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Tom Tangney
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‘Foxcatcher’ a sordid tale told at arm’s length
Tom Tangney | December 19, 2014 8:30 am"Foxcatcher" has an incredibly dramatic and disturbing true story to tell and yet it does so in a very even-keeled way. No heightened melodrama, no… -
1100-mile hike in ‘Wild’ not as moving as it wants to be
Tom Tangney | December 12, 2014 7:12 amIn the new movie "Wild," Reese Witherspoon stars as a woman who deals with a series of personal crises by hiking a thousand mile trail… -
Tom Tangney’s 10 most anticipated movies of the holiday season
December 5, 2014 10:49 amExcept for the award-winning Australian horror film "The Babadook," there are not a lot of new movie options for audiences this weekend. -
Tom Tangney: Closure of Harvard Exit Theatre is a great loss
MyNorthwest.com | December 3, 2014 11:13 amAnother notable Seattle movie theater is closing its doors and Tom Tangney says it's a great loss. -
‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ counts down to box office cleanup
Tom Tangney | November 21, 2014 7:19 am"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" is a mouthful of a title but most viewers, I imagine, will leave the theater feeling underfed, hungering for… -
‘The Theory of Everything’ avoids cliches but is still too glossy to ring true
Tom Tangney | November 14, 2014 8:02 am"The Theory of Everything" is a portrait of a marriage, but not just any marriage. It's about the joys and pains of a marriage with… -
The Invisible Berlin Wall
Tom Tangney | November 7, 2014 1:00 pmThanks to a RIAS fellowship, I was lucky enough to visit Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall five years… -
‘Interstellar’ is an ambitious, spectacular sight to behold
Tom Tangney | November 7, 2014 6:42 am"Interstellar" is basically "Gravity" squared. Last year's big sci-fi blockbuster was a spectacular depiction of the perils of life in outer space for one emotionally… -
Method, madness in ‘Whiplash’ deliver early Oscar buzz
Tom Tangney | October 31, 2014 6:50 amThe movie "Whiplash" was the big winner at Sundance this year and is definitely in the running for some major year-end acting awards, including the… -
‘Dear White People’ is smart satire with mandatory dose of booze and parties
Tom Tangney | October 27, 2014 11:17 amAs you might suspect from the title, "Dear White People" is a smart social satire on the tricky nature of race relations in this country.