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Tom Tangney
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‘Birdman’ takes flight, then collapses in exhaustion
Tom Tangney | October 24, 2014 8:27 amEarly on in the new Michael Keaton movie "Birdman," a cocky actor tells a teenage girl fresh out of rehab that she's "kind of a… -
An interview with ‘Laggies’ director Lynn Shelton
Tom Tangney | October 23, 2014 7:23 amThanks to smart, refreshing movies like "Humpday" and "Your Sister's Sister," local filmmaker Lynn Shelton has become a darling of the indie film world. -
Grim heroism in ‘Fury’ doesn’t take war lightly
October 17, 2014 8:10 amIf you're in the mood for a throwback war movie, then the new Brad Pitt film "Fury" is for you. Set in the waning months… -
‘Kill the Messenger’ may be better in print
October 10, 2014 12:11 pm"Kill the Messenger" tells the true story of a minor-league investigative journalist who breaks a huge story about corruption at the highest levels of government.… -
Why you need to revisit the newly renovated Egyptian Theatre
Stephanie Klein | October 3, 2014 4:14 pmAfter a months-long renovation, Seattle's Egyptian Theatre is reopening with a bang and nobody is more excited than KIRO Radio's Tom Tangney. -
High-polish thriller ‘Gone Girl’ succeeds as a dark satire of marriage
Tom Tangney | October 3, 2014 7:19 amOn the surface, "Gone Girl" is a high-polish thriller about a man who may or may not have killed his wife. But what it really… -
‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ is as deep as a Hallmark card
Tom Tangney | September 26, 2014 9:10 am"Hector and the Search for Happiness" is about a British therapist who decides he doesn't really know what he's talking about. -
Port Townsend Film Festival honors the great John Sayles
September 19, 2014 5:28 pmThis weekend the Port Townsend Film Festival honors the great indie filmmaker John Sayles and his longtime partner and producer Maggi Renzi. -
More people will go see ‘The Maze Runner’ but I’d rather talk about ‘Tusk’
Tom Tangney | September 19, 2014 7:56 amIf four Hunger Games films (the third one opens this November) and three Divergent films aren't enough to satisfy your thirst for young adult, post-apocalyptic… -
Talented cast shines in Gandolfini’s final film, ‘The Drop’
Tom Tangney | September 12, 2014 11:54 amThe setting may be overly familiar, (small time crooks and a blue-collar bar.) The plot a little predictable, (will the guys who knock off the…