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		<title>I&#8217;m headed to &#8220;The Former Soviet Union&#8221; &#8220;The Group&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update 1/28: I have been moved to &#8220;The Group&#8221;. This works out for me since they meet Wednesday mornings and perform Wednesday nights. I still have love for &#8220;The Former Soviet Union&#8221;, who I saw give their first performance last week. We&#8217;ll still be friends on Myspace&#8230;Starting February 6, I will be performing with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Holiday Q&#038;A - Answered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a couple of minutes into Christmas and I wanted to say Merry Christmas and a belated Happy Hanukkah to everyone. With all that has happened this year, I figured I&#8217;d open the site up to your questions for a holiday Q&#38;A and we&#8217;d all get caught up. It&#8217;s been a while since the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Feud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From tonight&#8217;s Mavs-Spurs pregame show.       :)


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		<title>Week 47: That&#8217;s all, folks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this was it. The final show. Another sell out. What a great crowd, too. It was so nice to see so many familiar faces on the crowd, too &#8212; Annie, Jeff, Jason, Paul, Todd, Bob, the Millers. Thank you all for coming and being such a great, supportive audience.
After the show, we hit Boardner&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/12/01/week-47-thats-all-folks/</link>
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		<title>Head over heels, repeatedly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever watched a football movie like &#8220;Friday Night Lights&#8221;, &#8220;Sign of the Times&#8221; or &#8220;Semi Tough&#8221; (Google them) and seen a faceless, nameless player get leveled with a vicious hit/block and reacted as if you&#8217;d just seen it on SportsCenter? I know I have. I know I&#8217;ve said to myself many times, &#8220;Who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/11/20/head-over-heels-repeatedly/</link>
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		<title>Week 46: All a blur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week started with a call from my agent that I had to make the long drive to Shreveport Wednesday to audition for a movie called &#8220;The Comeback&#8221; starring gangster rapper turned actor Ice Cube and directed by Limp Bizkit frontman turned director Fred Durst. Oh yeah, it&#8217;s a family movie about the first female [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/11/16/week-46-all-a-blur/</link>
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		<title>Week 45: And all I got was this lousy t-shirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week was the last scheduled show of the conservatory program. A very surreal feeling knowing it all started back in July of last year. Of the 17 of us that started the Conservatory program 45 weeks ago (Tyler and Ellen were in my Immersion workshop back in July), only 5 of us made it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/11/03/week-45-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re home and pictures have been posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got home Saturday night around 5:45.
All the pictures are up (in a jumble) over at the Twinfo site.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/29/were-home-and-pictures-have-been-posted/</link>
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		<title>Week 44: Extended by 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big news this week is that our show, &#8220;Premarital Sextet&#8221; has been extended for 2 more shows on November 15 and 29. We are the only show out of the Level 5 shows to extend so it&#8217;s a good thing for us.This week&#8217;s show was another sell-out and my friends Steve and Kristin were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/28/week-44-extended-by-2/</link>
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		<title>Baby Burrito</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Morgan spent the night in the NICU, she&#8217;s fine now and went to the nursery this morning. Mom, Mason and Morgan finally all got to meet around 11:00 this morning.
I promise I&#8217;m not going to flood everyone with pics.  I&#8217;ll have a couple more for this week&#8217;s posting and will also have a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/24/baby-burrito/</link>
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		<title>They&#8217;re Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 10/23/07






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Mason Aaron Bentley (Codename Dirk)
6 pounds 4 ounces
19.5 inches long at 8:53 pm
Morgan Grace Bentley (Codename LeBron)
5 pounds, 10 ounces
19 inches long at 8:54 pm


More pictures soon&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/24/theyre-here/</link>
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		<title>Week 43: A packed house</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week was a quick trip as I would leave and return within 24 hors. On the flight out to Burbank, I watched the pilot for the NBC show &#8220;Journeyman&#8221; on advice from Melinda and slept. Upon arrival, I realized I forgot to book my rental car online, but luckily they had cars for Hertz [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/20/week-43-a-packed-house/</link>
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		<title>Week 42: And away we go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The week started with Melinda going to the doctor Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to have her blood pressure checked. It&#8217;s been running high and the doctor wanted to monitor her, but since Melinda is on bedrest her blood pressure goes through the roof when she&#8217;s up and around (or called into the doctor&#8217;s office). The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/13/week-42-and-away-we-go/</link>
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		<title>Week 41: The final Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I get started, I completely forgot to tell this story from 2 weeks ago. I got an email from my agent asking if I knew anybody that was 6-8 months pregnant that would be available for a quick shoot at their home. Funnily enough, I just happened to know someone that fit the bill. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/08/week-41-the-final-sunday/</link>
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		<title>Week 40: Winding down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A light weekend as we start winding down the Sunday classes&#8230;
Saturday night I had dinner with Todd and we talked about the twins impending arrival amongst other topics. I love getting the time to talk with him because he&#8217;s extremely intelligent and it&#8217;s always a great conversation. Kudos to Todd for his choice of Ribs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/10/01/week-40-winding-down/</link>
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		<title>Week 39: Coast to coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melinda&#8217;s shower was Saturday and it was very nice. Thanks to Lisa for her hard work, I appreciate it. (Don&#8217;t forget my JL stuff). I stopped by for a couple minutes at the start and got to see some familiar faces and some old faces, especially Melinda&#8217;s friend from college, Jena. I had to buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/09/26/week-39-coast-to-coast/</link>
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		<title>Week 38: Feeling defeated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: The week number in titles of my travelogues are about my Second City travels, not the twins. The twins are roughly 6 weeks behind me.
