'Minions & Monsters' Adds Dimension to the 'Despicable Me' Universe

On the opening night of this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, after an awards ceremony and a brief cameo by Guillermo del Toro (who shouted, without a microphone, "F–k AI!"), Illumination's "Minions & Monsters" made its world premiere.This makes sense – Illumination's animation studio is in Paris, and they're as close as Annecy comes to hometown heroes. But the premiere, on the first night of a vaunted festival, also made sense once you watched the movie. It's a charming, brightly animated love letter to Hollywood's heyday and a celebration of the . . .