Michael McKinney graduated from the The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Film. Michael has worked in television for over 30 years at stations in San Antonio, Dallas, and Atlanta. In 2011 he founded his weekly review blog Last One To Leave The Theatre and also became the film critic for WUPA-TV’s website ATLCW.TV, writing Preview This! a weekly look at movies coming out and long-form reviews of film concentrating on Indie films. Michael also writes long-form reviews and does interviews for the FanBolt.com website. Michael co-hosts the weekly ATLas podcast with Shakefire’s Matt Rodriquez and FanBolt’s Emma Loggings where they review movies, talk about the weekend box office and discuss local film events happening in Atlanta, GA. Michael has covered the L.A. Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, Savanah Film Festival, and the Rome International Film Festival.