Alonso Duralde

'Liberal Arts' Review: A Tepid, TV-Ready Rom-Com About Supposedly Smart People

September 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 35 weeks ago

Josh Radnor’s sophomore effort as writer-director shows the “How I Met Your Mother” star is better suited for the small screen

  

'The Cold Light of Day' Review: A Zippy Little Spy Thriller With Extra Hitchcock Sauce

September 7, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 36 weeks ago

Henry Cavill is an innocent man on the run — and Sigourney Weaver his deliciously evil nemesis — in this disposable but unflaggingly entertaining action flick 

  

'Hello I Must Be Going' Review: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner Make Divorce Fun Again

September 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 36 weeks ago

You’ve seen this depressed-divorcée story before, but the cast makes it feel fresh and funny

  

'Keep the Lights On' Review: For This Dysfunctional Couple, Love Is the Drug - and So Is Crack

September 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 36 weeks ago

Ira Sachs’ tale of obsession and addiction doesn’t let its characters, or the audience, off the hook easy

  

'For a Good Time, Call ...' Review: Bawdy Chick Flick Delivers Dirty-Mouthed Diversion

August 30, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 37 weeks ago

Ari Graynor and Lauren Anne Miller are BFF phone-sex operators in this slight but consistently amusing comedy

  

'Little Birds' Review: Innocence Lost, Yada, Yada

August 28, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 38 weeks ago

Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker wade through writer-director Elgin James’ coming-of-age clichés in this tired indie

  

'Lawless' Review: The Moonshine is Clear, the Music is Slick, the Film's a Mess

August 28, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 38 weeks ago

Snazzy production design and clever soundtrack choices can’t overcome the sketchy performances by Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf as Southern bootleggers

  

'Premium Rush' Review: Adrenaline Trumps Logic in This Exhilarating Bike Chase

August 24, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 38 weeks ago

Joseph Gordon-Levitt zips around Manhattan on two wheels in a silly -- but thrilling -- action movie

  

'Hit and Run' Review: Promising Comedy Falls Just Short of the Finish Line

August 21, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 39 weeks ago

Writer-codirector-star Dax Shepard mixes audacious laughs with car-chase thrills for a movie that misses the mark by just that much

  

'Cosmopolis' Review: Cronenberg Takes the Long Way Around

August 16, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 39 weeks ago

Robert Pattinson plays a financial Master of the Universe in this talky, elliptical, challenging and occasionally maddening Don DeLillo adaptation

  

'Sparkle' Review: A Thrilling Musical, Despite Damp Sparks

August 16, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 39 weeks ago

Remake of "Sparkle" has soul, drive and visual flair, but Jordin Sparks’ blandness keeps the excitement in check

  

'ParaNorman' Review: Sweet and Freaky Fun for Kids (Who Aren't Too Easily Spooked)

August 15, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 39 weeks ago

This weird and wonderful 3-D cartoon hides a moral about fear itself in a delightfully diabolical tale of witches, ghosts and the walking dead

  

'The Campaign' Review: Political Comedy Has Plenty of Funny Bone But No Spine

August 9, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 40 weeks ago

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis bring the wacky election antics, but the film’s desire not to offend neuters the satire

  

'The Bourne Legacy' Review: No, Seriously, Cut to the Chase

August 9, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 40 weeks ago

Jeremy Renner takes the reins from Matt Damon, but this sequel-reboot unwisely eschews action for tedious exposition

  

'Hope Springs' Review: A Surprisingly Smart Look at Sex After 50

August 7, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 41 weeks ago

Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones’ performances as an older married couple in crisis anchor this sweet and witty relationship drama

  

'The Babymakers' Review: Inconceivably Unfunny

August 3, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 41 weeks ago

Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn are in hot pursuit of sperm in this labored, clunky comedy

  

'360' Review: Fernando Meireilles' Circular Path Leads Nowhere Interesting

August 2, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 41 weeks ago

Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins and company plumb the shallow depths in this umpteenth reworking of “La Ronde”

  

'Celeste & Jesse Forever' Review: Fresh Comedy Devolves into Familiar Drama

August 2, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 41 weeks ago

Rashida Jones (who co-wrote) and Andy Samberg's weird and wonderful chemistry gets smothered under a by-the-numbers plot about delayed adulthood

  

'Step Up Revolution' Review: Hyper-Energetic Dance Movie Trips Itself Up

July 27, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 42 weeks ago

For every good idea in this exhilaratingly dopey flash-mob musical, there’s an equal and opposite terrible one

  

'The Watch' Review: You'll Be Looking At Your Watch Instead of the Screen

July 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 42 weeks ago

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and many other funny people on both sides of the camera bring scant laughter to this neighborhood-vigilante comedy

  

'Ruby Sparks' Review: When Cute Becomes Cutesy

July 24, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 43 weeks ago

Screenwriter Zoe Kazan plays the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl in this slumpy sophomore effort from the “Little Miss Sunshine” directors

  

'The Well Digger's Daughter' Review: Just Call It 'The Frenchy Frenchness of France'

July 19, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 43 weeks ago

Actor Daniel Auteuil’s directorial debut is a beautifully mounted production that reminds us why “déjà vu” is a French expression

  

'The Dark Knight Rises' Review: Falls Short of Bat-Legendary

July 17, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 44 weeks ago

The conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy offers plenty of thrills, but rarely feels as groundbreaking as “The Dark Knight”

  

'Trishna' Review: India-Set 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' Not So Bolly-Good

July 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 44 weeks ago

Frieda Pinto embodies Thomas Hardy’s put-upon heroine, but some of the story updates deflate the dramatic tension

  

'Red Lights' Review: This May Be 2012's Silliest Movie

July 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 44 weeks ago

Bad movies are a dime a dozen, but all-star (Robert De Niro! Sigourney Weaver!) nonsense like this is cause for a stinker celebration

  

'Ice Age 4' Review: A Flavorless Chunk of Nothing

July 11, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 44 weeks ago

This kiddie cartoon may be all about “Continental Drift,” but ultimately, there’s no there there