Alex Bentley

Associate Editor

Alex Bentley isn’t a Dallas-Fort Worth native, but with all his experience in the area, he’s the next best thing. He received his bachelor’s degree from TCU, and after a five-year sojourn to work for the Florida Marlins in Miami, he returned to the area to get his master’s degree at UNT. Prior to joining CultureMap, he worked for Pegasus News, helping deliver hyper-local news to the internet masses. He uses that experience to make CultureMap the go-to site for everything to see and do in Dallas.

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They Will Rock You

Adam Lambert channels Freddie Mercury on summer concert tour with Queen

By Alex Bentley

03.09.14 | 4:30 pm

Queen and former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are teaming up for a summer arena tour with a stop at the Toyota Center on July 9. The tour will hit ...

All Night Long

'80s pop legend plans return visit to The Woodlands with The Voice star

By Alex Bentley

02.15.14 | 4:30 pm

Lionel Richie plans a return visit to Houston. The singer, who appeared at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion last October, is bringing his All the Hits All Night Long Tour ...

The Review Is In

New RoboCop blows by the overrated original as Samuel Jackson's crazy radio host steals the show

By Alex Bentley

02.14.14 | 4:25 pm

Because many studios are hard up for original ideas these days, remaking movies from the 1980s has been all the rage. Fame, Footloose, The Karate Kid, Red Dawn — all of ...

The Review Is In

George Clooney's big fail: Monuments Men wastes Matt Damon and all its other A-list stars

By Alex Bentley

02.07.14 | 1:02 pm

It’s hard to get a good read on George Clooney as a director. His five films, including his latest, The Monuments Men, have vacillated between drama and comedy and ...

Rock and Roll Courtesy of DMB

Dave Matthews Band kicks off a different kind of national tour in The Woodlands — again

By Alex Bentley

02.03.14 | 12:06 pm

The Dave Matthews Band sure must love The Woodlands. The popular 23-year-old band will kick off its latest tour at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on May 16 — the same ...

Movie Time

Jason Reitman's Labor Day movie isn't as embarrassing — or sexy — as you've been led to believe

By Alex Bentley

01.31.14 | 11:59 am

Writer/director Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) has taken on a variety of topics in his short but lauded career, but all of his films have generally had ...

No More Dr. Feelgood

Notorious rock band signs agreement to break up after farewell tour with Houston stop

By Alex Bentley

01.29.14 | 10:01 am

It may come as a shock to some, but '80s metal band Motley Crue is still alive and kicking after all these years. Determined to go out on their own ...

The Review Is In

Keira Knightley is dreadful and distracting in new Jack Ryan movie: Still, Shadow Recruit sort of works

By Alex Bentley

01.19.14 | 8:31 am

Once upon a time, the character of Jack Ryan — the creation of recently deceased author Tom Clancy — was a hot commodity. Books featuring Ryan were adapted into four separate films ...

Hear her Roar

Katy Perry saves the best for last with Houston concert tour stop

By Alex Bentley

01.15.14 | 5:45 pm

Katy Perry is saving the best for last. The singer, who has become one of the biggest music stars in the world, will end her 46-city North American tour at ...

Movie Time

An honorable fail: Gruesome Lone Survivor's story just doesn't add up

By Alex Bentley

01.12.14 | 12:02 pm

There have been a number of movies about the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, but surprisingly few have dealt with actual soldiers on the ground. In fact, most ...

Movie Time

A seductive Scarlett Johansson helps make Her one of the strangest movies ever

By Alex Bentley

01.11.14 | 4:01 pm

Spike Jonze’s mindset has always been slightly askew from the majority of those in the entertainment industry. Whether making videos for the Beastie Boys or Bjork, generating ideas for ...

Chelsea Hasn't Been Here Lately

Chelsea Handler bucks monotonous male comedian trend with Houston show

By Alex Bentley

01.07.14 | 4:32 pm

Most of the big names in comedy who come through Houston tend to be of the male persuasion. But Chelsea Handler will buck that trend when she visits the Bayou ...

Movie Magic

Best movies of 2013: Zombies, slaves and astronauts lost in space

By Alex Bentley

01.01.14 | 5:30 pm

Like any year, 2013 had its fair share of bad movies. But when its movies were good, they were very good.

Seriously Bad Films

Gatsby, Superman & the Millers among 10 worst movies of 2013, but the real stinker is....

By Alex Bentley

12.30.13 | 4:29 pm

Being a film critic can be a lot of fun, but sometimes it's a real drag. Forcing yourself to sit through a clunker of a movie just to write ...

