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Tom Tangney

‘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."

2 years ago

Tom Tangney

‘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.

2 years ago

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‘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.

2 years ago

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‘Yesterday’ fails to live up to its promise, but the music’s good

Well, albeit far from a failure, Yesterday does fail to live up to its pedigree and its promise. The only thing that really holds up is the music. And that music makes up for a lot.

2 years ago

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‘Toy Story 4’ is a near-perfect Pixar sequel

"Toy Story 3" was such a perfect capper to a perfect animated trilogy. Even so, the actual "Toy Story 4" is near enough to perfection to make me take back my reservations.

2 years ago

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‘Men in Black: International’ is mildly entertaining and utterly forgettable

Like a summer beach read, Men in Black: International is lightweight, predictable/lazy, mildly entertaining, and utterly inconsequential.

2 years ago

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‘Dark Phoenix’ sends Fox’s X-Men saga out with a whimper

'Dark Phoenix' ends 20th Century Fox's run of X-Men movies not with a bang, but with a whimper.

2 years ago

Marshawn Lynch, in one of his many post-game interviews where little was spoken, but a lot was said...

Tom Tangney

How Seahawks legend Marshawn Lynch ‘weaponized’ silence

A new movie premiering at the Seattle International Film Festival focuses on how Seahawks legend Marshawn Lynch used his silence as a weapon.

2 years ago

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‘Rocketman’ is dubbed a ‘musical fantasy’ for good reason

'Rocketman' is full of embarrassing story-telling cliches and simplistic psychology but it's also punctuated with musical numbers that break the too-tidy narrative and give it some imaginative breadth.

2 years ago

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‘Aladdin’ remake has its share of diamonds in the rough

Disney's 'Aladdin' remake isn't amazing, but will please fans. There are diamonds in the rough to be found in this version, if you're willing to look.

2 years ago

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Tom Tangney’s Top 10 SIFF picks for 2019

KIRO Radio's Tom Tangney reviews the Seattle International Film Festival of 2019 with the top 10 best bets.

2 years ago

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Pronunciation of ‘Tolkien’ is the most interesting takeaway of the movie

"Tolkien," the movie about the man who invented Middle Earth is decidedly not high drama. In fact, it's barely drama at all.

2 years ago

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Jordan Peele ruined ‘Intruder’ for me

I blame Jordan Peele. The brilliant director of "Get Out" and "Us" has recently raised my expectations of what genre pictures can deliver. Peele managed to take stock horror material and elevate it by infusing it with sociological and political import.

3 years ago

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ deserves every dollar it makes

"Avengers: Endgame" may very well set the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in American history. If so, it will have earned every dollar.

3 years ago

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‘Teen Spirit’ covers cliched ground, but has a fresh melancholy air

A relatively low budget British film called "Teen Spirit" covers familiar singing competition ground, but it does so with such a melancholy air that it seems almost fresh.

3 years ago

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‘High Life’ is a work of art that you have to work to appreciate

High Life is a work of art. It's a work of art that you really have to work at to appreciate, since it makes very few concessions to its audience regarding storyline or characters.

3 years ago

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‘Shazam!’ is a superhero movie made mostly for kids

Directed mostly at 12-year-olds, 'Shazam!' has a couple good jokes, but doesn't bring much to an already crowded superhero genre.

3 years ago

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Disney’s ‘Dumbo’ remake is stirring at points, misses mark at others

It's risky to remake a much-loved animated feature like "Dumbo," especially if its a live action film. But Disney pulls it off with a well-executed expansion of the story.

3 years ago

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Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ has more on its mind than a few scares

"Us," the new Jordan Peele film, is heady horror. Like his first film, "Get Out," it's a horror film that has a lot more on its mind than a few scares.

3 years ago

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Tangney: ‘Five Feet Apart’ so baldly manipulative in the end

"Five Feet Apart" has set itself a near impossible task: Be a teen romance involving an incurable and often fatal disease that isn't unbearably cloying.

3 years ago

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‘Captain Marvel’ isn’t ‘Infinity War’ but is still thoroughly enjoyable

While not in the league of Avengers: Infinty War or Black Panther, Captain Marvel still manages to deliver on thrills for Brie Larsen's debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.