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Alonso Duralde, TheWrap’s film reviews editor, has written about film for Movieline, Salon, Village Voice and MSNBC.com. He also co-hosts the “Linoleum Knife,” “Maximum Film!” and “Breakfast All Day” podcasts. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, Duralde has discussed cinema on TCM, CNN and ABC, among others, and was a regular contributor to FilmStruck. He is the author of “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” and “101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men” and the co-author of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies”; his history of queer Hollywood will be published by TCM/Running Press in 2024.

  • ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Film Review: Average Animated Sequel Is Too Much Stick, Not Enough Carrot

    A little of this kiddie saga can be amusing, and a lot becomes tiresome

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 23, 2021 @ 3:00 PM
    Movies
    3:00 PM
    ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Film Review: Average Animated Sequel Is Too Much Stick, Not Enough Carrot
  • ‘Nobody’ Film Review: Bob Odenkirk Blows His Stack and His Cover in Delirious Shoot ‘Em Up

    There’s mayhem aplenty in a film that simultaneously critiques and revels in masculine anxiety

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 22, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
    Movies
    9:00 AM
    ‘Nobody’ Film Review: Bob Odenkirk Blows His Stack and His Cover in Delirious Shoot ‘Em Up
  • ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Film Review: There’s a Whole Lot More to Love – and Hate

    If you like what Snyder does with superheroes, here’s a big four hours of it; if you don’t, same deal

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 18, 2021 @ 8:00 AM
    Movies
    8:00 AM
    ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Film Review: There’s a Whole Lot More to Love – and Hate
  • ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ Film Review: Doc Peels Back the Layers of the College Admissions Scam

    Mixing interviews and re-enactments, this tell-all documentary reveals the scheme and examines a process that’s broken in many ways

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 11, 2021 @ 6:00 AM
    Movies
    6:00 AM
    ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ Film Review: Doc Peels Back the Layers of the College Admissions Scam
  • ‘Long Weekend’ Film Review: Indie Romance Has Terminal Case of the Cutes

    Gauzy, underwritten love story is hard enough to swallow before it’s compounded with plot twists

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 11, 2021 @ 6:00 AM
    Movies
    6:00 AM
    ‘Long Weekend’ Film Review: Indie Romance Has Terminal Case of the Cutes
  • ‘The Human Voice’ Film Review: Pedro Almodóvar and Tilda Swinton Speak Heartache Fluently

    This adaptation of Cocteau’s play is a pandemic production, and Almodóvar’s English-language debut, but it’s pure Pedro

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 11, 2021 @ 4:25 AM
    Movies
    4:25 AM
    ‘The Human Voice’ Film Review: Pedro Almodóvar and Tilda Swinton Speak Heartache Fluently
  • What’s New on DVD in March: Wong Kar Wai, ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘Fatale’ and More

    Weather and/or the pandemic have you staying in? Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 9, 2021 @ 8:20 AM
    Movies
    8:20 AM
    What’s New on DVD in March: Wong Kar Wai, ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘Fatale’ and More
  • ‘Petite Maman’ Film Review: Céline Sciamma Weaves a Delicate Tale of Mothers and Daughters

    Berlin 2021: There’s a haunting, novella-like quality to the director’s follow-up to “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 4, 2021 @ 3:13 PM
    Movies
    3:13 PM
    ‘Petite Maman’ Film Review: Céline Sciamma Weaves a Delicate Tale of Mothers and Daughters
  • ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Film Review: Third Time’s Still Charming for Big-Screen ‘SquarePants’

    The TV hit once again cracks the code for feature-length fun, whatever your age or fandom level

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 4, 2021 @ 1:00 PM
    Movies
    1:00 PM
    ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Film Review: Third Time’s Still Charming for Big-Screen ‘SquarePants’
  • ‘Coming 2 America’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Plays the Hits in Rote Sequel

    Nearly every joke from the first film gets retold or rerun in this super-safe, long-delayed follow-up

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 PM
    Movies
    12:00 PM
    ‘Coming 2 America’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Plays the Hits in Rote Sequel
  • ‘Boogie’ Film Review: Eddie Huang’s Basketball Saga Plays Best Off the Court

    The characters’ interpersonal dynamics are fascinating, complicated, and less likely to be mired in sports-movie clichés

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 3, 2021 @ 5:00 PM
    Movies
    5:00 PM
    ‘Boogie’ Film Review: Eddie Huang’s Basketball Saga Plays Best Off the Court
  • ‘Chaos Walking’ Film Review: Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley Plod Through Limp Sci-Fi Saga

    On a future colony, humans will be able to hear each other’s thoughts — but apparently those won’t be very interesting

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 3, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
    Movies
    9:00 AM
    ‘Chaos Walking’ Film Review: Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley Plod Through Limp Sci-Fi Saga
  • ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Film Review: Disney Animated Epic Offers a Dynamic, Complex Saga

    From dazzling visuals to grand-scale world-building to an extraordinary voice cast, this sweeping feature has it all

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 1, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
    Movies
    9:00 AM
    ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Film Review: Disney Animated Epic Offers a Dynamic, Complex Saga
  • ‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Film Review: Intimate Doc Recalls Both the Life and the Art of a Hip-Hop Legend

    Emmett Malloy’s documentary cares about the musical craft of Notorious B.I.G. as much as it does the controversies

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    March 1, 2021 @ 7:00 AM
    Movies
    7:00 AM
    ‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ Film Review: Intimate Doc Recalls Both the Life and the Art of a Hip-Hop Legend
  • ‘The United States vs Billie Holiday’ Review: Lee Daniels’ History Lesson Mixes Anger and Gloss

    It’s another look at J. Edgar Hoover’s war on Black America, told with old-movie sheen — and a definite lack of subtlety

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    February 26, 2021 @ 12:05 PM
    Movies
    12:05 PM
    ‘The United States vs Billie Holiday’ Review: Lee Daniels’ History Lesson Mixes Anger and Gloss
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