A crazy look at movie history

— A massive orange blob of a monster tries to devour much of Hollywood. — Images of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Dooley Wilson, the piano player in Casablanca's Rick's Cafe, speed by.— An animated George Lucas under glass asks to be released from his display at a museum.— Georges Milies's A Trip to the Moon crops up. All of that can be found in Minions and Monsters, the third stand-alone Minions movie since their solo debut in 2015. For the record, the Minions first appeared in 2010's Despicable Me. As you may be able to tell from the list above, Minions and Monsters is an eclectic -- sometimes frenzied -- addition to the series that begins when Henry and James -- two new Minion heroes -- find themselves in Hollywood during the silent era. Director Pierre Coffin accelerates the action in ways that may remind older audiences of the smashing mayhem of Looney Tunes cartoons. As is their way, the Minions race about looking for a new evil villain to serve while a tour guide named…