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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‘Fantastic Four’ Review: 10 Minutes of Michael B. Jordan-Kate Mara-Miles Teller Chemistry, 1 1/2 Hours of Bad Story
Latest reboot of Marvel property ends just as it’s finally getting started
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‘Ricki and the Flash’ Review: Meryl Streep Rocks Through a Script That Gathers Moss
Screenwriter Diablo Cody offers up almost-characters in an almost-story, resulting in an almost-movie
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‘The End of the Tour’ Review: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg Turn Dialogue into Riveting Cinema
“Infinite Jest” author David Foster Wallace meets Rolling Stone interviewer David Lipsky in film exploring the push and pull between subject and journalist
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‘Vacation’ Review: Ed Helms and Christina Applegate Make a Few Precious Memories on a Mostly Tedious Drive
A few gags pop in an otherwise routine sequel that puts a new generation of Griswolds on the holiday road to Wally World
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‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’ Review: Tom Cruise Saves the World (Again) in Slightly Exhausting Adventure
Should you choose to accept it, this fifth entry goes just a bit overboard in delivering the globe-trotting thrills
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‘Trainwreck’ Review: Amy Schumer Makes Brash, Bawdy Leap to Big Screen
This smart, savvy film puts an interesting spin on rom-com gender tropes — plus, it’s hilarious
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‘Ant-Man’ Review: Paul Rudd’s Charisma Gets Stepped On in Marvel’s Latest Offering
The jokes don’t land and the thrills don’t thrill in this shrinky-dink superhero saga
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‘Paper Towns’ Review: John Green Coming-of-Age Road Comedy Puts Teens in Driver’s Seat
An intriguing tale from the “Fault in Our Stars” author reminds us that cool kids struggle to live up their own legends
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‘Self/less’ Review: Ryan Reynolds Shares Ben Kingsley’s Brain in Point/less Thriller
If a sci-fi movie feels like a rip-off of the 1960s classic “Seconds,” does that make it “Thirds”?
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‘Magic Mike XXL’ Review: Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Cast Grind Their Way Through Bumpy Sequel
If the first movie was a serious drama disguised as a ladies’ night out, this follow-up is a bachelorette party you have to wait almost two hours to get to
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‘Minions’ Review: Sidekicks Become the Stars in This Silly Sequel
A sense of the absurd livens up this saga of the little yellow henchmen, thrust into the spotlight after two “Despicable Me” movies
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‘Dope’ Review: John Hughes Meets the ‘Hood in Rick Famuyiwa Teen Action Comedy
This vibrant film is a bit of a mess, but it’s a beautiful one
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‘Southpaw’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal’s Standout Performance Punches Through Every Old-Movie Cliche
Director Antoine Fuqua’s entertaining riches-to-rags-and-back saga could have been made in 1935 – not that that’s a bad thing
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‘Inside Out’ Review: In Pixar’s Latest, Emotions Run the Show
With heroes Joy (Amy Poehler) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith), this beautiful, moving animated epic will make you feel lots of feelings
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‘Live from New York!’ Review: ‘SNL’ Celebrates 40 With a Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Doc
Four decades of the late-night comedy and producer Lorne Michaels are explored with all the fawning toothlessness of an infomercial
