Alonso Duralde is the Chief US Film Critic for The Film Verdict and co-host of the Linoleum Knife, Breakfast All Day and Maximum Film! podcasts. His books include Hollywood Pride as well as the holiday film guide Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, which will be reissued in fall 2025 in an expanded and updated second edition. He is also the co-author (with Bran & Dan) of I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies. A former host for FilmStruck, he has discussed movies on TCM, CNN, and ABC, as well as in multiple documentaries.
Alonso's first Deck the Hallmark appearence: 2018 (A Shoe Addict's Christmas)