Leaving the Theater

Leaving the Theater

Leaving the theater is literally the freshest take on what you just watched. Host Ronald, record reviews while "leaving the theater" after seeing a movie, or on the couch after watching it on television or your favorite streaming services.

Episodes

February 16, 2026 18 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Crime 101…by himself 

RYJ loves Halle Berry

RYJ - 3.75 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, and Halle Berry
Written and Directed by Bart Layton

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Send Help…by himself 

RYJ thinks this premise was better when it was done in Triangle of Sadness

RYJ - 2 of 5 stars

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Starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien
Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift
Directed by Sam Raimi

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January 26, 2026 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Mercy by himself… 

RYJ wonders why he’s in a theater watching this instead of cozy on his couch…

RYJ - 3 of 5 stars

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Starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson
Written by Marco van Belle
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov

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January 20, 2026 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews 28 Years Later The Bone Temple… 

RYJ wonders when a zombie film crosses into Hostel territory…

RYJ - 3.5 of 5 stars

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Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry
Written by Alex Garland
Directed by Nia DaCosta

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January 12, 2026 14 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Greenland 2 Migration…by himself 

RYJ wonders why they would retcon a perfectly good movie just to make a worse sequel

RYJ - 1  of 5 stars

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Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis
Written by Mitchell La Fortune and Chris Sparling
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh

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January 5, 2026 21 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Anaconda with Deondre Jones… 

RYJ and Deondre think this movie isn’t as funny as it could have been or as funny as it thinks it is

DJ - 1.5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 2 of 5 stars

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Follow Deondre on IG and Threads

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Starring Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, and Thandiwe Newton
Written by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten
Directed by Tom Go...
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December 29, 2025 19 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Marty Supreme by himself… 

RYJ wants to watch Uncut Gems again, because it’s a better version of this movie

RYJ - 2.99 of 5 stars

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Starring Timothee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher
Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Directed by Josh Safdie

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December 22, 2025 21 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Avatar Fire and Ash by himself… 

RYJ wonders who was in charge of narrowing down the plot points

RYJ - 3 of 5 stars

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Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, and Kate Winslet
Written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver
Directed by James Cameron

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December 8, 2025 20 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Hamnet with Daryl Murphy… 

RYJ and Daryl debate whether or not they’re pronouncing Agnes correctly in this movie

DM - 4.5 of 5 stars
RYJ - 4.75 of 5 stars

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Follow Daryl on IG and Threads

Available in theaters

Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn
Written by Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
Directed by Chloe Zhao

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December 1, 2025 20 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Eternity by himself… 

RYJ explains the difference between a spark and electricity

RYJ - 4.25 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, John Early, Olga Merediz, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Written by Pat Cunnane, and David Freyne
Directed by David Freyne

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November 25, 2025 18 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Wicked For Good by himself… 

RYJ doesn’t understand Wicked, it wasn’t a bad movie, but it’s a bad plot.

RYJ - 3 of 5 stars

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Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Colman Domingo, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum
Written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
Directed by Jon ...
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November 19, 2025 18 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews The Running Man by himself… 

RYJ thinks that this movie should have taken itself a little more seriously

RYJ - 3 of 5 stars

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Starring Glen Powell, William H Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin
Written by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright
Directed ...
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November 11, 2025 16 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Predator Badlands by himself… 

RYJ struggles to pronounce Predator Badlands

RYJ - 4 of 5 stars

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Starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, and Mike Homik
Written by Patrick Aison and Brian Duffield
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg





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November 5, 2025 12 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Bugonia by himself…which was a mistake 

RYJ thinks that this movie is a little messed up.

RYJ - 2.99 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delvis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone
Written by Will Tracy
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

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October 20, 2025 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Good Fortune… 

RYJ thinks about the gig economy and whether or not he would choose to be poor again willingly after experiencing being rich

RYJ -  4.5 of 5 stars

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Starring Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, and Keanu Reeves
Written and Directed by Aziz Ansari

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October 14, 2025 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Tron Ares by himself… 

RYJ wonders how a Tron movie feels relevant when the Matrix exists

RYJ -  3.25 of 5 stars

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Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges
Written by Jesse Wigutow
Directed by Joachim Ronning

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October 6, 2025 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews The Smashing Machine by himself… 

RYJ judges an overt Oscar grab

RYJ -  3 of 5 stars

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Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk
Written and Directed by Benny Safdie

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September 29, 2025 16 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews One Battle After Another with Jonquilyn Hill… 

RYJ thinks about what it means to be satisfied with the ending of a film

JQ - 5 of 5 stars
RYJ -  4.25 of 5 stars

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September 22, 2025 15 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews A Big Bold Beautiful Journey by himself… 

RYJ thinks this film thinks itself to be more poignant than it actually is

RYJ -  2.99 of 5 stars

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Available in theaters

Starring Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Waller- Bridge, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Billy Magnussen
Written by Seth Reiss
Directed by Kogonada

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September 15, 2025 14 mins
Ronald Young Jr. reviews Caught Stealing by himself… 

RYJ contemplates violence…

RYJ -  2.5 of 5 stars

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Starring Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Benito Martinew Ocasio, Griffin Dunne, Carol Kane
Written by Charlie Huston
Directed by Darren Aronofsky

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