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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‘Jojo Rabbit’ is a biting satire of the inanity at the heart of Nazism
"Jojo Rabbit" is a biting satire of the inanity at the heart of Nazism, an inanity embodied in a ten-year-old German boy at the height of World War Two.Comments -
‘The Lighthouse’ is a great but difficult piece of literature that screams ‘CINEMA!’
As Martin Scorsese and Marvel argue over what is and is not "cinema," writer/director Robert Eggers comes along with "The Lighthouse," a movie that simply screams "CINEMA!" -
‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ is a black humor parody of a wedding gone wrong
"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" extends the origin story set forth in the 2014 live-action smash hit "Maleficent." -
‘Gemini Man’ wastes a promising premise with a script as flat as the acting
Despite the fact it's directed by two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee and stars mega-star Will Smith, "Gemini Man" is a sub-par thriller that wastes a promising premise. -
‘Joker’ is too much, and still one of the best films of the year
The new movie "Joker" is too much. It's showy, excessive, overwrought and heavy-handed. But it's also very good, in fact, one of the best films of the year. -
Renee Zellwegger gives an Oscar-worthy performance in ‘Judy’
Renee Zellwegger takes on the enormous task of portraying this multi-talented but tormented icon in the new movie, "Judy." -
‘Downton Abbey’ is flawed, but fans of the show won’t mind
The much-anticipated cinematic follow-up to the acclaimed Downton Abbey TV series will satisfy fans, though everyone will notice a few things. -
‘Ad Astra’ feels like a sci-fi version of ‘Apocalypse Now’
Tom Tangney reviews "Ad Astra," an ambitious film that stars Brad Pitt as an astronaut on a deep-space journey in what's proclaimed the "Near Future." -
‘The Goldfinch’ skims the surface of intriguing people and ideas
"The Goldfinch" is a coming-of-age story, but it's specifically a coming-of-age story about overcoming trauma. -
‘IT Chapter 2’ has plenty of chills, but three hours worth is tiring
Director Andy Muschietti seems to have wanted to shoot all 1,100 pages if IT Chapter 2 as this movie goes on and on and on. -
‘After the Wedding’ richly rewarding or blatantly manipulating
In the end, you'll feel either richly rewarded or blatantly manipulated, or maybe both by "After the Wedding." -
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’ reduces the book to a self-help story
"Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" should be embraced as a kind of 21st-century Jane Austen novel. Instead, Linklater inadvertently reduces it to a rather perfunctory self-help book. And that's not funny. -
‘Dora the Explorer’ smartly addresses TV show obstacles
If you're having a hard time imagining a full-length movie of Dora, I don't blame you. I felt the same way before I saw "Dora the Explorer and the Lost City of Gold." -
‘Sword of Trust’ is a conspiracy comedy relevant to modern culture
Sword of Trust is yet another collaboration between Marc Maron and director Lynn Shelton, about an antique sword at the center of this conspiracy comedy. -
‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is the perfect antidote to Endgame hangover
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" proves to be the perfect antidote to Endgame hangover. It's light and airy, it's high school funny, and it's very, very meta.
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