Episodes
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning in London with Natasha Miller…
RYJ wonders why a movie that’s concluding the franchise would leave enough ambiguity for another installment
Natasha - 3.5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 3.5 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, and Tramell Tillman
Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Final Destination Bloodlines…
RYJ wonders what is the thought process behind naming entries in a film franchise
RYJ - 3.25 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, and Tony Todd
Written by Guy Busick, and Lori Evans Taylor
Directed by Zach Lipovsky, and Adam Stein
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Thunderbolts* with Daisy Rosario…
RYJ and Daisy wonder if MCU has a phase 5 problem
Daisy - 3 of 5 stars
RYJ - 2.25 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Hannah John-Karmen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss
Written by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo
Directed by Jake Schreier
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Sinners with Linda Holmes…
RYJ and esteemed guest Linda Holmes wonder if Michael B Jordan is actually two separate people
Linda - 5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 5 of 5 stars
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Check out Linda’s fantastic new novel Back After This, a rom-com about podcasting
Listen to us talk about Sinners even more on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour!
Available in theaters
Starring Michael B Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, and Delroy Lindo
Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Drop with JC Howard…
JC forces RYJ to ponder whether his thoughts about leverage have ruined his enjoyment of a potentially great thriller
JC - 4.25 of 5 stars
RYJ - 3.25 of 5 stars
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Check out his piece on Code Switch entitled Black Praise in White Pews
Available in theaters
Starring Maghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, and Gabrielle Ryan Spring
Written by Jillian Jacobs, and Chris Roach
Directed by Christopher Landon
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews A Minecraft Movie
RYJ ponders the cost of having five writers mine IP to craft a 3D film that nobody asked for
RYJ - 0 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen
Written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galleta
Directed by Jared Hess
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Snow White
RYJ wonders if the Disney strategy of remaking EVERYTHING is the right move
RYJ - 1 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap, Gal Gadot
Written by Erin Cressida Wilson
Directed by Marc Webb
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Death of a Unicorn with Laura Nichols
RYJ and Laura try to tackle why he can’t give this film 5 stars
Laura - 5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 4.75 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E Grant, Will Poulter, Tea Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, and Katheryn Erbe
Written by Lars Jacobson
Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Novocaine…
RYJ wonders why this movie couldn’t have lost 20 minutes
RYJ - 3.25 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Jack Quiad, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel and Matt Walsh
Written by Lars Jacobson
Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Mickey 17 with Deondre Jones
RYJ mispronounces Joaquin Phoenix’s name who incidentally isn’t even in this movie.
Deondre - 2.6 of 5 stars
RYJ - 2.25 of 5 stars
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Check out his podcast I’m the Villain
Available in theaters
Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Acjie, Steven Teun, Mark Ruffalo, and Toni ColletteWritten and Directed by Bong Joon-ho
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Love Hurts…
RYJ ponders what happens when you make a sequel to a movie that doesn’t exist…
RYJ - 2 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DuBose, Daniel Wu, Marshawn Lynch, Mustafa Shakir, Lip Tipton, Rhys Darby, Cam Gigandet, and Drew Scott
Written by Matthew Murray, Josh Stoffard, and Luke Passmore
Directed by Jonathan Eusebio
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Captain America Brave New World with Nichole L Hill
RYJ and Nichole wonder if five writers on a film always mean pending reshoots
Nichole - 2.5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 2.99 of 5 stars
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Check out Nichole’s new podcast Our Ancestors Were Messy, available everywhere you listen
Available in theaters
Starring Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford
Written by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, and Peter Glanz
Directed by Julius Onah
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Here’s Nichole and I on her very first time on Leaving the Theater reviewing In the Heights
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Flight Risk with JC Howard
RYJ and JC ponders whether or not makeup clocked in for their jobs on this movie
JC - 2.75 of 5 stars
RYJ - 2 of 5 stars
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Check out his piece on Code Switch entitled Black Praise in White Pews
Available in theaters
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace
Written by Jared Rosenberg
Directed by Mel Gibson
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Here’s the interesting breakdown of sexual assault against men and how the subject is handled in films that I mention in this episode.
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews One of Them Days with Jonquilyn Hill
RYJ and Jonquilyn continue to profess their love for a tight 90.
RYJ and Jonquilyn - 4.5 of 5 stars
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Jonquilyn is a Senior Producer at Vox Media, check out some of her work using the links below:
Explain It to Me
Through the Cracks
Available in theaters
Starring Kele Palmer, Sza, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, and Katt Williams
Written by Syreeta Singleton
Directed by Lawrence Lamont
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Den of Thieves 2: Pantera…
RYJ ponders whether or not wardrobe clocked in for their jobs on this movie
RYJ - 2 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Salvatore Esposito, Meadow Williams, and Swen Temmel
Written and directed by Christian Gudegast
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Babygirl…
RYJ ponders are the sex we want vs the sex we have
RYJ - 4.25 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde
Written and directed by Halina Reijn
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Sonic the Hedgehog 3
RYJ thinks a little about sonic and a little about the year that was 2024
RYJ 2 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Krysten Ritter, Natasha Rothwell, and Shemar Moore
Written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington
Directed by Jeff Fowler
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Y2K with Laura Nichols…
Laura and RYJ talk about what happens when movies won’t fully commit to the bit
Laura and RYJ - 2 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney, The Kid Laroi, and Alicia Silverstone
Written by Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter
Directed by Kyle Mooney
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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Moana II…
RYJ thinks that after an 8 year wait Disney might be overplaying its Moana hand…
RYJ 3 of 5 stars
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Available in theaters
Starring Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Tumeuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, and Alan Tudyk
Written by Jared Bush, and Dana Ledoux Miller
Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
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