Friday brought the inevitable - cleaning out the room that is the soon to be nursery. I couldn&#8217;t believe it took that long to empty a small closet, but it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/09/17/week-38-feeling-defeated/</link>
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		<title>Week 37: Ah, the joys of pregnancy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, my babies mama went to see her doctor for a headache that wouldn&#8217;t go away. Her doctor sent her to labor and delivery for her high blood pressure to be monitored. Around midnight, Dr. Jacobs ended up deciding to hold her overnight to give her shots every hour to try and curb what was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/09/10/week-37-ah-the-joys-of-pregnancy/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m headed underground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been extremely busy lately and I need a break. I had over a dozen auditions the last 3 weeks and 3 bookings last week. I have decided to take advantage of the holiday weekend and stay close to home and recharge. I&#8217;ll be out of touch for a couple days catching up on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/28/im-headed-underground/</link>
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		<title>Week 36: 2 weeks until the season starts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend started with my Fantasy Football draft at 9:00 am in Denton. I had the #1 pick, so I took LT. It&#8217;s always good to see everyone and the season starts in 2 weeks. After the draft, we had a quick lunch at Hooter&#8217;s in Denton then I had to rush to Carrollton for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/27/week-36-2-weeks-until-the-season-starts/</link>
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		<title>Week 35: Back to 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane activity in the Gulf has sprung bad weather on the Metroplex and this weekend started off with the threat of some severe storms. That&#8217;s fine, I&#8217;m used to it, but I had a print shoot scheduled for Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods downtown on the top of a parking garage. I had was scheduled to shoot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/20/week-35-back-to-1/</link>
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		<title>Twinfo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My babies mamas wanted me to let everyone know you can keep up with Dirk and LeBron at their website.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/16/twinfo/</link>
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		<title>Week 34: It can only get better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s travel started just like last week&#8217;s, through Austin again. Upon arrival in LA, I headed straight to Sherman Oaks for a lunch meeting with Paul Ryan. I met Paul a couple of years ago at a workshop and we&#8217;ve stayed in touch since. I&#8217;m going to help him with a redesign of his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/13/week-34-it-can-only-get-better/</link>
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		<title>Week 33: Job Opening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What started over a year ago last July is now heading into the home stretch. The final 12 weeks of The Second City Conservatory started this weekend and it started Saturday with this note on my suitcase:
Dearest Actor,
When I learned that you&#8217;re going to be taking the red eye back from Level 5 every Sunday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/08/06/week-33-job-opening/</link>
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		<title>The 2 ends of the auditioning spectrum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday evening I auditioned for a national print ad for a skin care drink. This audition required women to be in a bathing suit for the picture and men in a speedo or briefs. Models would go in one at a time and be photographed in a secured, closed off area. So I waited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/07/27/the-2-ends-of-the-auditioning-spectrum/</link>
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		<title>Week 32: When one door closes&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided for this week&#8217;s trip to take Southwest to LA, and thanks to the genius Wright Amendment here in Dallas, I had to go through San Antonio. As luck would have it, San Antonio was experiencing severe thunderstorms and flooding so I got to land and take off in that weather. Thank you, Congressman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/07/23/week-32-when-one-door-closes/</link>
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		<title>Week 31: Vested Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night was spent playing a &#8220;friendly&#8221; game of poker with my friends Drew and his wife heather, Jim, Esteban, Josh, and Drew&#8217;s neighbor, Jerry. I was the big winner of the evening and we all decided that we should make this a bi-weekly event. I always love getting to see those guys individually, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/07/16/week-31-vested-interest/</link>
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		<title>Week 30: One and done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was low stress, but high creativity. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon running errands with my driver in the afternoon and enjoying the rare sunshine after several straight days of Noah&#8217;s Ark type rain.
