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Tom Tangney
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Tom Tangney’s Oscar predictions & who he thinks should win
Tom Tangney | February 19, 2015 11:15 amRecently, the Academy Awards have become more like coronations than competitions. So many award shows have already taken place by the time the Oscars come… -
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is more like 50 shades of tame
Tom Tangney | February 13, 2015 7:33 am"Fifty Shades of Grey" is a two-hour tease with no climax. (Insert whatever sexual joke you want here.) -
‘Jupiter Ascending’ too silly to take seriously, but still not fun
Tom Tangney | February 6, 2015 8:40 am"Jupiter Ascending" is a very flashy movie but it's a flash in a very shallow pan. Sure, it's got lots of bright colors, loud explosions,… -
Award-worthy actresses Julianne Moore, Marion Cotillard shine in ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Two Days, One Night’
Tom Tangney | January 30, 2015 7:46 amOn Friday, two movies open that did earn their leading ladies Academy Award nominations - Julianne Moore in "Still Alice," and Marion Cotillard in "Two… -
Jennifer Aniston dares not to wear makeup! But ‘Cake’ deserves higher praise than that
Tom Tangney | January 23, 2015 7:57 amIn the lead up to the release of Jennifer Aniston's latest film, "Cake," a lot was made of her physical appearance. Jennifer does an entire… -
Clint Eastwood keeps us at arm’s length in ‘American Sniper’
Tom Tangney | January 16, 2015 8:28 am"American Sniper" has great credentials. Nominated for six Academy Awards, it's based on a popular memoir by an American military hero, Chris Kyle. It stars… -
The inherent vice of ‘Inherent Vice’
Tom Tangney | January 9, 2015 9:15 am"Inherent Vice" is unlike anything you're apt to see all year. -
Tom Tangney’s favorite films of 2014
January 2, 2015 9:46 amAs 2015 begins, KIRO Radio film critic Tom Tangney is taking a look back at all the great films that came out in the past… -
‘The Imitation Game’: An interview with Allen Leech & screenwriter Graham Moore
December 25, 2014 10:36 am"The Imitation Game" tells the story of British mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked Hitler's Enigma Code in World War II and invented the… -
See it or skip it: 6 movies opening on Christmas Day
Tom Tangney | December 24, 2014 6:43 amA rush of big movies open Christmas Day. All of them are worth seeing, but some more than others. Here's a quick rundown, alphabetically.