ATR #109 – SOLO, Pope Francis, Boom for Real, Revenge

A short time ago, in a podcast studio not very far away … two of Seattle’s film critics, “That Guy Named John” and Tim Hall, “The People’s Critic” got together and reviewed several current movies!  “SOLO: A Star Wars Story”, “Pope Francis: A man of his word”, “Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat”, and “Revenge”.   A harrowing space adventure in theaters soon, two documentaries making their festival runs, and one bloody, brutal revenge film on VOD now, round out the reviews included in this episode. Follow the “Seattle International Film Festival” (SIFF) for the most up do date information on their screenings. Make sure to vote for this podcast in the first ever Geek Awards that Renton City Comic Con is putting on! When you click this link -> Renton City Comic Con Geek Awards you can vote for this podcast in three different categories: * Question 8: “Favorite Northwest Podcast” = “About To Review” * Question 9: “GEEK OF THE YEAR from the Northwest” = “That Guy Named John from About To Review” * Question 10: “Where do you consume your geekdom information from?” = “About To Review podcast” If you want to support the show, there are now more options! * Click here for the – Amazon Wishlist. This list has a few items that would help out the studio. * Click here for the – Threadless Store. Pick up a T-Shirt or coffee mug to show your support! * Click here for the – PayPal Link. If you are feeling super generous and want to pitch in a dollar, great! Timecode breakdown: * 0m:00s – 5m:00s: Introduction of the guest and topics * 5m:00s – 25m:25s: Geek news Batwoman coming to CW X-men dark Phoenix to be less “operatic” Thundercats Roar She-Ra coming back Aquaman trailer delay 25m:25s – 44m:36s: Discussion, review, and rating of “SOLO” (IMDB.com/SOLO) 44m:46s – 56m:00s: Discussion, review, and rating of “Pope Francis: A Man of his Word” (IMDB.com/PopeFrancis) 56m:00s – 1h:02m: Discussion, review, and rating of “Boom For Real: That Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat” (IMDB.com/BoomforReal) which was played at the Seattle Art Museum in collaboration with the Northwest Film Forum. 1h:02m – 1h:16m: Discussion, review, and rating of “Revenge” (IMDB.com/Revenge)