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"I don't mind not being attractive. I don't care. I do get annoyed when attractive people are shoved down our throats in every walk of life. We're constantly being given the message that attractive people are the best at everything."

Does it not matter to Romesh that I find him attractive? Romesh Ranganathan is the funniest small-town English egomaniac standup comedian since Ricky Gervais. I thought Romesh was a classically trained actor, not an ex-maths teacher who hails from possibly the saddest little village in the South of England.

Here is one of those extremely rare Smokeflix comedy specials you won't switch off with a grimace at minute 6. This Ranganathan chap can really keep it going! The other guy who can do that put Reading on the world map. Crawley, you've never been so lucky. —Shawnahbahd

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"The concept of a bear mashed off its face on cocaine is a lot more fun than the reality of a bear mashed off its face on cocaine. In 1985, a medical examiner determined that the bear had suffered from brain haemorrhaging and failure of the kidney, heart and lungs, which meant that it most likely died terrified and in incredible pain." Stuart Heritage in The Guardian

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Natasha Lyonne: There’s no shortage of male auteurs who had been writing, directing, producing, and starring in their own stuff since time immemorial. Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. They’re like, “I have a vision for this thing, and now I’m gonna see it through top to bottom. Then I’ll be in the editing room and the marketing meetings. Then I’ll talk about it, because I really made it.” It’s almost like the real question is How could you do it any other way?

Natasha Lyonne and Abbi Jacobson Are Ready to Burn Down TV

The showrunners and friends discuss saying no to mainstream, formulaic comedy onscreen.

[smokeflix]

Vatican Girl pairs especially well with Murder Among the Mormons. But watch Vatican Girl alongside the truly excellent The Young Pope and The New Pope on Hulu — where Spotlight is always relevant to the problem of Why Heirarchy. (Turns out working in a public-facing team is the only way to work honestly.) —Margaret Yang

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LOST S4–6 vs The Matrix RRR: What could possibly go wrong with pre-render "volume" tech that allows in-camera capture of dreary CG sets? You are living in a simulation trigger warning. Subtitles only make it worse. "1899": Tesla numbers! 1+8=9, 9+9+9=27, 2+7=9; 999 inverted = 666! —Margaret Yang

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Inside - Movie Trailers - iTunes

INSIDE tells the story of Nemo, an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn’t go as planned. Locked inside with nothi