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Review of Tammy (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 05 Jul 2014

While McCarthy and Sarandon have a sweet familial chemistry, their characters are too similar to brew much comic tension…

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Review of Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 26 Jun 2014

Even by the low IQ standards of the three previous Transformers films, Transformers: Age of Extinction is grave and exceptionally stupid, with…

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Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 19 Jun 2014

The cast is convincing onstage and off... But there'‍s only so much they can do in a film that doesn'‍t give them much to work with…

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Review of The Rover (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 19 Jun 2014

A psychological post-apocalyptic tale of a loner on a quest across barren Australia to take back his stolen car from a gang, The Rover is the…

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Review of 22 Jump Street (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 12 Jun 2014

In TV parlance, this is classic Jump the Shark criteria, and 22 Jump Street leaps and bounds away…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 05 Jun 2014

Edge of Tomorrow is perfect summer escapism and the best Cruise film since 2002's Minority Report…

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Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 05 Jun 2014

The eagerly anticipated film adaptation of John Green's popular YA novel about two teenagers fighting cancer and falling in love is everything…

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Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 29 May 2014

[MacFarlane] has leading-man looks, but is uneasy in his first onscreen performance; he practically jabs the audience in the ribs after every…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 29 May 2014

As a live-action twist on the Disney animated classic Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent is a dark and engaging fable set in an imaginative and beautiful…

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Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 22 May 2014

Simply put, Days of Future Past is the best X-Men yet, a superhero highlight reel that rivals The Avengers' energy and popcorn fun and matches…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 14 May 2014

Unlike so many CGI-fests, Godzilla is a minimum participant, popping up in the perfect moments, with a presence that's always felt, in large…

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Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 08 May 2014

Mac and Kelly and their cluelessness about caring for Stella could and should be a major source of humor -- but it's mostly overlooked…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 01 May 2014

He might have enhanced abilities, but Spider-Man is, more than anything, human, and Garfield conveys the emotional vulnerabilities behind the…

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Review of The Other Woman (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 24 Apr 2014

Nine to Five decried such stereotypes. Nearly 35 years later, The Other Woman celebrates them…

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Review of Transcendence (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 17 Apr 2014

What is an initially imaginative and thought-provoking concept, instead sings the same chorus of super technology as super evil we've seen…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 02 Apr 2014

A much-improved second outing with a few familiar faces along in his adventure…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 28 Mar 2014

Anderson's script is sharp and funny, and never bashful about pausing the laughs for such melancholic reflections, mostly to grieve the loss…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 28 Mar 2014

The film opens with a wordless narrative of creation and humanity's fall from grace in a succession of iconic images…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 28 Mar 2014

The film opens with a wordless narrative of creation and humanity's fall from grace in a succession of iconic images…

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Review of Noah (2015)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 28 Mar 2014

The film opens with a wordless narrative of creation and humanity's fall from grace in a succession of iconic images…

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