Movie Time

Nudity, sex, drugs and more nudity: Scorsese's Wolf of Wall Street one of the craziest movies of all time

By Alex Bentley

12.28.13 | 8:28 am

Martin Scorsese has made all kinds of films during his career, from ultraviolent gangster flicks to a meditation on the life of the Dalai Lama. But even Scorsese completists will ...

Movie Time

Big letdown: American Hustle wastes a ton of mega acting talent

By Alex Bentley

12.25.13 | 10:03 am

Seven of the eight films writer/director David O. Russell has done, including American Hustle, could be classified as comedies, which pretty much makes him a comedic filmmaker. But his ...

Movie Time

Saving Mr. Banks is just one giant Disney commercial: But somehow it's still worthwhile

By Alex Bentley

12.24.13 | 11:28 am

Movies about making movies, especially ones based on real-life stories, will always be catnip for film lovers, as they purport to take us behind the curtains and show what really ...

Ron Burgundy is Back

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is just silly fun — and what's wrong with that?

By Alex Bentley

12.22.13 | 1:21 pm

When Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy came out in 2004, it was a modest success, taking in around $85 million. But it was an exercise in supreme silliness that ...

Royal Concert

Oh, Lorde! Taylor Swift's newbestfriend plans Houston stop on concert tour

By Alex Bentley

12.17.13 | 6:00 am

Most 17-year-olds are getting ready to head off to college, but New Zealand singer Lorde is on a slightly different trajectory: She'll come to Houston March 5 at Bayou ...

Bilbo's Quest Renewed

Second Hobbit movie is better than the first; sets up epic finale

By Alex Bentley

12.14.13 | 11:30 am

When The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey came out in 2012, it was an undeniably fun return to Middle Earth, but it was missing that certain something that made The Lord ...

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They Will Rock You

By Alex Bentley

03.09.14 | 4:30 pm

Queen and former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are teaming up for a summer arena tour with a stop at the Toyota Center on July 9. The tour will hit ...

All Night Long

By Alex Bentley

02.15.14 | 4:30 pm

Lionel Richie plans a return visit to Houston. The singer, who appeared at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion last October, is bringing his All the Hits All Night Long Tour ...

The Review Is In

By Alex Bentley

02.14.14 | 4:25 pm

Because many studios are hard up for original ideas these days, remaking movies from the 1980s has been all the rage. Fame, Footloose, The Karate Kid, Red Dawn — all of ...

The Review Is In

By Alex Bentley

02.07.14 | 1:02 pm

It’s hard to get a good read on George Clooney as a director. His five films, including his latest, The Monuments Men, have vacillated between drama and comedy and ...

Rock and Roll Courtesy of DMB

By Alex Bentley

02.03.14 | 12:06 pm

The Dave Matthews Band sure must love The Woodlands. The popular 23-year-old band will kick off its latest tour at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on May 16 — the same ...

Movie Time

By Alex Bentley

01.31.14 | 11:59 am

Writer/director Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) has taken on a variety of topics in his short but lauded career, but all of his films have generally had ...

No More Dr. Feelgood

By Alex Bentley

01.29.14 | 10:01 am

It may come as a shock to some, but '80s metal band Motley Crue is still alive and kicking after all these years. Determined to go out on their own ...

The Review Is In

By Alex Bentley

01.19.14 | 8:31 am

Once upon a time, the character of Jack Ryan — the creation of recently deceased author Tom Clancy — was a hot commodity. Books featuring Ryan were adapted into four separate films ...

Hear her Roar

By Alex Bentley

01.15.14 | 5:45 pm

Katy Perry is saving the best for last. The singer, who has become one of the biggest music stars in the world, will end her 46-city North American tour at ...

Movie Time

By Alex Bentley

01.12.14 | 12:02 pm

There have been a number of movies about the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, but surprisingly few have dealt with actual soldiers on the ground. In fact, most ...

Movie Time

By Alex Bentley

01.11.14 | 4:01 pm

Spike Jonze’s mindset has always been slightly askew from the majority of those in the entertainment industry. Whether making videos for the Beastie Boys or Bjork, generating ideas for ...

Chelsea Hasn't Been Here Lately

By Alex Bentley

01.07.14 | 4:32 pm

Most of the big names in comedy who come through Houston tend to be of the male persuasion. But Chelsea Handler will buck that trend when she visits the Bayou ...

Movie Magic

By Alex Bentley

01.01.14 | 5:30 pm