Like the Penguins of Madagascar and Mater the tow truck, the Tic Tac-shaped, banana-colored Minions join the ranks of popular comic sidekicks who have taken over their animated franchises. This is ...

Some of the movies' biggest stars barely speak a word of English, or any other language for that matter. Sure, you can occasionally hear them say "Banana!" or possibly "Smoochy smoochy!" but most of ...

Only 49 movies have ever made over $1 billion at the global box office. It’s a lot of Marvel, and Star Wars, and Jurassic World, and James Cameron, but between Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil ...

Credits: Directed by Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val, starring the voices of Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin Running time/rating: 1:27, PG for some action, violence and rude humor ...

When the aliens finally invade, they will find the vestiges of our Minions-based civilization and wonder just what the hell happened here. Having lived through it, I could not possibly begin to ...

“It feels like a direct-to-DVD movie, but it’ll make a billion dollars,” explained Charlie Jane Anders at io9, summing up the consensus quite well. “It’s hard not to feel as though the biggest caper ...

Jordan Peele’s Nope was the big winner at the U.S. box office over the weekend, but NBCUniveral/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru took the top spot globally ...

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 ...