You can’t help but be charmed by the current of weirdness that washes through the computer-animated “Despicable Me” franchise. Take, for instance, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” — the second prequel to ...
Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement. It’s not going particularly ...