Alonso Duralde - The Film Verdict

Taylor Swift: The Release Party of a Showgirl

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Oct 4, 2025 | Featured |

It’s a glorified press kit/listening party for Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, designed to bring her faithful fans back to the multiplex.

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Oct 3, 2025 | Featured |

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt grapple with barely-there characters in a sports biopic that leaves out nearly all of the “bio.”

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 17, 2025 | Featured |

Sprawling and intimate, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest takes on sweeping political and personal ideas with equal assurance.

A long, leaden, lugubrious ASMR video.

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 11, 2025 | Featured |

An impressive ensemble of young actors and taut filmmaking makes this adaptation of Stephen King’s death-march saga gripping and grim.