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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‘The Bourne Legacy’ Review: No, Seriously, Cut to the Chase
Jeremy Renner takes the reins from Matt Damon, but this sequel-reboot unwisely eschews action for tedious exposition
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‘Hope Springs’ Review: A Surprisingly Smart Look at Sex After 50
Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones’ performances as an older married couple in crisis anchor this sweet and witty relationship drama
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‘The Babymakers’ Review: Inconceivably Unfunny
Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn are in hot pursuit of sperm in this labored, clunky comedy
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‘360’ Review: Fernando Meireilles’ Circular Path Leads Nowhere Interesting
Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins and company plumb the shallow depths in this umpteenth reworking of “La Ronde”
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‘Celeste & Jesse Forever’ Review: Fresh Comedy Devolves into Familiar Drama
Rashida Jones (who co-wrote) and Andy Samberg's weird and wonderful chemistry gets smothered under a by-the-numbers plot about delayed adulthood
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‘Step Up Revolution’ Review: Hyper-Energetic Dance Movie Trips Itself Up
For every good idea in this exhilaratingly dopey flash-mob musical, there’s an equal and opposite terrible one
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‘The Watch’ Review: You’ll Be Looking At Your Watch Instead of the Screen
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and many other funny people on both sides of the camera bring scant laughter to this neighborhood-vigilante comedy
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‘Ruby Sparks’ Review: When Cute Becomes Cutesy
Screenwriter Zoe Kazan plays the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl in this slumpy sophomore effort from the “Little Miss Sunshine” directors
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‘The Well Digger’s Daughter’ Review: Just Call It ‘The Frenchy Frenchness of France’
Actor Daniel Auteuil’s directorial debut is a beautifully mounted production that reminds us why “déjà vu” is a French expression
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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Review: Falls Short of Bat-Legendary
The conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy offers plenty of thrills, but rarely feels as groundbreaking as “The Dark Knight”
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‘Trishna’ Review: India-Set ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ Not So Bolly-Good
Frieda Pinto embodies Thomas Hardy’s put-upon heroine, but some of the story updates deflate the dramatic tension
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‘Red Lights’ Review: This May Be 2012’s Silliest Movie
Bad movies are a dime a dozen, but all-star (Robert De Niro! Sigourney Weaver!) nonsense like this is cause for a stinker celebration
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‘Ice Age 4’ Review: A Flavorless Chunk of Nothing
This kiddie cartoon may be all about “Continental Drift,” but ultimately, there’s no there there
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‘Savages’ Review: A Flashy but Flimsy Drug-War Story From Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s mash-up of film-noir grit and The CW sparkle works only in fits and starts
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‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’ Review: Same Infomercial, New Shiny Object
Concert doc "Katy Perry: Part of Me" hits all the usual world-tour beats — without ever giving us an unexpurgated, uninterrupted pop song
