How can you pack in so many curiously questionable pop culture figures into a franchise based on nothing more than beloved (?) 1980’s nostalgia? Megan Fox rebounds from “The Transformers” to more of the same here, while Tyler Perry leaves Madea trapped in the closet long enough to make an appearance that teases more ongoing work for him, once the Turtles emerge from the shadows. Will everybody love Brad Garrett as the voice of Krang or Tony Shalhoub as the voice of the monkish Splinter? (Opens wide Friday) (PG-13) Not screened in time for review
This article appears in Jun 1-8, 2016.