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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‘August: Osage County’ Review: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts Go at It Like Godzilla vs. Megalon
The big-screen adaptation of Tracy Letts’ hit play is never dull, but it plays more like a camp-classic-in-waiting than a Pulitzer-winner
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‘Best Man Down’ Review: One Wedding, One Funeral, Zero Appeal
Despite the presence of Justin Long and Tyler Labine, this indie veers clumsily from farce to pathos, equally incompetent at either comedy and drama
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‘Labor Day’ Review: Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin’s Sparks Fizzled by Soap Suds
Writer-director Jason Reitman, adapting the novel by Joyce Maynard, has a bad habit of telling us what he’s already shown us in this sappy romance
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‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Review: Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks Are Spit-Spot-On in This Hollywood Valentine
Prickly author P.L. Travers’ battles with Walt Disney over the making of “Mary Poppins” are fun to watch, but it’s really all about art and artists
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‘Frozen’ Review: Disney’s Best Animated Musical Since ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Video)
Proactive princesses and catchy tunes make for a winning combo in this updating of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Snow Queen”
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‘The Wind Rises’ Review: Miyazaki’s Soaring Celebration of Man’s Dreams of Flight
If the Japanese animation master makes good on his threat to retire, he’s going out on top with this gorgeous, haunting biopic
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‘Free Birds’ Review: This Animated Thanksgiving Comedy Is Pure Gobble-dygook
Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson voice two turkeys who travel back in time to change the menu at the Plymouth Colony — but it’s just not funny, pilgrim
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‘Last Vegas’ Review: Robert De Niro + Michael Douglas + Morgan Freeman = Grumpy Old Hangover (Video)
“Last Vegas” lives and dies by the aggregate charm and charisma of its stars, since that’s pretty much all it has to offer
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‘Bad Grandpa’ Review: ‘Jackass’ in Old-Man Drag Is Slightly Tamer but Still Outrageously Hilarious (Video)
Johnny Knoxville even adds a bit of a plot in this “Borat”/”Little Miss Sunshine” blend
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‘Thor: The Dark World’ Review: A Stirring, If Not Mighty, Return for the Thunder God (Video)
Filmmakers haven’t put a lot of new ideas between Chris Hemsworth and his hammer, but there are enough thrills and laughs to keep it aloft
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‘Carrie’ Review: Stephen King Remake Is Bloody Irrelevant
There’s nothing particularly wrong with director Kimberly Peirce’s update, but it adds nothing to the 1976 Brian De Palma classic
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‘Kill Your Darlings’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Captivates in This Beat Superhero Origin Story
The “Harry Potter” gay sex scene might attract the curious, but this is a sensual exploration of youthful passion and artists coming of age
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‘Her’ Review: She’s Virtual, But You Can’t Have Everything
Spike Jonze spins a futuristic love story for the age of Siri, with Joaquin Phoenix falling for Scarlett Johansson as the voice of his operating system
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‘About Time’ Review: The Minutes Drag Like Hours in This Mawkish Time-Travel Romance
Writer-director Richard Curtis forgets to add the wit that made the sap of “Love Actually” and “Notting Hill” tolerable
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’12 Years a Slave’ Review: A Captivating, Harrowing Historical Horror Show (Video)
Director Steve McQueen seems determined to bury any lingering “Gone With the Wind-ian” notions of the antebellum South as a place of charm and grace
