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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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Review: Joss Whedon Lets Functionality Overwhelm the Fun
This sequel has its share of thrills and laughs, but you can feel the requirements of franchise empire-building weighing it down
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‘Paul Blart 2’ Review: Kevin James Goes to Vegas, Forgets to Pack the Comedy
There are more helicopter shots of casinos than there are laughs in this lifeless sequel
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‘True Story’ Review: James Franco and Jonah Hill Flail Through a Would-Be ‘In Cold Blood’
This relationship between a journalist and an accused murderer may have unfolded in real life, but it doesn’t make the movie about them any more interesting or captivating
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‘Unfriended’ Review: Cyberbullying Teens Haunted by the Facebook of the Dead
An unfriendly ghost terrorizes high schoolers in a Skype chat room in a gimmicky yet effective computer creepshow
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‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ Review: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz Act Up a Storm
A trio of captivating performances helps keep the film grounded even when writer-director Olivier Assayas gets adrift in the plot
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‘The Longest Ride’ Review: Scott Eastwood’s Abs Take Center Stage in Nicholas Sparks Adaptation
Supposed love interest Britt Robertson, not to mention Alan Alda’s magical geezer character, can barely compete with the camera’s obsessive adoration of Clint’s son
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‘Woman in Gold’ Review: Helen Mirren Is All That Glitters in This Paint-by-Numbers Saga
A fascinating true-life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis gets flattened into familiar, feel-good tropes
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‘Furious 7’ Review: Paul Walker Exits, Jason Statham Enters, and You Will Believe a Car Can Fly
Director James Wan (“The Conjuring”) falls just short of Justin Lin’s magic touch, but this latest entry defies logic and gravity to cross the finish line with giddy excitement
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‘While We’re Young’ Review: Ben Stiller Navigates the Gen X-Millennial Gap
Noah Baumbach’s latest reminds us that every generation both envies and fears the one that follows
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‘Do You Believe?’ Review: Better Cast in This Faith Film, But the Same Old Sermonizing
Competent actors than usual can only accomplish so much with more tin-eared proselytizing from the “God’s Not Dead” writers
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‘Danny Collins’ Review: Al Pacino Plays an Over-the-Hill Rocker Who Can’t Handle the Deep Cuts (Video)
This schmaltzy tale of redemption merits a look if only to see Pacino play off talented co-stars like Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale and Jennifer Garner
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‘Spy’ SXSW Review: Melissa McCarthy Saves the World in a Bawdy, Bloody Espionage Comedy
Reteaming with her director from “Bridesmaids” and “The Heat,” McCarthy scores again as a CIA agent who blossoms with her first field assignment
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‘The Cobbler’ Review: Adam Sandler Fable Takes Too Many Missteps
The good news is that this isn’t one of Sandler’s usual gross-out comedies, the bad news is that it’s a mess anyway
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‘Cinderella’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Tells a Sumptuous, Straightforward Fairy Tale (Video)
If you were expecting “Maleficent”-style revisionism, forget it
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‘Insurgent’ Review: Shailene Woodley Returns in YA Cinema’s Most Generic Franchise
Snazzy effects and slumming Oscar-winners aside, not much makes this film stand out from its many competitors
