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.
Experience:
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‘Skyscraper’ Film Review: Dwayne Johnson Checks All the Boxes in a Satisfying Summer Thriller
It’s The Rock vs. the building in an action epic where familiarity doesn’t drown out the fun
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Tab Hunter Appreciation: A Star Who Survived Both the Studio System and Hollywood Homophobia
The actor moved from mainstream hits like “Damn Yankees!” to cult indies like “Lust in the Dust” — and outlived all the gossip columnists who once hounded him
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‘Sorry to Bother You’ Film Review: Boots Riley’s Ambitious Debut Throws a Lot at the Wall
Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson star in this double-barreled satire about race and power
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Film Review: Paul Rudd’s Shrinking Hero Returns for Buzzier Sequel
After the bummer ending of “Infinity War,” here’s the MCU at its zippiest and silliest
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‘Hereditary’ Film Review: Family’s a Horror in Brilliant Indie Debut
Toni Collette gives an extraordinary performance in this moody, creepy psychological thriller
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‘Ocean’s 8’ Film Review: Sandra Bullock and Her Female Crew Idle Amiably in Heist Farce
It’s all amiably slick and charming and funny, but the movie never quite kicks into high
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‘Action Point’ Film Review: Johnny Knoxville Kicks Theme Parks in the Crotch
This nostalgic look at pre-lawsuit, 1970s recreational hazards plays like “Wet Hot American Jackass”
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Film Review: So-So Prequel Says Nothing New About Beloved Characters
Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover have chemistry to burn, but it’s wasted here on fan service
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‘First Reformed’ Film Review: Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke Channel Robert Bresson
Hawke’s tormented cleric is part Bresson’s anti-hero, part Travis Bickle
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‘Deadpool 2’ Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gives His All to a Joke Told the Second Time
The laughs and the action are still there, but not the ante-upping that makes a comedy sequel rise above
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‘Tully’ Film Review: Charlize Theron Is a Real Mother in Bleakly Hilarious Parenthood Tale
Third collaboration between screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman strips the sentimentality from mommyhood
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Film Review: Suppose They Gave an Infinity War and Everybody Came?
Packed to the gills with character and incident, but like most Marvel movies, it’s all about what’s next
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‘Lean on Pete’ Review: Andrew Haigh’s Boy-and-His-Horse Tale Hits Hard
European director’s U.S. debut embraces both spacious skies and American miserabilism
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‘Tyler Perry’s Acrimony’ Film Review: Taraji P. Henson Is Furious, But Is She Right?
The writer-director plunges into Joan Crawford-style melodrama, complete with berserk finale
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‘Ready Player One’ Film Review: Spielberg’s Weaponized Nostalgia Is an Exercise in Overkill
Gen X cultural references pack every overcrowded frame, but the pop-spotting quickly ceases to be fun
