on Saturday, Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru has boogied to an $87.2M weekend at the international box office.

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 ...

MONDAY AM: Writethru after Sunday AM post — As Illumination/Universal‘s Minions: The Rise of Gru clinches an Independence Day 4-day opening record of $125.1M, the ...