Alonso Duralde
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‘Thanks for Sharing’ Review: 12-Step Dramedy Addicted to Clichés
A game cast — including Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins and Josh Gad — can’t lift this tale of sexual compulsion and recovery out of the Lifetime doldrums
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‘Enough Said’ Review: A Cinematic Happy Ending for James Gandolfini’s Distinguished Career (Video)
It’s only her fifth film in 17 years, but writer-director Nicole Holofcener further burnishes her reputation as one of this generation’s great storytellers
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‘Rush’ Review: Ron Howard Shifts Gears With a Sexy, Stylish Racing Saga
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl play real-life rivals in a thrilling sports tale that’s set — and looks like it was shot — in the 1970s
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‘Blue Caprice’ Review: Intense True-Crime Tale Never Exploits Tragedy
Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond give chillingly effective performances as the D.C. snipers
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‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ Review: Overloaded Star Vehicle Tends to Drag
Billy Bob Thornton returns to the director’s chair with an all-star cast, but his meandering, on-the-nose script could have benefited from a few more drafts
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‘The Family’ Review: Robert De Niro’s Mob Comedy Has a Few Killer Chuckles
De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer are married mobsters hiding out in France in an extended, but occasionally hilarious, inside joke
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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ Review: Deftly Haunts the Original Without Repeating Itself (Video)
This follow-up to the horror hit doubles back neatly on the plot of its predecessor, but pales next to the director’s recent “The Conjuring”
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‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Is the Only Reason to See It — But That’s Enough
His performance and the character he plays are the only standouts in this AIDS-themed man-against-the-system drama
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‘99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film’ Review: Oh, the Cacophony!
A crazy-quilt of footage shot on everything from webcams to iPhones has all the right voices but needs some dissent
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Alonso’s Review Preview: A Compelling Portrait of a Literary Man of Mystery (Video)
TheWrap’s film critic Alonso Duralde on ‘Salinger’: “It’s not a movie that lets him off the hook”
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‘Winnie Mandela’ Review: Jennifer Hudson Is No One-Hit Wonder
Hudson is carrying the film on her shoulders, and she proves herself up to the task
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‘Touchy Feely’ Review: This Masseuse Doesn’t Go Deep Enough
Rosemarie DeWitt’s massage therapist is the central — and least interesting — character in a disappointing ensemble piece
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‘Captain Phillips’ Review: Taut Suspense, Iffy Racial Politics, Unfussy Tom Hanks (Video)
Director Paul Greengrass’ portrayal here of a noble white officer suffering at the hands of insidious black pirates smacks of Rudyard Kipling
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‘Riddick’ Review: Wait, You Mean This Isn’t a Parody?
It’s generic bounty hunters versus Vin Diesel’s mumbling super-alien in this familiar and dull sci-fi adventure
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‘Salinger’ Review: A Compelling Portrait of a Literary Man of Mystery (Video)
There are gaps, but ‘Salinger’ offers just enough revelations for even casual fans of the author
