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Alex Bentley

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Alex Bentley has been writing movie reviews for over 20 years, working primarily in the Dallas, Texas area. He currently works for the news/entertainment website CultureMap, which he has been with since 2012, and he previously worked for the website Pegasus News, which was purchased by the Dallas Morning News.

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The Legend of Ochi (2025) 80% “Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Isaiah Saxon, the film often comes across like a light version of Wes Anderson. ” – CultureMap Apr 25, 2025 Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 78% “Affleck’s career has been one of the most up-and-down ones of any supposed A-list actor, and The Accountant 2 marks another down moment for him. ” – CultureMap Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 93% “Warfare is not an overtly political film, and yet the politics of war are inextricable from the story it tells. ” – CultureMap Apr 11, 2025 Full Review Drop (2025) 84% “The filmmakers ramp up the tension expertly as Violet tries to figure out who is tormenting her.” – CultureMap Apr 10, 2025 Full Review The Friend (2024) 84% “The story is far from bereft of emotion, but a few tweaks here and there could have made it even more powerful.” – CultureMap Apr 4, 2025 Full Review A Minecraft Movie (2025) 48% “It’s a silly, fast-moving romp that works both as an homage to the game and as a stand-alone movie.” – CultureMap Apr 3, 2025 Full Review The Penguin Lessons (2024) 80% “It’s not designed to be an ultra-dramatic story, but when it chooses to go down that road, it’s equally effective in those moments as it is when it just wants to show viewers a cute penguin.” – CultureMap Apr 1, 2025 Full Review Death of a Unicorn (2025) 53% “There is lots of mayhem in Death of a Unicorn, but Scharfman seems content to let the violence be for violence’s sake instead of making us care about those being killed or the creatures doing the killing.” – CultureMap Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Disney's Snow White (2025) 40% “On the sliding scale of live-action Disney remakes, Snow White makes it on the positive side of the ledger, but not by much.” – CultureMap Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% “Black Bag is an adult spy thriller, eschewing the typical pyrotechnics of the genre for a story that makes people simply talking seem riveting.” – CultureMap Mar 16, 2025 Full Review Novocaine (2025) 81% “Novocaine is much better than it probably had a right to be, with some solid storytelling, some intense action, and a fantastic lead performance by Quaid.” – CultureMap Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% “Pattinson brings a verve to the film that the wild story needs; unfortunately, it never becomes as memorable as some of Bong’s previous work.” – CultureMap Mar 7, 2025 Full Review My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) 95% “Made by a former member of the military in dedication to people with which he served, it’s an impressive debut feature film for Hausmann-Stokes that brings a desire to see more from him, as well as the two main actors.” – CultureMap Feb 28, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 79% “Because of the disparity between the violent and non-violent parts of the film, the film never maintains any kind of momentum.” – CultureMap Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% “Paddington in Peru is the third best film in the series, but only because the first two films made it nearly impossible to measure up.” – CultureMap Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 48% “For the MCU to make it back to their previous standing atop the blockbuster landscape, they’re going to have to deliver much more interesting characters and stories than are present in Captain America: Brave New World. ” – CultureMap Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Love Hurts (2025) 19% “The Valentine’s theme of Love Hurts is not the only part of the film that feels tacked on.” – CultureMap Feb 6, 2025 Full Review You're Cordially Invited (2025) 48% “Stoller actually sets up the various quirks and tensions between the two groups well, but it's the execution of the subsequent scenes that is lacking. ” – CultureMap Feb 1, 2025 Full Review Dog Man (2025) 80% “The immaturity of the film and its content is precisely what makes it a success and highly watchable for anyone who’s grown up on the book series.” – CultureMap Jan 30, 2025 Full Review Presence (2024) 88% “The first-person perspective gives an intimacy to the film that is sometimes invasive, sometimes disorienting, but always engrossing. ” – CultureMap Jan 24, 2025 Full Review Nickel Boys (2024) 91% “The first-person perspective draws the viewer in, and then the story clobbers them with events that make the central characters indelible.” – CultureMap Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 50% “The film has about as slow of a build as you’ll find in a horror movie. ” – CultureMap Jan 16, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% “Corbet, making only his third feature film, has an ambition with The Brutalist that is unmistakable. While there are elements of it that match his lofty goals, he too often veers off into territory that makes little storytelling sense. ” – CultureMap Jan 15, 2025 Full Review September 5 (2024) 93% “The film does an excellent job of demonstrating the eternal dilemma of journalists of how to report on tragic events.” – CultureMap Jan 10, 2025 Full Review The Last Showgirl (2024) 83% “If Coppola and Gersten are trying to show a different side of Anderson, they fail; having her play a character with little-to-no makeup and a dramatic arc does not make up for her poor acting skills and a high voice that borders on shrill.” – CultureMap Jan 9, 2025 Full Review
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