Alonso Duralde

'Katy Perry: Part of Me' Review: Same Infomercial, New Shiny Object

July 3, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 45 weeks ago

Concert doc "Katy Perry: Part of Me" hits all the usual world-tour beats — without ever giving us an unexpurgated, uninterrupted pop song

  

'The Amazing Spider-Man' Review: Refurbished, Runs Like New

June 29, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 46 weeks ago

Maybe we didn’t need a new version of the wall-crawler so soon after the old one, but now that it’s here, it delivers the goods

  

'Madea's Witness Protection' Review: If Anyone Should Be in Hiding, It's Tyler Perry

June 29, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 46 weeks ago

The writer-producer-director-star follows up the hilarious “Madea’s Big Happy Family” with one of his sloppiest and laziest movies ever

  

'Magic Mike' Review: Male Stripper Saga Never Quite Takes (It) Off

June 28, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 46 weeks ago

The biggest surprise about this Steven Soderbergh movie about hot guys who take off their clothes? It’s dull

  

'Ted' Review: That's One Funny, Filthy Talking Bear

June 27, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 46 weeks ago

“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane's debut film is as erratic as you might think, but the hilarious hits more than compensate for the muddled misses

  

'Seeking a Friend' Review: Makes the Apocalypse Look Preferable

June 21, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 47 weeks ago

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley’s “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” romance doesn’t ring true for a second. Bring on the meteor!

  

'To Rome With Love' Review: Woody Allen at His Most Mezzo-Mezzo

June 21, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 47 weeks ago

Woody Allen's Italy-based comedy doesn’t reach the heights of “Midnight in Paris,” but then it doesn’t plummet to “Scoop” levels, either

  

'Brave' Review: More Than Just Another Arrow-Slinging Heroine

June 19, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 47 weeks ago

And unlike previous Pixar projects, this one has a great third act

  

'Your Sister's Sister' Review: Isolated Cabin Plus Tequila Equals Family Meltdown

June 14, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 48 weeks ago

Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt cycle through love and hate in Lynn Shelton’s sharply funny follow-up to “Humpday”

  

'That's My Boy' Review: Not Adam Sandler's Worst, But Still Terrible

June 13, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 48 weeks ago

Andy Samberg is too smart and talented for the sexist, racist, misogynist yuk-yuks of this sewage treatment plant disguised as a comedy

  

'Rock of Ages' Review: Somebody Please Unplug This Jukebox Musical

June 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 48 weeks ago

By the time Debbie Gibson and Sebastian Bach are standing shoulder to shoulder belting out Starship’s “We Built This City” without a smidge of irony, one begins to wonder it “Rock of Ages” even gets its own joke

  

'Bel Ami' Review: Robert Pattinson's Bloodless Erotic Adventures

June 7, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 49 weeks ago

Naughtiness was never so dull as in this all-star, bodice-ripping adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s novel

  

'Madagascar 3' Review: Third Time Really is the Charm for These Animated Animals

June 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 49 weeks ago

The franchise about New York zoo creatures set loose abroad finally finds its comedic groove under the big top in "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most-Wanted"

  

'Prometheus' Review: Serviceable Sci-Fi Flick Doesn't Live Up to 'Alien' Legacy

June 4, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 49 weeks ago

Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise delivers the scares and the monsters but still pales next to the saga’s legendary first two chapters

  

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

June 1, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 50 weeks 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 50 weeks 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 50 weeks 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 51 weeks 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 51 weeks 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 51 weeks 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 52 weeks 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