Leaving the Theater – Details, episodes & analysis

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Blink Twice with JC Howard…

RYJ and JC discuss violence and think pieces and predict how one will impact the other upon the release of this movie

JC -  4.3 of 5 stars
RYJ - 4 of 5 stars

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Find out more about JC by checking out his website and check out his episode of Code Switch “Black Praise in White Pews”.

Available in Theaters

Starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis and Alia Shawkat
Written by Zoe Kravitz and ET Feigenbaum
Directed by Zoe Kravitz

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Alien Romulus…

RYJ waxes poetic on the rise of David Jonsson

RYJ - 4 of 5 stars

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Available in Theaters

Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Aricue Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu
Written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
Directed by Fede Alvarez

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews If by himself…

RYJ gives the most emotional review he’s ever given on an episode of LTT

RYJ -  1.5 of 5 stars

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Available in Theaters

Starring Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, Liza Colon-Zayas, and Bobby Moynihan
Written and Directed by John Krasinski

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Bullet Train...with Ilana Nevins

In between reviewing the actual movie, Ronald discovers that Ilana has never actually listened to the podcast she is currently a guest on. Hijinks ensue.

RYJ - 3 of 5 stars
Ilana - 2.5 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji,
Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A Martinez Ocasio, Sandra Bullock, Zazie
Beetz, Channing Tatum, and Ryan Reynolds
Directed by David Leitch
Written by Zak Olkewicz

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12593682/

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Bodies Bodies Bodies…with Michael Jefferson aka Mass Potential

Mass Potential roasts Ronald for being too hard on films with his rating system. Also, they both liked this movie.

4 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders,
Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace, and Pete Davidson
Directed by Halina Rejin
Written by Sarah DeLappe

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8110652/

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Elvis, with Nichole Hill…

RYJ and Nic talk biopics, black folks, culture vultures, and the connective tissue that is Elvis Presley

2.75 of 5 stars

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Available in Theaters

Starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh,
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Xavier Samuel, David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey, Dacre Montgomery, Leon Ford, Alton Mason, Gary Clark Jr., and Natasha Bassett
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Written by Baz Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704428/

Ronald Young Jr. reviews The Gray Man, on the couch...

RYJ also discusses whether or not Netflix movies are good at all and muses how this one received such a low Rotten Tomatoes score.

3.5 of 5 stars

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Available on Netflix

Starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Rege-Jean Page, Dhanush, Dhanush, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Alfre Woodard, Billy Bob Thornton, Callan Mulvey, Deobia Oparei, and Robbery Kazinsky
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
Written by Joe Russo, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649418/

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Nope with Nic Hill…

RYJ and Nic discuss the fantastic storytelling of Jordan Peele and the merits of watching a movie with zero pretenses.

4.25 of 5 stars

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Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Keith David,
Michael Wincott, and Barbie Ferreira
Written and Directed by Jordan Peele

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10954984/

Available in theaters

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Ghostbusters Afterlife

RYJ alone talks about the journey to get Ghostbusters Afterlife to the big screen and whether or not the effort was worth. Also talks about the expectation films like these have of their audiences.

3.25 of 5 stars.

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Available to rent or buy on VOD

Starring Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste
O’Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts,
Oliver Cooper, Bokeem Woodbine, Josh Gad, Olivia Wilde, JK Simmons
Directed by Jason Reitman
Written by Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman
Based on Ghostbusters by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513678/

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Thor: Love and Thunder with Chris Klimek

RYJ and Chris discuss whether or not this rises to the level of Ragnarok and on larger scale how the MCU is changing in its fourth phase.

3 of 5 stars.

Available in Theaters and eventually on Disney Plus

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Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, and Taika Waititi
Directed by Taika Waititi
Written by Taika Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10648342/