Ah well, I've survived 18 seasons of Law&Order SVU, I think I can handle this movie too. Thanks!

Yeah, right now he's mostly focussing on the Middle East and Eastern Europe, but if he ever starts reading up on African dictators… god help us all.

I don't think this was widely reported in the US, but in Cameroon, the government ordered internet providers to shut down the internet for three months in the English-speaking parts of the country (North and South-West, about 20% of the population, the rest is Francophone), a region that is home to a new tech hub…

How bad/graphic is the rape scene?

Sweet! I repair old folding cameras and adapt obsolete ones to take film that is still available in my spare time, and there's nothing more satisfying than shooting that first roll of film that doesn't have any light streaks or focussing issues. Sometimes takes months of searching ebay and old camera shops for…

Gonna check out Elle today, before the election results taint my enjoyment of anything French for the next 5-10 years.
Also, I just applied for a job in Namibia because Europe isn't doing it for me anymore.
And I finally found a new anime that I don't hate: Kenka Bancho Otome. High school girl is tricked by her male…

I don't think there's too much to worry about with Germany. Either Merkel gets a fourth term, or we get a new center-left chancellor from the Social Democratic party, which would be a welcome and much-needed win for the left in Germany.
As for France, the far-left candidate Melenchon has been rising in the polls…

Maybe he was referring to Xi.

It's funny because he's old!

Asked this already in the Serial Serial comments, but since the format change, Podmass articles aren't showing up in the AVC's RSS master feed anymore. Please someone fix this! This is my favorite feature and I keep missing it :(
Anyway, on to my recommendations:

Remember that scene on the boat that looked like it was shot with 1990s era green screen technology?

Hey, speaking of podcasts, I'm subscribed to the the AV Club RSS feed (via feedly) and I've noticed that in the past couple months I seem to get every article except Podmass in my feed, which happens to be my favorite feature on this site, so what gives?? I used to be able to subscribe to various tags on this site but…

Cool, so those Scientologists hounding SPs and ex-Scientologists in front of their homes and in public 24/7 can now intimidate them with firearms, since harassment is part of the "duties as a member" of Scientology? No way that could escalate.

Yeah but unlike old white hardcore Evangelicals, most of the Alt-Right will glady embrace (almost) any minority that shares their world view. Even Jews sometimes!

I had a similar moment way back in my early 20s when I met a new co-worker at my cool radio part-time job who was very nice but also intimidatingly beautiful. My first reaction was jealousy and a desire to find a flaw in her looks or behaviour that I could point out to others, to knock her off that imaginary pedestal…

Blue orc(a)?

On a scale of "meh" to "Jonah Ray", how bad would you say is Jonah Ray in the new MST3K?

Oh you mean the one where Protagonist-chan has some sort of quarterlife crisis, has to go outside her comfort zone for some plot reason, but eventually learns to appreciate the loveable weirdos she encounters in her new environment? Yeah I didn't hate that one (unlike the other Sakura-show, Sakurada Reset which was…

Hulu, crunchyroll, and uhm
ETA: Oh, hyperlinks don't seem to work on disqus? I'm sure you can find a way to… watchcartoononline (.io)
(ETA2: Ah shit, seems like wco don't have season 2 yet, sorry.)

Could be worse. You could be like my brother, who crashed 3 cars, asked our 92 year old blind grandmother to pay off his speeding and parking tickets, got stopped by the police once while driving completely shitfaced and somehow managed to bro his way out of a DUI, and despite all of this, he has the gall to say that w…