The evening was saved for the Dallas Desperados arena football playoff game against the Columbus Destroyers. Let me set it up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/07/08/week-30-one-and-done/</link>
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		<title>Week 29: The lady is a champ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(I thought I had published this last week, sorry it&#8217;s a week late.)
Friday, my driver took us to Austin with my mom, sister and grandmother. We were on our way down for her cousin Jim&#8217;s wedding and my mom and sister were going to catch up with an old friend. We had a short stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/07/02/week-29-the-lady-is-a-champ/</link>
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		<title>Hell no, I won&#8217;t go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I packed my bag and headed off to the airport with my driver yesterday. Halfway there I told my driver I didn&#8217;t feel like getting on a plane and that a weekend break would be nice as I headed into the final stretch of level 4 and the pending pressure cooker of level 5. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/06/24/hell-no-i-wont-go/</link>
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		<title>Week 28: The Mysterious Staricase; I&#8217;m #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday I was off to Santa Fe with my friend Dave to be ushers in our good friend&#8217;s John&#8217;s wedding. We flew on passes from Southwest so we had to stop briefly in Albuquerque thanks to the Wright Amendment. I must add a hello to Jen and Christina who sat next to me on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/06/18/week-28-the-mysterious-staricase-im-1/</link>
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		<title>Week 27: Guitar Heroes, Desperados, Sopranos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s trip was a one day turnaround so I got spend some time Saturday afternoon running errands and having lunch with my driver. We had some time between our errands and that night&#8217;s Desperados game so I did the most productive thing - I played Guitar Hero for 2 hours.
We&#8217;re huge arena football fans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/06/10/week-27-guitar-heroes-desperados-sopranos/</link>
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		<title>Week 26: Knocked Up, held over&#8230;and the return of my driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be warned, this is going to be a long one. This is the longest travelogue yet. Longest to write, longest time to write (a span of a couple days) and longest in length. So grab the beverage of your choice or maybe even bring a light snack if you&#8217;re a slow reader.
The weekend started on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/06/05/week-26-knocked-up-held-overand-the-return-of-my-driver/</link>
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		<title>Thanks, Kit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With help from my friend Kit, you can now subscribe to receive site updates as I post them. It&#8217;s real simple, just go to the subscribe page to sign up.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/05/30/thanks-kit/</link>
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		<title>Week 25: Flap spackle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s note: I didn&#8217;t publish this when I got home like I originally thought. Sorry it&#8217;s late.)
We&#8217;re starting early for this one as I spent Friday night in Ft. Worth at Funimation doing voiceovers for &#8220;Hell Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Suzuka&#8221;. I was in a sound booth with 3 other guys to do &#8220;walla&#8221;, or background dialogue, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/05/21/week-25-flap-spackle/</link>
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		<title>Week 24: 2 to go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last week of Level 3 I decided to go stand-by on an early afternoon flight so I could run some errands and catch up with some friends. A few days before I took off, my friend Jason Dilks emailed me to let me know he would be in LA on a lengthy layover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/05/07/week-24-2-to-go/</link>
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		<title>Review: Blades of Glory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: “Blades of Glory”
Run time: 1:33
What happens when you put Ron Burgandy and Napoleon Dynamite on ice? &#8220;Blades of Glory&#8221;. I wish I was kidding, but I can&#8217;t watch Jon Heder without hearing his delivery and waiting for him to start reciting lines from &#8220;Napoleon Dynamite&#8221;. I can imagine that is a tough nut to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/05/04/review-blades-of-glory/</link>
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		<title>THE DALLAS MAVERICKS ARE THE BIGGEST CHOKE IN SPORTS HISTORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What better way to follow up the biggest choke in NBA Finals history than with the biggest choke in sports history. Avery Johnson has said all year long &#8220;the regular season doesn&#8217;t count&#8221; and the Mavericks have definitely proved it in this series. The Warriors outplayed them all year and Nellie has outcoached him. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/05/03/the-dallas-mavericks-are-the-biggest-choke-in-sports-history/</link>
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		<title>Week 23: Jokes &#038; Chokes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greeting from the Chili&#8217;s bar in LAX&#8217;s gate 42B. I&#8217;m writing this on my Blackberry as I watch the Mavericks try to even their series with the Warriors, so please forgive any typos. I will admit right away that I am pretty po&#8217;d due to my return flight being delayed nearly 4 hours and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/29/week-23-jokes-chokes/</link>
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		<title>Hot off the presses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email just hit my inbox:
&#8220;Congratulations on your acceptance into Level 4 of the Conservatory at The Second City Training Center!&#8221;
