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 Amazing Spider-Man’ Review: Refurbished, Runs Like New
Maybe we didn’t need a new version of the wall-crawler so soon after the old one, but now that it’s here, it delivers the goods
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‘Madea’s Witness Protection’ Review: If Anyone Should Be in Hiding, It’s Tyler Perry
The writer-producer-director-star follows up the hilarious “Madea’s Big Happy Family” with one of his sloppiest and laziest movies ever
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‘Magic Mike’ Review: Male Stripper Saga Never Quite Takes (It) Off
The biggest surprise about this Steven Soderbergh movie about hot guys who take off their clothes? It’s dull
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‘Ted’ Review: That’s One Funny, Filthy Talking Bear
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane's debut film is as erratic as you might think, but the hilarious hits more than compensate for the muddled misses
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‘Seeking a Friend’ Review: Makes the Apocalypse Look Preferable
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley’s “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” romance doesn’t ring true for a second. Bring on the meteor!
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‘To Rome With Love’ Review: Woody Allen at His Most Mezzo-Mezzo
Woody Allen's Italy-based comedy doesn’t reach the heights of “Midnight in Paris,” but then it doesn’t plummet to “Scoop” levels, either
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‘Brave’ Review: More Than Just Another Arrow-Slinging Heroine
And unlike previous Pixar projects, this one has a great third act
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‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Review: Isolated Cabin Plus Tequila Equals Family Meltdown
Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt cycle through love and hate in Lynn Shelton’s sharply funny follow-up to “Humpday”
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‘That’s My Boy’ Review: Not Adam Sandler’s Worst, But Still Terrible
Andy Samberg is too smart and talented for the sexist, racist, misogynist yuk-yuks of this sewage treatment plant disguised as a comedy
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‘Rock of Ages’ Review: Somebody Please Unplug This Jukebox Musical
By the time Debbie Gibson and Sebastian Bach are standing shoulder to shoulder belting out Starship’s “We Built This City” without a smidge of irony, one begins to wonder it “Rock of Ages” even gets its own joke
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‘Bel Ami’ Review: Robert Pattinson’s Bloodless Erotic Adventures
Naughtiness was never so dull as in this all-star, bodice-ripping adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s novel
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‘Madagascar 3’ Review: Third Time Really is the Charm for These Animated Animals
The franchise about New York zoo creatures set loose abroad finally finds its comedic groove under the big top in "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most-Wanted"
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‘Prometheus’ Review: Serviceable Sci-Fi Flick Doesn’t Live Up to ‘Alien’ Legacy
Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise delivers the scares and the monsters but still pales next to the saga’s legendary first two chapters
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‘Piranha 3DD’ Review: More Silicone, Less Bite
Sequel to the brilliantly trashy horror remake tries to live up to its predecessor, but the results are fishy
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‘Battlefield America’ Review: Dance Movie Has 2 Left Feet
There might be some interesting dancing going on in this battle of pint-sized crews, but it’s impossible to see it through all the editing