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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‘Admission’ Review: Toss This Tina Fey Rom-Com on the Reject Pile
Despite the presence of Tina Fey and Paul Rudd neither the rom nor the com work here
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‘Spring Breakers’ Review: ‘Where the Boys Are’ – But With More on Its Party-Till-You’re Numb Mind
Harmony Korine deconstructs a cherished teen ritual with this hedonistic horror show of nubile teens, reckless partying and a dreadlocked James Franco
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‘The Call’ Review: Halle Berry Thriller Starts Strong, Gets Hung Up
This suspenseful tale starring Halle Berry as a 911 operator works better as a workplace thriller than as a “Silence of the Lambs” knock-off
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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ Review: Magician Comedy Has Nothing Up Its Sleeve
Despite the presence of Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey, the laughs get shackled up and suspended in a tank of repetitiveness and sentimentality
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Review: Sam Raimi Manages to Fill Some Mighty Big Ruby Slippers
James Franco goes from carny conman to reluctant messiah in this ingenious prequel to the 1939 classic
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’21 & Over’ Review: When an ‘Animal House’ Wants to Be a ‘Breakfast Club’
Raucous comedy from the writers of “The Hangover” can’t nail the pivot from raunchy to poignant, despite the charming cast’s best efforts
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‘Stoker’ Review: When Style Becomes Self-Parody
Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska are buried in stares and significant pauses in director Park Chan-Wook’s overdone American debut
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‘Phantom’ Review: Capable Cast Can’t Keep This Sub Tale From Scuttling
Even with Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner on board, this Cold War true story never reaches adequate depth
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‘Dark Skies’ Review: When Your Haunted House Is Behind on the Mortgage, It’s Doubly Terrifying
Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton star in an effectively chilling thriller about a suburban family under attack by both invisible creeps and a sluggish economy
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‘Inescapable’ Review: All That’s Inescapable in This Action/Personal Drama Mash-Up Is Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei shines in an otherwise by-the-numbers tale of a Syrian spy confronting his past after his child is kidnapped
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‘Escape from Planet Earth’ Review: A Black Hole of Entertainment
This bland and charmless kiddie flick can’t even muster enough personality to be awful
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‘No’ Review: A Tale of Vision and Daring, Told With Not Enough of Either
Gael Garcia Bernal stars as an ad man who helped overthrow a dictator, but the movie could use his character’s skill at thinking outside the box
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‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Review: The Cat’s in the Cradle and the Uranium’s Enriched
Bruce Willis’ iconic John McClane works out his father-son issues amidst noisy, chaotic violence — call this one “Daddy Die Hard”
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‘Beautiful Creatures’ Review: Casting Spells with Tongue in Cheek
The teen romance feels real while the supernatural stuff goes crazily over-the-top in this surprisingly entertaining post-“Twilight” tentpole
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‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’ Review: Starring the Art Director; Also, Charlie Sheen
Roman Coppola’s sophomore effort is a doodle with characters that are only there to model 1970s outfits and hairdos
