Gru and the Minions cut in line to sneak into ... Nefario at the record store, which hides the criminal lair. The Vicious 6’s lair is underneath an independent record store, something ubiquitous ...

With a vacant spot on the Six up for grabs, young Gru is invited to apply (they think he’s a small man, not a kid) but is laughed out of their underground lair when they learn the truth.

There’s music embedded into the plot—Gru’s evil lair is hidden below a record store called Criminal Records, and the track that unlocks the trap door entrance is, fittingly, Linda Ronstadt ...

the animation team of “The Rise of Gru” does excel at constantly reminding us that we are in the 70s via its production design, such as the façade for the villain’s lair, Criminal Records ...

As the title suggests, Minions: The Rise of Gru is an account of the young baddie’s earliest misdeeds as he ... “mini-boss,” building his secret lair and accompanying him on important ...

It tells the story of Gru's first experience as a villain and how ... Gru gives Otto the stone and tells him to take it to their lair, but Otto loses the stone and Gru says he never wants to ...

In the movie’s opening minutes ... excitedly heads for an interview in their secret lair within the music store Criminal Records. There, Gru meets a future associate, then-aspiring mad scientist ...