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Review of Battle of the Sexes (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 27 Sep 2017

King fought for better pay for women's professional tennis players ... Battle of the Sexes captures that zeitgeist. Just not in the way you expect…

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Review of It (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 06 Sep 2017

It has been a long time since a Stephen King adaptation could be called fun…

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Review of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 06 Sep 2017

40 years after the film's release, the only thing that's aged is me…

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Review of The Dark Tower (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 03 Aug 2017

It's not often that a summer film is hampered by running short on time, but The Dark Tower rushes through like it's the last two hours on a…

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Review of Detroit (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 03 Aug 2017

Detroit is an important and thoughtful history reminder…

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Review of Dunkirk (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 20 Jul 2017

It's a harrowing, moving, and minimalist epic that haunts the soul while satisfying those fleshy urges with spectacular and unforgettable action…

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Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 13 Jul 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes triumphantly caps this Apes trilogy. Equally remarkable, it leaves you wanting more…

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Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 06 Jul 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming is light, quick and never too serious, bounding with a playful sense of humor lacking in the increasingly angsty and…

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Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 29 Jun 2017

The fun and charm of the familiar humor and feel-good moments still haven't worn off, though the end is surely in sight…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 08 Jun 2017

The action, as with most everything about The Mummy, is fine, rarely impressive, and never inventive…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 01 Jun 2017

After her long struggle to the big screen, Wonder Woman makes the most of her first solo effort…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 25 May 2017

Indeed, the only appreciation for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a damning one: It somehow manages to be worse than the…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 11 May 2017

Snatched director Jonathan Levine (50/50) either has little faith in screenwriter Katie Dippold's (2016's Ghostbusters) final act in the…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 03 May 2017

It hurtles past at dizzying speed with a slew of new characters, soap opera-like motivations and confrontations, and goofy-ridiculous adventures,…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 12 Apr 2017

By carrying such little significance to the movie - no one watches a Fast and Furious film for its literate script - the plot can stand to…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 17 Mar 2017

The songs are still lovely. The story still timeless. And when Beauty and the Beast is good, it's joyful and fun…

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Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 10 Mar 2017

It may be Beauty who killed the Beast in the original King Kong, but in Kong: Skull Island it's the lackluster screenplay that takes down this…

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Review of Logan (2017)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 03 Mar 2017

For those who want to see their superheroes grow up, Logan is a satisfying vision of what that real-world mutant would be…

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Review of 20th Century Women (2016)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 27 Jan 2017

Personal history is an enchanting muse, particularly in the hands of a skilled and thoughtful filmmaker whose story is worth sharing…

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Review of A Monster Calls (2016)

By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 06 Jan 2017

A darkly sweet tale about an outcast and the monster who heals him…

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