National Lampoon Presents: Jeeter PotLuck (2025)

This list was made with the intention of celebrating comedic craft and a love of seeing more women of colour and newcomers on the scene.

I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before. 

'Zombieland: Double Tap' was entertaining and fun at times, but not very evolved. It had poorly developed female characters and stereotypical characters of color.

Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.

It is not hard to make a musical biopic that pleases audiences and draws a profit.  Michael is no exception. 

In this high-flying mission, the pups gear up with jets to stop the Duke of Flappington and save Barkingburg.