Leaving the Theater

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Atlanta...on the couch RYJ goes on the Atlanta journey and talks about the run of the show as well as the impact and tone. 4 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, Twitter, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron Check out Ronald doing another longer review of Atlanta on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/15/1136784019/donald-glover-seems-mad-at-us-but-we-mostly-embrace-atla...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Black Panther Wakanda Forever with Mass Potential aka Michael Jefferson... RYJ and MP discuss the movie and marvel's tendency to start several plot lines in one title that are the origins of another. Does this work? Do we need this? RYJ - 3.5 of 5 stars MP - 3 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter and TikTok - @ohitsbigron Follow Michael Jefferson on IG and Twitter - @ma...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Love is Blind (Season 3)...on the couch RYJ should be reviewing this show but it kind of just turns into a light recap of the season with a rating. Which we know isn’t exactly the mission of this podcast. But stick with us, Black Panther Wakanda Forever is next week, and don’t act like you don’t like dating reality shows! They’re amazing! THE DRAMA! 3.25 of 5 stars Follow...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Ticket to Paradise with Nichole HIll… RYJ and Nic Hill talk about the levels of rom-coms, Meghan Markle, Joe Rogan, the Daily, and whether or not this should have been a streaming film or not. Nic Hill - 2.9 of 5 stars RYJ - 3 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @nicholewthanh and Twitter - @NicHill732 Check out Nic’s show The...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews… African American Adam with Diana Veiga RYJ and Diana get into a legitimate debate over whether or not people who defend the status quo are villains or not. RYJ - 2.99 of 5 stars Diana - 3.25 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Diana Veiga on IG - @dianaveigatells and Twitter - @dianaveiga Check out more of Diana’s work by visiting the website bel...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Hocus Pocus 2…on the couch RYJ muses on how men write witches and how women write witches. It makes for quite different films. 3 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available on Disney Plus Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Sam Richardson, Doug Jones, and Tony Hale Directed by Anne Fletcher Written by Jen D’Angelo https://www.imd...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Dahmer…on the couch RYJ dusts off his soapbox and muses on the irresponsibility of dramatizing trauma. No Rating Please remember the 17 victims of Jeffrey Dahmer: Steven Hicks, 18 Steven Tuomi, 28 Jamie Doxtator, 14 Richard Guerrero, 25 Anthony Sears, 24 Ricky Beeks, 33 Eddie Smith, 28 Ernest Miller, 24 David Thomas, 23 Curtis Straughter, 18 Errol Lindsey, 19 Anthony ‘Tony...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Bros with Ben Angeloni RYJ and Ben discuss inclusion, and what a groundbreaking movie must accomplish in order to pave the way for other inclusive movies RYJ - 3.25 of 5 stars Ben - 3.5 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Ben Angeloni on IG @bsangeloni Available in theaters Starring Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, TS Madison, Monica Raymond, Guill...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Don’t Worry Darling with Nichole Hill… RYJ and Chole get into a debate about whether or not this film is set in the 50s or 60s. Turns out Nikki is right, it’s the 50s, but the confusing part was that they were using some music from the 60s to set the scene…also…they review the movie. 2.5 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @ni...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews The Woman King with Nic Hill… Nic brings up a good point in our discussion, that being a woman soldier comes with more responsibilities and consequences than that of a man soldier. This makes for a pretty heavy movie. Nic - 4 of 5 stars RYJ - 3.75 of 5 stars Want to hear the extended version of this episode with spoilers? Join Patreon using the link below: https://www.patr...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Honk for Jesus, Save your Soul Ronald talks about the difference between an oscar winning film and an oscar winning performance. 3 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available in theaters and on Peacock Starring Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Austin Crute, Nicole Beharie, and Conphidance Written and Directed by Adamma Ebo https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1...

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Support Leaving the Theater on Patreon using the link below: https://www.patreon.com/LeavingTheTheater Ronald Young Jr. reviews Prey…on the couch Ronald gives a quick primer to the entire Predator universe and then talks through the finer points of the most recent installment of the series. 4 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, Twitter, and Tiktok - @ohitsbigron Available on Hulu Starring Amber Midthunder...

Support Leaving the Theater on Patreon using the link below: https://www.patreon.com/LeavingTheTheater 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 Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron...

Support Leaving the Theater on Patreon using the link below: https://www.patreon.com/LeavingTheTheater 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 Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Michael Jefferson on IG and Tw...

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 Support the show on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/LeavingTheTheater Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @nicholewthanh and Twitter - @NicHill732 Check out Nic’s show The Secret Adventures...

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 Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available on Netflix Starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Rege-Jean Page, Dhanush, Dhanush, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Alfr...

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 Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @nicholewthanh and Twitter - @NicHill732 Check out Nic’s show The Secret Adventures of Black People available everywhere you listen to podcasts and...

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. Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available to rent or buy on VOD Starring Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd...

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 Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Chris Klimek on Twitter - @ctklimek Check out Chris Klimek’s podcast A Degree a...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Stranger Things...from the couch RYJ alone talks about the strengths and weaknesses of dividing your main casts into groups on converging quests and whether or not the Duffer bros successfully completed the task. 3.5 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available on Netflix Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Mat...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Hustle from the couch RYJ discusses the merits of the current era of Adam Sandler’s acting. To include this and Uncut Jaaaams of course. 3.75 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Available on Netflix Starring Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Juancho Hernangomez, Robert Duvall, Anthony Edwards, Kenny Smith, Fat Joe, and Jaleel White Directed by Jer...

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Lightyear RYJ discusses Pixar’s track record with movies, the character development of Buzz Lightyear, and recent homophobic headlines. 3.25 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Starring Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, James Brolin, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, Uzo Adoba, Isaiah Whitlock Jr. Directed by Angus Maclane Written by Jason Headley, Angus M...

RYJ reviews Jurassic World Dominion with Nichole Hill Ronald and Nichole discuss the merits of having a film that has less dinosaur on human carnage and more humans vs giant corporations. Are they domesticating the dinosaurs too much? Who actually has dominion here? 2 of 5 stars Follow me on IG, and Twitter - @ohitsbigron Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @nicholewthanh and Twitter - @NicHill732 Starrin...

RYJ reviews The Bob’s Burgers Movie... Starring H Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Zach Galifinakis, Kevin Kline, Davin Wain, Sam Seder, Aziz Ansari, David Herman, Gary Cole, Brian Huskey, Jenny Slate, Ron Lynch, and Stephanie Beatriz Directed by Loren Bouchard, and Bernard Derriman Written by Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith Follow me on IG, and Twi...