What does it mean? 16 more weeks for Level 4 and 5, plus 4 weeks of graduate shows&#8230;.and that I&#8217;m doing what I need to do.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/25/hot-off-the-presses/</link>
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		<title>Week 22: Make or break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon was the much anticipated Level 4/5 audition, and I almost missed it. I had a 12:30 flight and let&#8217;s just say due to some poor planning when I arrived I heard &#8220;FINAL BOARDING&#8221;. This is the second week in a row that I&#8217;ve arrived within 20 minutes of my flight&#8217;s departure. One of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/22/week-22-make-or-break/</link>
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		<title>Review: Hot Fuzz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: “Hot Fuzz”
Run time: 2:01
A &#8220;parody&#8221; or &#8220;satire&#8221; usually skewers the material on which it is based. The &#8220;Naked Gun&#8221; movies were extremely slapsticky and could be best described as &#8220;loose send ups&#8221; of police movies, where the case itself is hardly anything more than a reason to set Leslie Nielsen in glorious motion. &#8220;Hot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/21/review-hot-fuzz/</link>
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		<title>Week 21: Yin &#038; Yang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They say everything has it&#8217;s opposite. What goes up, must come down. Well, the opposite of a great &#8220;Amigo Friends&#8221; Saturday night show, would be the Level 3 class show this afternoon. We had such a great, tight &#8220;Amigo&#8221; show Saturday with a near capacity audience and then today we just stunk it up for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/16/week-21-yin-yang/</link>
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		<title>Week 20: Eggsellent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. All I can say is wow.
I never thought that the first show of &#8220;The Amigo Friends&#8221; (TAF) would be sold out and that they would be turning people away. If you would have asked me what my prediction would have been for attendance, I would have said a theater half full of our friends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/08/week-20-eggsellent/</link>
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		<title>Week 19: Turnaround</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday morning I had a meeting with casting director Shari Rhodes in the morning, but a camera snafu caused me to have to reschedule for later this week. Shari has done a ton of casting for some big name movies and she&#8217;s very active in casting movies still today. Lucky for me I knew how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/04/01/week-19-turnaround/</link>
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		<title>Week 18: American Airlines can eat me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I said it &#8212; EAT ME.
Sometimes, booking 2 weeks in advance is a good thing and allows me to snag a low fare. However, the flip side is booking 2 weeks in advance not knowing that you will be having a 4:30 pm show&#8230;..and a 5:55 pm return flight. After several phone calls and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/03/27/week-18-american-airlines-can-eat-me/</link>
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		<title>Week 17: Level 3 - film genres and the bar gets set high</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to start of by saying thank you to everyone for the input and response to last week&#8217;s Q &#038; A. I appreciate everyone taking the time to check it out and to send in their thoughts. As I keep getting more questions, I&#8217;ll throw them up here. Now, on to week 17&#8230;
I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/03/18/week-17-level-3-film-genres-and-the-bar-gets-set-high/</link>
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		<title>The off-week Q &#038; A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With no trip to LA this weekend, I decided to answer some of the questions I regularly get asked from friends, emails and comments I&#8217;ve received here on the site. So, in no particular order, here are the most common questions I get asked, or have been asked by email/website/carrier pigeon/smoke signal:
Q: You fly to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/03/11/the-off-week-q-a/</link>
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		<title>Lola: one year later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Left - The day after we brought her home, shaved down, her bones showing, and afraid of everything imaginable. She wouldn&#8217;t leave the bedroom unless she absolutely had to eat or go outside, and never made a sound. She didn&#8217;t even go upstairs until 5 months ago.
Right - At the dog park today, tail wagging, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/03/06/lola-one-year-later/</link>
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		<title>Week 16: Without a net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, last week my travel was delayed due to the high winds and caused me to stay in LA a day. Well, this week I was delayed again, but only for a hour. I eventually got on the plane&#8230;only to get right off 20 minutes later due to &#8220;bad fuel lines&#8221;. The captain himself stood [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/03/05/week-16-without-a-net/</link>
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		<title>Week 15: I love have to fly and it shows can be a pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I discovered last week that there was an interactive even going on where you could hold an actual Oscar statuette. It was running until 5:00 Saturday afternoon and I had decided to catch a 10:30 am standby flight and attend the interactive event with some friends from Second City. So I get up early, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/26/i-love-have-to-fly-and-it-shows-can-be-a-pain/</link>
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		<title>Review: Reno 911!: Miami</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: &#8220;Reno 911!: Miami&#8221;
Run time: 1:24
Dammit. I really wanted to like this movie. I really did.
