“Despicable Me 2” centers on reformed baddie Gru (left, voice of Steve Carell) and his interactions with Anti-Villain League operative Lucy Wilde (right, Kristen Wiig), as well as his Minions.

Universal Pictures

Movie Review

Less ‘Despicable,’ still funny

Steve Carell’s animated villain Gru shows a near total lack of despicability in “Despicable Me 2,” but this sequel is plenty funny. By Tom Russo

Two views of  Kelli Rae Adams’s “Breaking Even” on display at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown  University.

Ian Alden Russell

galleries

What’s up at Boston-area art galleries

Kelli Rae Adams’s show “Breaking Even” is about how labor, materials, and measures of value inform production and exchange in an artistic economy. By Cate McQuaid

‘Joe Moakley’s Journey’ by Mark Robert Schneider

Schneider’s new book is a fine account of Congressman John Joseph Moakley’s progression from “meat and potatoes” neighborhood politician to human rights crusader. By Michael Kenney

Summer Arts Preview

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As the season heats up, cool attractions abound.

Summer movies preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/moviesfront-1472.jpg Apocalyptic films loom large, but heroes and hilarity may rescue us

If there is a theme to the studio blockbusters coming out between Memorial Day and Labor Day, it is that Apocalypse is nigh, is here, or has already happened.

What's on TV tonight

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/raydonovan_101_1550.R-001.jpg Critic’s corner: What’s on TV Wednesday

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert’s picks for what to watch, including “Ray Donovan” and “With Six You Get Eggroll.”

The Gardner Heist

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ryan_gardner-museum14_trave-1399.jpg Boston’s last, great unsolved mystery

On this page, you can learn more about the Globe’s reexamination of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist, view the lost masterpieces, watch how the thieves broke in, and review the investigation over the years.

Music

ALBUM REVIEW | WORLD

Femi Kuti, ‘No Place for My Dream’

Femi Kuti is a worthy successor to the intoxicating Afro-beat rhythms and explosive lyrics of his dad, Fela Kuti.

Television

game on

“BioShock Infinite” reaches the level of a Hollywood blockbuster in some ways, but for all its ambitions, the narrative falls short.

A strong story or memorable moments?

The vivid, terrifying world created in “BioShock Infinite” doesn’t reach the superlative level expected from the prerelease hype.

Books

Book Review

‘The Engagements’ by J. Courtney Sullivan

The sprawling saga of a novel is all centered around the idea of love, marriage, and, yes, a particular diamond ring.