Tom Tangney
Tom Tangney is the co-host of The Tom and Curley Show weekdays 3 - 7 p.m. on KIRO Radio and resident enthusiast of...everything. As the film and media critic on the Morning News on KIRO Radio, he espouses his love for books, movies, TV, art, pop culture, politics, sports, and Husky football.
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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.