I&#8217;m a big fan of the show and I had high hopes for this, and that may have set the bar too high to start.
The movie feels like one long episode with a loose storyline based on bioterrorism, the only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/23/review-reno-911-miami/</link>
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		<title>Week 14: Outrage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you that know me know that I tend to &#8220;Forrest Gump&#8221; my way into certain situations. For those of you that don&#8217;t know me so well, I tend to find myself in the right place at the right time more often than not and it&#8217;s has lead to some cool stuff. This week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/18/week-14-outrage/</link>
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		<title>Fire away&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For week 15&#8217;s entry (10 days from now), I&#8217;m going to post some of the questions I get asked a lot about traveling to LA and doing the Second City thing along with my answers. I&#8217;m also going to open up the comments section for people to post questions or you can email me or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/15/fire-away/</link>
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		<title>Review: Music &#038; Lyrics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: &#8220;Music and Lyrics&#8221;
Run time: 1:36
Hugh Grant has built a career as the sullen yet charming Englishman with a gift for wooing the ladies. Now you can add singing to his repertoire. Grant is Alex Fletcher, the lesser known keyboardist from a Wham!-esque 80&#8217;s pop band called, ironically, POP. Now washed up and touring state [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/14/review-music-lyrics/</link>
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		<title>Week 13: Thanks, driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While getting ready to leave yesterday, my driver asked if I wanted her to drive me to the airport and pick me up tonight, but I said no because she has to get up early tomorrow and go to Corpus Christi for work. &#8220;But how will I ever get any mentions if I don&#8217;t drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/11/week-13/</link>
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		<title>Week 12: &#8220;On the lot&#8221; or &#8220;25 hours in a day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever said to yourself, &#8220;Man I wish I had more hours in a day&#8221;? Have you ever looked at your watch and realized you&#8217;ve been awake for over 24 hours and realized how completely asinine that notion is? That was Saturday for me, but with the caveat that I was working on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/04/week-12-on-the-lot-or-25-hours-in-a-day/</link>
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		<title>Review: Smokin&#8217; Aces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: &#8220;Smokin&#8217; Aces&#8221;
Run time: 1:49
Buddy &#8220;Aces&#8221; Israel is a Vegas entertainer turned small-time mobster who has turned government informant. A $1 million hit has been put out on his head before he can testify and go into witness protection, but the contractors want his heart, too.  The hit goes out and every freelance killer/psychopath [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/02/02/review-smokin-aces/</link>
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		<title>Week 11: A heart, a bash, a start, and some cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two quick notes before I go on:
- I&#8217;ve setup the site so you can now email and print individual posts from the site. I&#8217;m trying to get ahead of the curve even though nobody has yet to request it, and I&#8217;m not sure anybody without the last name Bentley reads this stuff.   ;) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/01/29/week-11-a-heart-a-bash-a-start-and-some-cash/</link>
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		<title>Week 10: Larry King style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a driver is one of the finer things in life. Everybody should have one&#8230;Is it just me or is &#8220;CBS Eye on American&#8221; the best in-flight entertainment out there?&#8230;.Can you name an airline with a better $5 Turkey Chibatta sandwich? I can&#8217;t&#8230;Knocked out &#8220;Who&#8217;s Your Caddy&#8221; by Sports Illustrated Writer Rick Reilly. If only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/01/21/week-10-larry-king-style/</link>
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		<title>Week 9: Shaking off the rust and waxing nostalgic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The word irony is defined as "an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected". A practical example of this would be my 5:05 pm flight being delayed until 8:30 pm because of an overheated fan.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2007/01/15/week-9-shaking-off-the-rust-and-waxing-nostalgic/</link>
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		<title>Review: Night at the Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review: &#8220;Night at the Museum&#8221;
Run time: 1:49
I will say that if you told me Ben Stiller would be in a movie with Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson Steve Coogan and Dick Van Dyke I would expect it to be a rip-roaring comedy, but instead &#8220;Night at the Museum&#8221; is a fun family friendly movie. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/31/review-night-at-the-museum/</link>
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		<title>Aloha. Oy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just got back from a week in beautiful Maui with my family, and it was just what we needed. Christmas morning brought a wonderful whale watching trip, and several good pictures (I did take the video camera and will YouTube that soon). The majority of the trip involved laying by the pool, relaxing, snorkeling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/30/aloha-oy/</link>
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		<title>8 is Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I told you what the title was going to be so no busting my chops&#8230;.
