Alonso Duralde

'Piranha 3DD' Review: More Silicone, Less Bite

June 1, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Sequel to the brilliantly trashy horror remake tries to live up to its predecessor, but the results are fishy

  

'Battlefield America' Review: Dance Movie Has 2 Left Feet

June 1, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

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

  

'Snow White and the Huntsman' Review: Charlize Theron Chews All Scenery Except the Mirror

May 31, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Charlize Theron camps it up opposite an underplaying Kristen Stewart in a pretty but empty fairy-tale adaptation

  

'Chernobyl Diaries' Review: Creepy, Spooky and Altogether Nuke-y

May 25, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Horror flick from “Paranormal Activity” creator Oren Peli doesn’t redefine the genre, but it delivers some solid scares from behind the former Iron Curtain

  

'Moonrise Kingdom' Review: Wes Anderson's Sad-Tweens Tale Engaging, Deadpan-Funny

May 23, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

While it won’t win over detractors who think that Wes Anderson’s work is precious and fussy, "Moonrise Kingdom" does see the filmmaker firmly rooted in his comfort zone

  

'Men in Black 3' Review: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones Drag Down a Cool Party

May 22, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

If the marquee names are going to phone it in this flagrantly, why not reboot the franchise with Josh Brolin and “SNL” star Jay Pharoah?

  

'Battleship': What the Critics Think of Taylor Kitsch's Naval Adventure

May 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

America's critics fall over each other trying to sink Peter Berg's "Battleship"

  

'What to Expect' Review: All the Appeal of Pickles and Ice Cream

May 17, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

There’s an OK drama buried within the hacky sitcom clichés of this idiotic, all-star comedy that’s as funny as post-partum depression

  

'Battleship' Review: Sheer Adrenaline Keeps Dopey Action Epic Afloat

May 17, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Peter Berg’s big-budget board game adaptation is as ridiculous as you expect, but it’s never dull

  

'The Dictator' Review: Laughs Keep Sacha Baron Cohen's Shaky Regime Afloat

May 15, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Sasha Baron Cohen’s latest is a scattershot mess, but the film delivers enough solid gags to keep audiences from revolting

  

'Where Do We Go Now?' Review: Political Tale Can't Figure Out If It's a Satire

May 11, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Nadine Labaki’s inventive satire of Middle East politics that won Toronto's audience awards makes bold comic statements but collapses when tragedy erupts

  

'God Bless America' Review: Dark Satire Curdles into Cranky Rant

May 10, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait’s jeremiad against reality TV feels preachy, ponderous and about five years out of date

  

'Dark Shadows' Review: It's Not Just the Vampire That Sucks in Tim Burton's Retread

May 10, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Johnny Depp’s courtly vampire provides the only laughs in this leaden misfire of the "Dark Shadows" pop-culture reboot

  

'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Review: A Sweet and Funny Fantasy for Retirees

May 3, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and an all-star cast of Brits get their groove back in a ramshackle retirement home in India

  

'A Little Bit of Heaven' Review: 107 Minutes of Cutesy, Cancerous Hell

May 3, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Kate Hudson vehicle marries the worst of rom-com whimsy with the deadliest pretty-girl-with-cancer clichés

  

'The Avengers' Review: A Satisfying Super-Hero Sandwich

May 1, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

In "The Avengers," director Joss Whedon gets the Marvel Comics super-team the same way that Spielberg and Lucas understood serials in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

  

'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' Review: This Clay Play Goes Overboard But Gets the Booty

April 27, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

The latest Aardman Animations adventure is silly enough for kids and smart enough for their parents, but it gets a bit frantic by the end

 

  

'The Five-Year Engagement' Review: Too Long, But Worth the Commitment

April 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Jason Segel and his “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” collaborator score with another hilariously prickly and poignant look at relationships

  

'Safe' Review: Jason Statham Gives This B-Movie Some A-Movie Cred

April 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

British action star Jason Statham keeps the adrenaline pumping as he protects a young girl from corrupt cops and Russian and Chinese mobsters in "Safe"

 

  

'Chimpanzee' Review: Welcome to the Disneyfied, Sanitized Jungle

April 20, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Stunning photography gets cranked through the happy-ending machine, resulting in a kid-friendly doc that’s neither fish nor fowl

  

'Darling Companion' Review: This Shaggy Dog's a Loveable Mutt

April 19, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Diane Keaton heads an all-star cast that mixes Lawrence Kasdan’s zingy dialogue with his weakness for spoiled Baby Boomers

  

'Think Like a Man' Review: Cast Makes Romantic Infomercial Click

April 19, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

An engaging cast and a steady stream of laughs help mask the familiarity of this rom-com based on Steve Harvey’s dating guide "Think Like a Man"

  

'The Cabin in the Woods': See It Before Someone Spoils It

April 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Joss Whedon’s "The Cabin in the Woods," a witty and scary take on teenagers on a doomed vacation, is best enjoyed if you go in knowing as little as possible

  

'The Three Stooges': Lots of Yucks Amid the Nyuck-Nyuck-Nyucks

April 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

"The Three Stooges," the comedy nobody wanted, turns out to be hilarious. It's the Farrelly Brothers' best since “There’s Something About Mary”

  

'Damsels in Distress' Review: Whit Stillman's Latest Has Great Lyrics, But the Music's a Little Off

April 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

“Metropolitan” director Whit Stillman returns after a long hiatus and once again charts the mating habits of the contemporary preppy

  

'American Reunion' Review: This Pie Has Become Tasteless

April 5, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

The balance of sweet and smutty that made the original “American Pie” so memorable is sorely absent from this pointless sequel

  
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