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Articles by Jim Dooley

Summer Night Movie Review

This breezy dram-com with a gaggle of characters (that's one crowded movie poster!)and knotty plot threads plays like a lighter "Dawson's Creek" but never quite gels.

Back Roads Movie Review

Model-turned-actor Alex Pettyfer's directorial debut aims to be a steamy neo-noir cruise but ends up with a flat tire.

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Movie Review

Aubrey Plaza has some winning moments in this offbeat comedy but neither she nor Jemaine Clement can muster more than mild amusement with a series of vignettes that never really comes together as a whole.

Nice Guys Movie Review

Shane Black's antihero buddy comedy may be too dark for mainstream audiences but it's an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours.

Victor Frankenstein Movie Review

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this is a turducken of a blockbuster that you can pass on.

Dracula Untold Movie Review

This "Untold" origin story is better left that way. It just sucks time.

The Good Lie Movie Review

This complicated story filled with history, literary tropes, and a message about refugee crises is a surprisingly schmaltz-free consciousness raiser.

R.I.P.D. Movie Review

This dead cop yarn is derivative so many much better films, you might as well stay in and watch those.

Grown Ups 2 Movie Review

It's hard to even call this lazy sequel a comedy.

The Internship Movie Review

This rote comedy plays like a low-res, bittorrent of "Meatballs", with the Google campus replacing summer camp.
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