Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - A Glimpse into the Transformative Power of Family, Friendship, and Fear
The latest installment in the beloved media franchise is a unique stylized mesh of humor and heart.

The Flores is your average sitcom family. Normal and flawless. Or at least that's what Rosa tries to have. As the head of the house, she works hard to get everything ready for dinner with grandma. But with her unhelpful husband, the reveal of her queer teenage twins, and an unexpected guest getting in the middle of her preparation. Rosa must learn to either accept her dysfunctional and quirky family or dismiss it in order to have a night of perfect bliss.
The latest installment in the beloved media franchise is a unique stylized mesh of humor and heart.
This is not a story of oppression but a story of liberation.
A refreshing twist is that all the kids’ powers are…kind of useless. There’s a kid who can only move in slow motion, a kid who has every power in the world but can only use them randomly, and our main character Missy who has no powers at all. The thesis of the film seems to be that it doesn’t matter what kind of powers you have, its the way you use them, which is good for the warm and fuzzies.
Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.
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.
It's good for your film viewing needs, but isn’t going to shake your world. Demonic is trippy sci-fi fun, and that’s about it. And that's pretty cool.