Alonso Duralde
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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Compared to Its Predecessor, This Is a Second Banana
Solidly entertaining adventure film features another great Andy Serkis motion-capture performance, but it lacks the big ideas of the 1968 and 2011 versions
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‘Boyhood’ Review: In Richard Linklater’s Intimate Epic, Time Keeps on Slippin’ Into the Future (Video)
The cast (including Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette) ages in real time in this stirring look at a family’s perseverance through the day-to-day business of getting older and growing up
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‘Life Itself’ Review: Roger Ebert Doc Rates a Thumbs-Up (Video)
“Hoop Dreams” director Steve James takes us on a rollercoaster ride of the legendary film critic’s personal and professional highs and lows
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‘Tammy’ Review: Melissa McCarthy’s Character Comedy, Minus Comedy and a Character
The talented star of “Bridesmaids” has played characters in five-minute Groundlings sketches that felt more thought-out and well-written
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‘Citizen Koch’ Review: Corporatocracy 101, With a Focus on Governor Scott Walker
You won’t learn much about the politically influential Koch brothers that you haven’t already heard from Rachel Maddow, but this dispassionate advocacy doc connects the dots between the Citizens United decision and governmental attacks on labor unions
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‘Begin Again’ Review: Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo’s Music Biz Fable Has an Irresistible Hook
Writer-director John Carney’s follow-up to “Once” is shamelessly manipulative and disingenuous, but it’s so sweet and lovely that it gets stuck in your head anyway
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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Review: Clang Clang Clang Went the Robots
The battling, metallic heroes have never looked better, but Michael Bay’s choppy, dissonant storytelling methods remain as audience-punishing as ever
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‘Yves Saint Laurent’ Review: Stylish Biopic Could Use Some Tailoring
This look at the designer’s life skims the surface – an admittedly chic, beautiful surface
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‘A Summer’s Tale’ Review: Eric Rohmer’s Sun-Kissed Bonbon Finally Arrives in the U.S.
This charming 1996 comedy of romantic misunderstandings from the late New Wave master remains witty and observant two decades later
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‘Think Like a Man Too’ Review: A Little Comedy, a Little Romance, a Lot of Come-to-Vegas Advertising
With so much time spent plugging Sin City, the sequel barely has time for its dozen or so major characters
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‘They Came Together’ Review: Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Flattened by Ponderous Parody
“Wet Hot American Summer” director David Wain sends up rom-com clichés in a movie that’s so post-modern that it winds up post-funny
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‘Jersey Boys’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Jukebox Musical Is Nice, Entertaining, Just Not All That Good (Video)
While the nostalgic film doesn’t drag, it also never answers the question, “Why spend 134 minutes on the Frankie Valli episode of ‘Behind the Music’?”
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‘Hellion’ Review: Aaron Paul Plays a Drunk Dad in a Familiar Tale of Childhood Strife
This indie drama, featuring Paul and Juliette Lewis, is well-acted and beautifully shot, but it feels like the 401st version of “The 400 Blows” to come out of Sundance
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‘Obvious Child’ Review: Jenny Slate Offers Up Choice Laughs
The only agenda of this scruffy and urbane comedy, about a young comic contemplating abortion, is to be true and funny
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‘We Are the Best!’ Review: A Pitch-Perfect Tale of Teen Girls and the Power of Punk
Everyone who’s ever felt like an outsider — or picked up an instrument without knowing how to play it — should check out this entertaining comedy from Lukas Moodysson (“Together”)
