Alonso Duralde
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‘Grudge Match’ Review: Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone’s Reputations Take Another Dive
Watching these screen legends goofing on their own career highlights might’ve been fun, but this staggeringly inane comedy feels more like desecration than inside-joking
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Alonso Duralde Picks 10 Worst Movies of the Year
Sequels! Stars! Beanstalks! They all played a role in the year’s very worst.
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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Review: For Scorsese and DiCaprio, Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (Video)
Even if it overstays its welcome, this deliciously overstuffed movie is the orgy of ill-gotten indulgence that “The Great Gatsby” wanted to be
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Best & Worst 2013: Alonso Duralde’s Top 10 Movie Picks (Video)
TheWrap’s Reviews Editor has a hard time limiting himself to 10 this year
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‘Anchorman 2’ Review: Will Ferrell Sequel More Sketchy-Sketch-Sketch Than a Movie (Video)
Ron Burgundy and company lob lots of gags at the screen — and many of them stick — but with no real story or structure, the joke parade becomes exhausting
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5 Peter O’Toole Performances You Might Have Missed
He’ll be remembered forever for “Lawrence of Arabia,” but O’Toole was also better as a singing headmaster in “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” than you might think
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‘A Madea Christmas’ Review: Holiday Hilarity, but Only When Tyler Perry’s Leading Lady Is On-Screen
The movie’s comedy quotient will reward viewers hearty enough to slog through Perry’s signature brand of schmaltz, melodrama and sloppy plotting
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‘Some Velvet Morning’ Review: Neil LaBute’s Latest Battle of the Sexes Leaves Bruises
Alice Eve and Stanley Tucci engage in merciless battle verbally — and then some — in this two-person tale with some tricks up its sleeve
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‘Hours’ Review: Paul Walker Says Adieu With One of His Strongest Performances
This Katrina-set drama isn’t perfect, but it does show the “Fast & Furious” star willing to branch out into some artistic heavy lifting
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‘Swerve’ Review: Jason Clarke Gives This Humdrum Noir Its Only Zing
A duplicitous blonde, a briefcase full of money … even if Australians drive on the other side, you’ve been down this road before
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‘The Last Days on Mars’ Review: Stylish Sci-Fi Monster Movie Can’t Decide If It’s High Art or Fun Trash
On the one hand, you’ve got a classy cast that includes Liev Schreiber and Olivia Williams, and on the other — astro-zombies!
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‘American Hustle’ Review: It’s Grifters vs. Feds in David O. Russell’s Sexy, Hilarious and Vivid Triumph (Video)
A quintet of great performances — from Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner — anchor this audacious shaggy-dog story about the blurry line that separates hustlers from FBI agents
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Hollywood Is Dreaming of a Black Christmas
Three holiday movies with principally African American casts means an underserved audience is getting their share of the Christmas pie — and producers have visions of future residuals dancing in their heads
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‘The Invisible Woman’ Review: Ralph Fiennes’ Second Directorial Effort Is as Dull as the Dickens
This turgid biopic about Charles Dickens’ mistress Nelly Ternan feels as stiff and unyielding as a Victorian corset
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‘Philomena’ Review: Judi Dench and Steve Coogan Bring Much-Needed Brimstone to This Cinematic Treacle
Stephen Frears’ docudrama urges us to forgive the sinning Catholic Church, which is one thing, but why the condescension toward atheists and intellectuals?
