| THE DEPARTED |
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Martin Scorsese's mob saga "The Departed" with Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon, debuted as the weekend's top movie, muscling out the horror prequel "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning." 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney tells us it doesn't disappoint.
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| OPEN SEASON |
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A big weekend for Ashton Kutcher at the box office: His Coast Guard drama The Guardian was the second most popular film, and the children's animated film, Open Season, was number 1. 710 KIRO's Tom Tangney tells us about Open Season.
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| THE GUARDIAN |
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Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher star in the new film The Guardian. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says it's basically a commercial for the Coast Guard, but as commercials go, it's not bad.
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| JET LI |
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Jet Li says he's made his last martial arts film, "Jet Li's Fearless." 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney talked to the martial arts expert about his international film career. Click here to listen
Listen to Tom Tangney's full 16 minute interview with Jet Li.
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| THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED |
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"This Film Is Not Yet Rated" is a documentary expose of Hollywood's secret ratings board. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney talked to Kirby Dick, the documentary's unhappy director, whose film, by the way, got an NC-17 rating.
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| ALL THE KING'S MEN |
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All the King's Men is the first movie of the fall with Oscar pretensions. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says all the hype in the world can't put this humpty dumpty together again.
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| THE BLACK DAHLIA |
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The last time a James Ellroy novel was turned into a movie, it was a big hit: "L.A. Confidential." 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says his latest novel to make it to the big screen, "The Black Dahlia," isn't nearly as successful.
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Listen to Tom Tangney's full 12-minute interview with author James Ellroy about his novels and the film adaptaion of "The Black Dahlia."
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| HOLLYWOODLAND |
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Superman Returns was one of the summer's big Hollywood releases. This weekend, a film opens about the first TV Superman, George Reeves. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney reviews Hollywoodland.
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| THE WICKER MAN/TRUST THE MAN/FACTOTUM |
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Our Movie Critic Tom Tangney joins us to talk about the remake of a little known, but much loved cult film of the 1970's, updated and starring Nicholas Cage. It's called The Wicker Man.Click here to listen
Listen to Tom's film roundup: reviews of The Wicker Man, Trust the Man, and Factotum.
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| LASSIE |
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These are the dog days of summer, so what could be more appropriate than an honest-to-goodness 'dog' picture. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says the remake of Lassie is the best family film of the summer.
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| INVINCIBLE |
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To help get you in the mood for football season, Disney has come out with a rah-rah football movie. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says Invincible is about as exciting as a pre-season game.
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| IDLEWILD |
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The new film "Idlewild" is the summer's only big movie musical. More from 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney.
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| SNAKES ON A PLANE |
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You've heard the hype about the simply named "Snakes on a Plane," now 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney gives you one of the first reviews of the film.
Check out 710 KIRO's Rachel Belle's review.
Here's Tom's Followup Review following the weekend box office take.
Check out snakesonaplane.com
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| LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE |
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No one among the Hoovers has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. 710 KIRO's Tom Tangney reviews Little Miss Sunshine.
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| MIAMI VICE and SCOOP |
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710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney takes a look at Miami Vice and Woody Allen's Scoop.
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| CLERKS II |
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The low-budget hit Clerks came out of nowhere in 1994 and helped crystalize the slacker experience. Now there's a Clerks II, and 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney, who loved the original film, interviews the two returning stars.
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710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney talks to the two stars of Clerks II - Jeff Anderson (Randall) and Brian O'Halloran (Dante).
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| LADY IN THE WATER |
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M. Night Shymalan has made a fortune with hits like The Sixth Sense, Signs, and The Village. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says Lady in the Water shouldn't make a dime.
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| MONSTER HOUSE |
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Monster House is the next big animated film of the summer. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney talked with it's young director about his first film and his big-time mentors.
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| YOU, ME, AND DUPREE |
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Owen Wilson stars in a new hollywood comedy called You, Me, and Dupree. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says Wilson is funny, but not funny enough.
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| WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? |
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With gas prices staying as high as they are, there probably isn't a better time to release a film about the electric car. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney talked to the filmmakers behind the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car, which opens Friday.
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| PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II |
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It promises to be one of the biggest - if not THE biggest - movies of the year: Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. 710 KIRO's Jim Valley (pic left) fills in for vacationing Tom Tangney.
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Tom is back in town, and he has some comments on Jim's harsh review.
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| SUPERMAN RETURNS |
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Hollywood has high, high hopes for the long-awaited Superman Returns which opens tonight at midnight. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney says don't believe the hype (or the reviews).
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| UNITED 93 |
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United 93, the film about one of the doomed 9/11 flights opened to solid business. 710 KIRO Movie Critic Tom Tangney takes a look at the film.
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