Level 1 is in the books. When I started this 8 weeks ago I wondered what I had gotten myself into. I still wonder that now, but with a sense of excitement to see where I end up with this is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/18/8-is-enough/</link>
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		<title>Review: Shut Up and Sing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Shut Up and Sing&#8221;
Run time: 1:33
During a concert in London in 2003, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines made her infamous remark about the President. &#8220;Shut Up and Sing&#8221; shows what happens when the Chicks walked off stage all the way through the recording of their latest EP &#8220;Taking the Long Way&#8221; with mercurial producer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/17/review-shut-up-and-sing/</link>
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		<title>The 313</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and what does that equal? You got it, I found a way to back into this number in the title dilemma. I am going to go ahead and tell you right now, next week&#8217;s entry will be titled &#8220;8 is enough&#8221;. It has a couple of meanings since it&#8217;s the end of Level 1 at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/10/the-313/</link>
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		<title>6 geese a laying&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, I realized weeks ago that I&#8217;ve painted myself into a corner with the whole &#8220;using the number in the title&#8221; thing, and quite frankly at some point I&#8217;m going to have to cry uncle and stop trying. Sure 1-13 should be easy, but  I&#8217;ve got nothing for 14, not many people are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/12/03/6-geese-a-laying/</link>
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		<title>Review: Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny&#8221;
Run time: 1:33
I&#8217;m going to go ahead and get this reference out of the way - &#8220;Destiny&#8221; is this generation&#8217;s &#8220;Tommy&#8221;&#8230;.only because I can&#8217;t think of any other musicals right off hand except for South Park the Movie.
Written over the course of 6 years by stars Jack Black and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/23/review-tenacious-d-in-the-pick-of-destiny/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll raise you 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I decided to take a late flight to LA so I could spend more time at home with my driver and the pups. It proved to be only a so-so idea as there was a gate and terminal change before we were to board, but I got into LA around 12:15 and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/20/ill-raise-you-5/</link>
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		<title>Review: Casino Royale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Casino Royale&#8221;
Run time: 2:24
When Daniel Craig was named the new James Bond, everyone lined up to pee on his parade. I wasn&#8217;t as skeptical after seeing him in &#8220;Layer Cake&#8221;, but I was eager to see what he did with the role.
&#8220;Casino Royale&#8221; is the &#8220;Batman Begins&#8221; of Bond films. The one that takes the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/17/review-casino-royale/</link>
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		<title>1/2 way through 1/3 of the way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had been wondering if I was going to get into a groove with the travel and with my class at The Second City, and I can comfortably and emphatically say that I am settling in nicely with the whole routine.
I decided to fly out Saturday afternoon so that would allow me to spend some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/12/12-way-through-13-of-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Bathroom Etiquette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a kid, boys at least, we learn to pee by &#8220;sinking the toilet paper&#8221; or &#8220;hitting the cheerio&#8221;. Is it weird that cheerios are also the same food parents give their infant children? Anyway, I remember being toliet trained and at no point during that was I taught to spit before using the bathroom. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/11/bathroom-etiquette-2/</link>
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		<title>Review: Stranger Than Fiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Stranger Than Fiction&#8221;
Run time: 1:57
An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
They say there are only 7 stories that you can write about, but I don&#8217;t remember seeing this premise in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/10/review-stranger-than-fiction/</link>
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		<title>The third time is the charm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not exactly sure what&#8217;s so charming about it, or if there is an actual charm I am to recieve for my charm bracelet, but week #3 is in the books. It&#8217;s really tough to try and make a 37 hour trip exciting when out of that time 6 of those hours were spent traveling, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/06/the-third-time-is-the-charm/</link>
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		<title>Review: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan&#8221;
Run time: 1:22
There&#8217;s permonace art and then there&#8217;s the social experiment that is &#8220;Borat&#8221;. The creation of UK comedian (and observing Jew) Sasha Baron Cohen, Borat is a naive television reporter from Kazakhstan who says what most people only think, but it works because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/03/review-borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan/</link>
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		<title>The Space/Time Continuum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday in L.A. I had a friend ask me with my travel and the time change over the weekend, could I be stuck somewhere in time. I laughed it off and wondered if he misplaced his helmet, but then I actually thought about it today.
If I lose 2 hours going to L.A., then &#8220;fall back&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/11/01/the-spacetime-continuum/</link>
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		<title>Second verse, not as exciting as the first</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have anything exciting to report for this week&#8217;s trip. I went to a Halloween party (sans costume) Saturday night at a friend&#8217;s house, class Sunday and I lucked out and got the 4:45 flight out.
