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Seattle International Film Festival returns
The Seattle International Film Festival is back! Smaller than ever, and virtual, but who cares? Check out Tom Tangney's 10 Best Hunches for this year.Comments -
Which movies will dominate Oscar nominations after season marred by pandemic?
Which films released during a release season marred by the pandemic will top 2021's Oscar nominations? Other awards may have the answers. -
‘Malcolm & Marie’ is an exhilarating lovers’ spat with electric chemistry
KIRO Radio's Tom Tangney says 'Malcom & Marie' has an "electricity that keeps their 1-hour and 46-minute talkathon compelling throughout." -
‘Promising Young Woman’ is a nervy revenge-fantasy thriller
Promising Young Woman is both a pitch-black comedy and a rom-com tragedy, an astringent satire that spares almost no one, writes film critic Tom Tangney. -
‘One Night in Miami’ is a film brimming with intriguing ideas and unfulfilled potential
'One Night in Miami' may be brimming with intriguing ideas and clashing perspectives, but it's also a movie replete with unfulfilled potential. -
‘News of the World’ with Tom Hanks is satisfying comfort food in anxious times
For a Western, "News of the World" proves that it can often be better to be satisfying than exhilarating. That makes for quality comfort food. -
Risking COVID and sitting through ‘Free Willy’ to see ‘Tenet’ at a drive-in
KIRO Radio's Tom Tangney goes to see a movie for the first time in six months, catching "Tenet" and "Bill and Ted Face the Music" at Blue Fox Drive-In Theatre in Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island. -
With the ‘The Gentlemen’ Guy Ritchie returns to his roots
Guy Ritchie may not have improved on his first two movies, but "The Gentlemen" caps off a nice trilogy of black-humor gangster films. -
‘Les Miserables’ creates a real sense of life on the ground in Montfermeil
"Les Miserables" may not have cribbed its story from Victor Hugo but it does incorporate a crucial few lines from his novel: "There are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators." -
You’ll need to see ‘1917’ twice to appreciate both the camerawork and story
I don't know if it's fair to say you need to see 1917 twice to appreciate it, but it's better than saying the opposite. -
Tom Tangney’s 10 best films of 2019
Tom Tangney of the Tom and Curley show looks at the best films of 2019. -
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ends not with a bang, but a ho-hum
Unlike the two-film finale of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which packed an emotional wallop amidst all the mayhem, Star Wars ends not with a bang but a ho-hum. -
Tom Tangney’s 7 favorite lesser-known Christmas movies
KIRO Radio's Tom Tangney takes a look at some of the forgotten Christmas movies over the years. An odd selection, to say the least. -
‘Richard Jewell’ a fascinating look at societal forces on lone individuals
"Richard Jewell" is a fascinating look at the impact large societal forces inevitably have on lone individuals who find themselves at the center of a storm through no fault of their own. -
Plot of ‘Aeronauts’ and poetic license full of hot air
To create a fake proto-feminist heroine and encourage us to revel in her exploits in a movie about a specific event in history seems like an unnecessary cheat. The balloon in 'Aeronauts' is not the only thing full of hot air.