Alonso Duralde, TheWrap’s film reviews editor, has written about film for Movieline, Salon, Village Voice and MSNBC.com. He also co-hosts the “Linoleum Knife,” “Maximum Film!” and “Breakfast All Day” podcasts. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, Duralde has discussed cinema on TCM, CNN and ABC, among others, and was a regular contributor to FilmStruck. He is the author of “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” and “101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men” and the co-author of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies”; his history of queer Hollywood will be published by TCM/Running Press in 2024.
Experience:
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‘The Shallows’ Review: Blake Lively Vs Shark Is a Fairer Fight Than You’d Imagine
Director Jaume Collet-Serra cements his action chops with this suspenseful lady-in-the-water tale
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‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ Review: Ray Romano and Company Return for Another Laugh-less Adventure
This series is so blandly forgettable that parents could probably show an earlier entry to their kids and pretend it’s the new one
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‘Finding Dory’ Review: Ellen DeGeneres Performs Swimmingly in Sprightly Pixar Sequel
This sequel to “Finding Nemo” is less of an assault on the tear ducts, but the laughs and thrills more than compensate
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‘The Conjuring 2’ Review: Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Scare Up a Chilly British Haunting
This sequel might lack the delightful jolts of its predecessor, but it nonetheless maintains a slow boil of terror that’s consistently unnerving
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‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Review: Andy Samberg Crafts Longest-Ever SNL Digital Short
The laughs come steadily in this rock-doc spoof from Samberg and Lonely Island, but ultimately this comedy has all the heft of a summer jam
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‘Warcraft’ Review: Swords, Sorcery and Stupidity Abound in Game Adaptation
Imagine “Battlefield Earth” without the verve and you get this sludgy, tedious fantasy adventure, a fun-starved dud that’s not even unintentionally hilarious
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‘Me Before You’ Review: Emilia Clarke Love Story Has a Terminal Case of the Cutesies
For a romance that’s about infirmity and right-to-die issues, this adaptation of the best-selling novel is overloaded with artificial adorableness
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‘The Nice Guys’ Cannes Review: Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe Are Violently Funny in Occasionally Sour Comedy
Shane Black’s latest take on the buddy-detective comedy is a blast — except for a misanthropic streak that might make the laughs stick in your throat
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‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Review: Johnny Depp Plays Dress-Up and Has Daddy Issues — Again
This return to an effects-heavy Wonderland improves on its predecessor — but honestly, what wouldn’t?
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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Review: Bryan Singer Discovers a New Mutant Power: Monotony
Without an interesting villain to hold the story together, this sixth adventure of the super-powered mutant team fails to engage
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‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Review: App-Based Cartoon Has All the Fun of Avian Flu
Jason Sudeikis leads an all-star cast through a movie that hits every square on the Lazily Conceived Family Cartoon bingo card
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‘Neighbors 2’ Review: Seth Rogen Fends Off Sorority Sisters in Raucous Sequel
For a fairly outrageous gross-out comedy, “Sorority Rising” seems strangely skittish about female sexuality, even with Zac Efron around the house
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‘Keanu’ Review: Key & Peele Shine in Meow-kay Comedy
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, like many sketch comics before them, score laughs and suffer lags in their big-screen outing
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‘Mother’s Day’ Review: Julia Roberts Grins and Bears Another Ghastly Garry Marshall Holiday-Com
Laugh-free and witless, this blandfest seemingly has no idea how human beings speak or behave (or what computers do)
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‘The Meddler’ Review: Susan Sarandon Comedy Feels Strangely Pro-Meddling
Despite some tragic underpinnings to her character’s interference in the lives of others, the movie paints her buttinsky behavior as welcome and helpful