I began reading &#8220;Naked&#8221; by David Sedaris on the flight out, and it&#8217;s genius comic prose. I did get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/10/29/second-verse-not-as-exciting-as-the-first/</link>
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		<title>Review: Running With Scissors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was terrible. We walked out 40 minutes into it. I would have rather literally run with scissors. I&#8217;m not going to even waste time tracking down the poster and run time.
Rating: Incomplete.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/10/27/review-running-with-scissors/</link>
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		<title>1 down, 23 to go*</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 1 of the yet to be named journey is complete with little fanfare and nothing exciting to report. I did get to go to the World Premiere (red carpet and all) of my friend DDP&#8217;s movie, Driftwood, at Screamfest LA on Friday night at Mann&#8217;s Chinese Theater. DDP is a great heel in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/10/22/1-down-23-to-go/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll take Potpurri for $200, Alex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief update covering the weekend&#8217;s activites:
- Melinda and I went to the State Fair of Texas on Friday and enjoyed the sights and great weather. We did enjoy the required Fletcher&#8217;s corny dogs, but missed out on sampling any of this year&#8217;s fried delicacies. However, I was tempted to try the Fried PBJ &#038; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/10/15/ill-take-potpurri-for-200-alex/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Departed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Departed&#8221;
Run time: 2:29
Simple math equation here: Jack Nicholson + Martin Scorsese + Leonardo  DiCaprio + Matt Damon + Martin Sheen = movie gold, but add Alec Baldwin, a scene stealing Mark Wahlberg and deserving comparisons to &#8220;Goodfellas&#8221; and that equals Oscar nominations galore, or at least it should.
A remake of a Hong Kong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/10/07/review-the-departed/</link>
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		<title>Review: Monster House (In 3-D)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Monster House&#8221;
Run time: 1:31
I can&#8217;t remember the last movie I saw in 3-D, and to be fair, this &#8220;3-D&#8221; version of Monster House was not full of the things you associate with 3-D movies like cheesy effects, things flying out at the audience, or people reaching towards the camera for stuff. The 3-D was used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/30/review-monster-house-in-3-d/</link>
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		<title>Review: School for Scoundrels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;School For Scoundrels&#8221;
Run time: 1:40
Anyone heard of the theory that bad movies put all the funny parts into their trailers and hope it sells tickets? If you haven&#8217;t, then go watch the trailer for this turd and then go drop $8 to see it proven. I really wanted this to be funny because I laughed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/23/review-school-for-scoundrels/</link>
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		<title>I sully the good name of Steve Carell by using my name in the same sentence as his - UPDATED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melinda and I spent the weekend in LA for the premiere of a short film I did, and I got to audition for The Second City Conservatory program. The Second City is a world famous improvisation school that has spawned such comedy geniuses as Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Dan Akroyd, John [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/18/sully/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Black Dahlia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Black Dahlia&#8221;
Run time: 2:01
This will be two reviews: one for the movie itself and one for the theater in LA where we saw it, The Arclight.
The movie is very loosely based on the famous unsolved Black Dahlia case. It&#8217;s a movie with 4 leads and what seems multiple storylines, but none of them seem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/15/review-the-black-dahlia/</link>
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		<title>Review: Beerfest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Beerfest&#8221;
Run time: 1:50
I don&#8217;t drink, but I do enjoy Broken Lizard and &#8220;Beerfest&#8221; was funny. Not &#8220;Super Troopers&#8221; funny, but I wasn&#8217;t wishing I had passed up the opportunity to see it (see &#8220;Idiocracy&#8221;). The story is about two brothers that stumble upon the uber-secret (see what I did there) drinking contest called, Beerfest. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/04/review-beerfest/</link>
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		<title>Review: Idiocracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Idiocracy&#8221;
Run time: 1:24
Ouch. The name fits. I love Mike Judge&#8217;s previous work and I can see the political satire he was going for here, but&#8230;wow. There were some laugh out loud funny parts, but not enough to sustain me through the whole movie.
Luke Wilson must owe Mike Judge a favor. Fox dumped this movie into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/04/review-idiocracy/</link>
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		<title>New Videos Added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to YouTube, I have added the short films &#8220;180&#8243; and &#8220;Lee&#8221; to the site, with links on the demo reel page.
And through my new MySpace page I have a higher quality version of my demo reel on the site now, too.
