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Kirk Baird

Kirk Baird's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Irresistible (2020) 40% 2.5/5 EDIT “...its vicious comedic blow - what Stewart would passionately deliver most nights The Daily Show at the end of a rant - never comes.” – Toledo Blade Aug 8, 2020 Full Review The King of Staten Island (2020) 76% 2.5/5 EDIT “The King of Staten Island is a long journey to spend with someone you want to like and should like, but never do.” – Toledo Blade Jun 12, 2020 Full Review The Vast of Night (2019) 92% EDIT “Once the pair get going with their big, creepy adventure, The Vast of Night begins to drag. It's a character-driven story, but it offers its characters little to do but rote detective work.” – Toledo Blade May 29, 2020 Full Review Frozen II (2019) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “Arguably the true stars of Frozen were the Lopez husband-and-wife songwriting team.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “Spider-Man: Far From Home isn't perfect, but it does rise to the occasion. And as the opening film in this new chapter of the MCU, it sets the stage for the bigger and better to come.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Doctor Sleep (2019) 78% 3/5 EDIT “McGregor is certainly skilled enough to make Dan compelling, even if the journey and its twists aren't always embraceable.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Yesterday (2019) 63% 3/5 EDIT “Boyle does have two fun leads in Patel and James, though, and a wonderful musical accompaniment, even if those songs are performed by Jack and not the Fab Four.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Joker (2019) 68% EDIT “Joker is dark enough that you'll appreciate stepping out of the theater and into the light.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Richard Jewell (2019) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Given the effort by Eastwood and Ray to set history right in how we remember Jewell, their misrepresentation of Scruggs is an incongruous, and from a plot perspective, lazy misstep that mars an otherwise worthy endeavor.” – Toledo Blade Dec 27, 2019 Full Review Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood is the work of a middle-aged director, one who looks back by looking forward, and who eschews the familiar for the new.” – Toledo Blade Dec 21, 2019 Full Review The Irishman (2019) 95% 5/5 EDIT “The director creates a fascinating and frightening world with its own heroes and villains and the rules that govern them both - rules that are exceedingly complex, unlike the fictional black-and-white and occasionally grey domain of superheroes.” – Toledo Blade Dec 20, 2019 Full Review Toy Story 4 (2019) 96% 4.5/5 EDIT “Toy Story 4 is the first film in the series to introduce the concept that a toy can love another toy, and their developing relationship will pull at your heart.” – Toledo Blade Dec 20, 2019 Full Review Dolemite Is My Name (2019) 97% 4.5/5 EDIT “The comic actor is funny, smart, suave, and engaging, and director Craig Brewer is content to stay out of his way...while Dolemite may be the name, this is about Eddie Murphy being Eddie Murphy.” – Toledo Blade Dec 19, 2019 Full Review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 51% 3.5/5 EDIT “If anything, the story is like a two-hour-plus highlight reel, loaded with action-packed space battles, laser sword duels, and the return of the ultimate Star Wars villain, Emperor Palpatine.” – Toledo Blade Dec 18, 2019 Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% 3/5 EDIT “But Captain Marvel succeeds where it is most needed. It injects a truly badass superheroine played by an overjoyed Larson into the MCU.” – Toledo Blade Mar 11, 2019 Full Review The Artist (2011) 95% EDIT “This joyful celebration of Hollywood's early days is vibrant and alive in a way that cinema has been lacking, and the passion that went into making The Artist is contagious.” – Toledo Blade Feb 19, 2019 Full Review Bird Box (2018) 64% EDIT “The survival tactics in these horrific worlds may be original, but the themes of these films certainly aren't.” – Toledo Blade Jan 11, 2019 Full Review Roma (2018) 96% EDIT “There is no cloying dialogue, or artificial moments and characters. Every moment is real.” – Toledo Blade Jan 4, 2019 Full Review Vice (2018) 64% EDIT “It is brutally funny, painfully true (from a certain point of view), and likely to fill you with a small degree of regret for enjoying it all.” – Toledo Blade Dec 26, 2018 Full Review Aquaman (2018) 66% EDIT “As brain-dead fun, this movie is smarter than you think.” – Toledo Blade Dec 21, 2018 Full Review Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 97% EDIT “The film sets a brilliant standard for feature-length animation.” – Toledo Blade Dec 13, 2018 Full Review The Little Drummer Boy (1968) 75% EDIT “The over-the-top moralizing in The Little Drummer Boy makes Davey and Goliath seem almost hedonistic by comparison. There's not much excitement or life in this somber, spiritless effort.” – Las Vegas Sun Dec 4, 2018 Full Review Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “Ralph Breaks the Internet, a more complete film with a bigger and more evolved story to share, doesn't need parlor tricks to keep viewer interest.” – Toledo Blade Nov 26, 2018 Full Review Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) 60% EDIT “This animated big-screen version is three times too long and 10 times as unnecessary.” – Toledo Blade Nov 12, 2018 Full Review Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 60% 3/5 EDIT “Generally, the film feels like it is authentic.” – Toledo Blade Nov 1, 2018 Full Review
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