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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’21 Jump Street’ Review: You Have the Right to Remain Amused
Action-comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum treats the forgettable cops-in-high-school show as a launching pad for inspired lunacy
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‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ Review: Funny … and Surprisingly Surprising
Comic heavyweights Jason Segel and Ed Helms play brothers in a film that takes one unpredictably fascinating turn after another
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‘Footnote’ Review: Father & Son Battle Their Wits in Darkly Funny Oscar Nominee
In a wonderfully twisted plot, politics become personal as parent and child vie for the same prize
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‘Friends With Kids’: A Movie With All the Laughs of an All-Night Crying Jag
Not even four “Bridesmaids” alums can make this trite would-be comedy about relationships and babies anything but bland pabulum
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‘A Thousand Words’ Review: The Gag’s on Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy mugs his way through yet another high-concept comedy that skids into smarmy, feel-good territory
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‘John Carter’ Review: Lifeless on Mars
“Avatar” and all the other subsequent pillagers of the original Edgar Rice Burroughs story make this big-screen treatment feel redundant
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De Niro Serves Up Thick Slices of Ham in ‘Being Flynn’
The actor goes way overboard as a would-be writer in this screen adaptation of Nick Flynn’s “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”
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‘Project X’: It’s Like a Party With Great Guests But a Loud, Awful Band
Review: The ultimate out-of-control high-school party gets played for laughs, but there’s an unmistakable whiff of white male privilege throughout
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‘The Lorax’ Finally Gets Dr. Seuss Right
The “Despicable Me” team brings the beloved eco-fable to the screen with visual pop and catchy songs
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Tyler Perry’s Good Intentions Outweigh His ‘Good Deeds’
Now that Perry has finally become a competent director, his shortcomings as a writer are amplified
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‘Wanderlust’ Meanders Into an Unfunny Time Warp — Seriously, Hippies?!
Review: “Wanderlust” misses far more than it hits, despite Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston
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In Belgian Oscar-Nominee ‘Bullhead,’ Both the Cattle and the Cowman Are Full of Steroids
Debut film “Bullhead” from Michael R. Roskam depicts adult criminals still grappling with childhood traumas. It’s a Best Foreign Film nominee from Belgium
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Even Nicolas Cage Seems Restrained in Oddly Tame ‘Ghost Rider’ Sequel
Not even the teaming of Nicolas Cage and the “Crank” guys can rev up this sequel/reboot featuring Marvel Comics’ biker-from-hell
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Gorgeous ‘Arrietty’ Will Charm Children and Parents Alike
Legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli concocts a delightful adaptation of Mary Norton’s classic kids’ book “The Borrowers”
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‘Michael’: The Banality of Evil, Now with Extra Banality
Director Markus Schleinzer delivers chills without frills in this look at a pedophile kidnapper’s day-to-day existence