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Alex Bentley

Alex Bentley

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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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Good evening

Hitchcock offers a great look at movies but misses on the man

By Alex Bentley

12.07.12 | 1:43 pm

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well-known movie directors of all time, famous for films such as Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho. His personal life is ...


A vision of 3D grandeur

Life of Pi is a feast for the eyes and soul from director Ang Lee

By Alex Bentley

11.21.12 | 2:05 pm

Ang Lee is a difficult man to pin down. You’d be hard-pressed to put all the films the Taiwanese director has done in one particular box. His credits include ...


Around Texas

Take a tour of the insanely interactive Perot Museum, opening in Dallas next month

By Alex Bentley

11.18.12 | 11:45 am

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, which officially opens to the public on Saturday, December 1, could outshine all of Dallas' latest additions.


History comes alive

Magnetic Daniel Day-Lewis propels Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln into Oscar contention

By Alex Bentley

11.16.12 | 2:00 pm

There are few filmmakers more adept at making history come alive than Steven Spielberg. Although he’s regarded as the father of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg has gravitated toward historical ...


Bond is back

Skyfall stirs together new and old Bond and causes a shakeup

By Alex Bentley

11.10.12 | 11:40 am

When Casino Royale came out in 2006, most people praised Daniel Craig’s first foray as James Bond as a gritty reinvention of the character, even if — as directed by ...


Crash and burn

Denzel Washington flies high in Flight, but film fails to soar

By Alex Bentley

11.05.12 | 6:00 am

Director Robert Zemeckis has been adrift for quite some time. Since the one-two punch of What Lies Beneath and Cast Away in 2000, he’s gone down the rabbit hole ...


Mind-bender

Cloud Atlas is entertaining and confusing, but Tom Hanks is hard to disguise

By Alex Bentley

10.29.12 | 11:38 am

Some books are simply considered unfilmable. Reasons vary, but the vast majority of tomes given this designation are so complex that any attempt to adapt them for the big screen ...


Light 'em up

Chinese Lantern Festival shines on at Fair Park with an extended run

By Alex Bentley

10.25.12 | 9:30 am

Texans can't get enough of pretty, shiny things, apparently. The Chinese Lantern Festival, which was supposed to close along with the State Fair of Texas, has announced that it ...


Big Tex welcomes you

Chinese lanterns, live music and Girl Scout cookies: The top 5 things to do at the State Fair of Texas 2012

By Alex Bentley

09.28.12 | 2:02 am

The State Fair of Texas, running September 28-October 21 at Fair Park, is undoubtedly one of the biggest annual highlights in Dallas, bringing together a mix of the new and ...


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