The Youth Critic Podcast

This week on the podcast; , Marley Silverbrand, and I talk about the Horror Obsessions this summer with Curry Barker's Obsession and Kane Parsons' Backrooms Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠‪‬⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Moviekale⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠⁠

This week on the podcast; David Weiser, Marley Silverbrand, and I talk about our favorite movies of 2025 and what we're anticipating in 2026. Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠‪@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠⁠⁠ @MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠@Moviekale⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠@Weiser_David⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠ David's...

On this episode, I'm joined by David Weiser for our review of Josh Safdie's new movie Marty Supreme. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@weiser_david David's blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://filmassessment.blogspot.com⁠⁠

On this Episode, we have David Weiser and Kyle Arking on to talk about the James Cameron's Third Avatar Movie Avatar: Fire and Ash. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠  @Arkingkyle ⁠@weiser_david Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?...

On this Episode, we have Kyle Arking on to talk about the Sam Raimi and his new movie SEND HELP. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠  @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠ l   ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Kyle's Youtube Channel:  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this Episode; Kyle Arking and I talk about Stranger Things, It's impact and our thoughts on the final season. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠  @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠ l   ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Kyle's Youtube Channel:  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this week, I have Gene Aversa on to talk about Predator: Badlands, Killer of Killers, and what we love about this new wave of predator movies from Dan Trachtenberg & Co. BlueSky: ⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠ l ⁠@gene9892.bsky.social⁠ Twitter Handles:  ⁠@Moviekale⁠   ⁠@theyouthcritic⁠   ⁠@gene9892⁠   ⁠@TheWafflePress  ⁠ The Waffle Press:  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SAkQzan606e8RerAFPkTg⁠...

This week on the podcast; Marley Silverbrand and I talk about Justin Lin's new movie Last Days and debate on what the movie's intent was. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On today's podcast; Kyle Arking and I have talk a lot about Tron, it's legacy, The franchise, and we also talk a little bit about Tron: Ares. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ ⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @Arkingkyle Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=15a8ae09d2db4b94⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ky...

This week on the podcast. Trey Brandon and Brandon Cooley join me to talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie One Battle After Another. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Trey's Letterboxd: ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/thejovialginger/⁠ Brandon's Letterboxd: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/brandoncooley94/

On this Episode, Kyle Arking and I talk about Benny Safdie's solo Debut "The Smashing Machine" starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @Arkingkyle Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=15a8ae09d2db4b94⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kyl...

This week on the podcast; Marley Silverbrand and I did a Letterboxd Catch Up Episode where we talk about the movies we have been watching and haven't reviewed in the past couple months. If you're interested in listening to part one: Here's the link to Part One (via Reel Lovers Pod): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-lovers/id1524323323 Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠...

This week on the podcast; David Weiser and I talk about Spike Lee's New movie Highest 2 Lowest starting Danzel Washington. Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠‪@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Moviekale⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Weiser_David⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ David's blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://filmassessment.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

This week on the podcast; Marley Silverbrand joins me to talk about Freakier Friday and Weapons. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠

On this episode; we have Trey Brandon back and we have David Weiser & Kyle Arking to come on and talk about Marvel's new movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠⁠ l  ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠⁠⁠  @Arkingkyle ⁠@weiser_david Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify....

This week on the podcast; Marley Silverbrand joins me to talk about Ari Aster's Eddington and how the world is crazy. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠

On this episode, I'm joined by Kyle Arking and David Weiser for our review of James Gunn's Superman as well as the finale to "The Chemtrails to Superman (2025) retrospective we did last week. The BVS/JL episode will be up tomorrow. Bluesky:  ⁠⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠⁠ l   ⁠⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ ⁠@davidhweiser.bsky.social‬⁠ Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  ⁠⁠  @Arking...

This week we have two new episodes coming out. We have the review for the new Superman movie and the review for the new Jurassic World movie. On this episode, we have Marley Silverbrand joining me to talk about Jurassic World: Rebirth. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For this sixth episode, I'm joined by Kyle Arking, James Razelle and David Weiser as we talk about the second time WB tried to Reboot Superman with Man Of Ste...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For this fifth Episode, I'm joined by Kyle Arking and Shawn Eastridge as we talk about Superman Returns, The wild journey to get from Quest for Peace to Retur...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For this Fourth Episode, I'm joined by Case Kellum from Town & Gown Players to talk about Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, why it looks so cheap, is ther...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For Episode Three; we have Marley Silverbrand to talk about the Disastrous, but somehow timely Superman III. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthc...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For this Second Episode, I'm joined by Kyle Arking as we talk about Superman Part II, The two different cuts, Which one is our preferred version, why this mig...

For the next few days, We here at the Youth Critic Podcast will be running a special retrospective on the Superman movies From Superman The Movie to Justice League (2021) in the lead up to the new Superman movie from Director James Gunn. For this Inaugural Episode, I'm joined by Diego Crespo and Kyle Arking as we talk about Superman The Movie. How they made you believe a man could fly and the many...

On today's podcast; Marley Silverbrand comes back to the show to talk about Pixar and their latest movie Elio. Twitter Handles:  ⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles ⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠‪⁠ Marley's Linktree:  ⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