I hope you enjoy them. If not, Drew directed them.  :)
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/03/new-videos-added/</link>
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		<title>Review: She&#8217;s The Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;She&#8217;s The Man&#8221;
Run time: 1:45
Based on William Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Twelfth Night&#8221;, this movie is a modern day take on &#8220;woman posing as man&#8221; and it is funny. Laugh out loud funny. Amanda Bynes is flat out genius in this. Her facial expressions were priceless throughout and she had me rolling with her performance as her brother [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/09/02/review-shes-the-man/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m such a lemming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.myspace.com/whoisbrianbentley
(08.25.06) I&#8217;m rolling zero six friends deep right now. Uh huh, yeah.
(09.2.06) Thankfully, I&#8217;ve passed the 25 mark. This ends my running tally.
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		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/08/22/im-such-a-lemming/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Illusionist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Illusionist&#8221;
Run time: 1:40
No. No. No. Punctated by some stupid lady two seats over that felt the need to comment on EVERY effing thing in the movie. I can&#8217;t even rant about the movie or it will spoil it for those of you that dare to see it. I really like Paul Giamatti in this, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/08/18/review-the-illusionist/</link>
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		<title>Review: Little Miss Sunshine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Little Miss Sunshine&#8221;
Run time: 1:41
The darling of this year&#8217;s Sundance, &#8220;Little Miss Sunshine&#8221; is a dark comedy/road trip/dysfuntional family movie that gives a wonderful cast a wonderful script to work with. Directed by MTV Video Awards winners Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, this movie is full of stereotypical characters, but it is so well acted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/08/11/review-little-miss-sunshine/</link>
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		<title>Review: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Talldega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby&#8221;
Run time: 1:37
After such box office turds as &#8220;Kicking &#038; Screaming&#8221; (which I saw) and &#8220;Bewitched&#8221; (which I was smart enough not to see), Will Ferrell reunites with &#8220;Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy&#8221; co-writer and director Adam McKay for &#8220;Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby&#8221;. I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/08/04/review-talladega-nights-the-ballad-of-ricky-bobby/</link>
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		<title>Step 1, a catchy title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to write a book of essays and I&#8217;ll post them as entries here on my site, complete with foreword, but I can&#8217;t start doing it until I have a title to put them under.
Where do you come in? So glad you asked. Leave a comment with your title suggestion and I&#8217;ll choose from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/08/02/step-1-a-catchy-title/</link>
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		<title>A week 2 weeks in L.A.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in L.A. for the last week studying improv at The Second City and I&#8217;ll be here another week taking yet another class and filming a short film. I really love improv because it&#8217;s not about being big and over the top funny, but about paying attention and letting the audience lead the scene. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/07/31/a-week-2-weeks-in-la/</link>
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		<title>Review: Clerks 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Clerks 2&#8243;
Run time: 1:37
The sequel to the critically acclaimed independent feature that cost $27k and put Kevin Smith on the map, &#8220;Clerks 2&#8243; is not just a sequel. Hell, &#8220;Clerks&#8221; isn&#8217;t necessarily even required viewing to get the point. What is necessary is good listening skills (Smith&#8217;s dialogue is notoriously bulky) and a thick skin. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/07/21/review-clerks-2/</link>
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		<title>Review: Strangers With Candy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Strangers With Candy&#8221;
Run time: 1:37
The prequel to the critically acclaimed Comedy Central series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over in effort to revive her dad from a coma. Did I mention it&#8217;s presented like an after school special?
Second City alums [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/07/15/review-strangers-with-candy/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve lucked out again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been trying to find a friend for Lola for a while now and we&#8217;ve found him. This is Rocky and he&#8217;s officially ours as of tonight. Thanks to Maggie with Animal Rescue of Texas (who also happens to pitch in at the Doggie Zen Den) and was familiar with Lola and everything she&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/06/28/weve-lucked-out-again/</link>
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		<title>Review: Superman Returns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Superman Returns&#8221;
Run time: 2:37
Remember what I said about Bryan Singer in my X-Men 3 review? Well, &#8220;Superman Returns&#8221; is a movie with a great script and a top level director. The story is a new idea and not based on a particular comic storyline and I enjoyed it. This is not the tongue in cheek [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/06/28/review-superman-returns/</link>
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		<title>Review: Cars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cars&#8221;
Run time: 1:56
I love Pixar movies. Yeah, I said it. I love the fact that they take everyday objects, in this case all things cars, and turn them into a world of it&#8217;s own and make a movie that entertains kids, but also isn&#8217;t too simple for adults.
&#8220;Cars&#8221; is about a race car voiced by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianbentley.com/2006/06/25/review-cars/</link>
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