‘Street Fighter’ Cast Lightning Kicks Its Way to Theaters
We sit down with Street Fighter stars Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, and Callina Liang to talk training, their characters, and bringing the beloved fighting game to the big screen.
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‘Hexed’ Filmmakers on Visual Storytelling, Cutting Great Jokes, and Blink-182 Puns
We talk to the directors, writers, and producers behind Disney’s Hexed about shaping Billie and Alice’s mother-daughter story, the visual language of Hexe, and the Blink-182-inspired scene names they almost didn’t admit to.
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‘Hexed’ Early Preview: Inside Disney Animation’s New World of Witches and Family Secrets
The Nerds of Color joined a group of journalists at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California, for an early look at Hexed, where directors Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, co-director Josie Trinidad, producers Roy Conli and Yvett Merino, and writers Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller pulled back the curtain to reveal a few of the tricks behind the magic of the film’s story, characters, and creative process.
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NOCs of the Roundtable Review the First Three Episodes of ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’
Lauren, Swara, and special guest Neebz of the Salaam Nerds Podcast give a full on SPOILER review for the first three episodes of Avatar: Seven Havens, diving into everything great about the series so far, the mysteries it’s setting up, its broadening of Asian cultural incorporation, and much more.
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NOC Review: ‘Ray Gunn’ is a Brad Bird Blast
Ray Gunn is Brad Bird’s first film since 2018’s Incredibles 2. So does it soar to the same heights as his classics? Let’s just say in a movie that features flying cars and jet packs, you better believe it!
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NOC Week in Review #14: 10/3-9/2026
This week at the NOC: Lauren reflects on The Crow and accountability, Edward reviews China’s answer to the Iraq War film, Mike goes deep on Flanagan’s Carrie with the creative team and cast, we catch up with Amanda Brugel to talk Dark Matter and Pearl Jam, and Josephine previews CatCon.
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The Cast of ‘Carrie’ on the Bloody Truth About Bullying
The Nerds of Color sat down with the ensemble cast of Mike Flanagan’s Carrie — Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Alison Thornton, Josie Totah, Joel Oulette, and Arthur Conti — to talk about bullying, kindness, and why Stephen King’s story is still as relevant as ever.
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CatCon 2026 is Coming To Pasadena Right Meow on October 10-11
If you’re a cat lover in the Los Angeles area, you’re going to love CatCon as it is the world’s largest event dedicated solely to the intersection of cats and pop culture!
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NOC Recaps ‘Dark Matter’ S2, E7: Running
The latest episode of Apple TV’s Dark Matter starts to pick up some of the dangling plot threads from earlier
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Amanda Brugel Discusses Her Journey Through ‘Dark Matter’ Season 2
Amanda Brugel, who plays Blair in Dark Matter Season 2, on hiding in the retro world, the pull of identity across universes, and her pitch for Season 3.
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Mike Flanagan, Summer H. Howell, and Samantha Sloyan Reinvent ‘Carrie’
Mike Flanagan, Summer H. Howell, and Samantha Sloyan on reinventing Stephen King’s most beloved horror story for Prime Video’s new adaptation.
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‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ is China’s Anti-Imperialist Answer to the Iraq War Film
What immediately sets Once Upon A Time in the Middle East apart from a plethora of war dramas that deal with Southwest Asian conflicts is that not only is this from the Chinese perspective but that the villains are not the “jihadist terrorists” the western media had us fearing for decades. Instead, the villains are the U.S. military itself and with it, the ever-present claws of U.S. imperialism.
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How Eric Draven of ‘The Crow’ is an Advocate for Girls and Women
It’s seeing these conversations play out, feeling the warranted anger towards every perpetrator involved in this case, that I find myself thinking about a fictional male character who is a major advocate for girls and women: Eric Draven from the 1994 film, The Crow.
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NOC Week in Review #13: 9/26-10/2/2026
This week at the NOC: Dominic goes claws-out with Insomniac’s Wolverine game, Forgotten Island keeps the conversation going with a spoiler roundtable and a composer interview, Elijah hits the red carpet for Star Trek’s 60th-anniversary documentary, and the Dark Matter/Pearl Jam recaps continue.
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NOC Recaps ‘Dark Matter’ S2, E6: Waiting for Stevie
We pair “Present Tense” and “Waiting for Stevie” with Dark Matter’s latest hour, as Daniela searches for herself at a cabin, Jason starts chasing a life he never had, and Blair and Leighton dig up something big underground.
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On the Red Carpet for ‘The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World’
We hit the red carpet at the premiere of The Sixty-Year Mission to talk with William Shatner, Terry Farrell, Nana Visitor, John de Lancie, and more about six decades of Star Trek’s legacy — and why the franchise still matters.
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Feeling the Music of ‘Forgotten Island’ with Composer Nathan Matthew David
We sat down with composer Nathan Matthew David to talk about scoring Forgotten Island — and how he drew on his own Filipino heritage, and a research trip back to the Philippines, to blend traditional folk music with modern synth pop for the film’s soundtrack.
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NOCs of the Roundtable Spoiler Review ‘Forgotten Island’
Lauren, Mike, Michael, and Swara review the latest film out now from DreamWorks, Forgotten Island, directed and written by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford and starring H.E.R. and Liza Soberano
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NOC Review: The ‘Wolverine’ Game is a Haunted Story of Love and Death
We spent a full playthrough of Insomniac’s Wolverine, and like the Spider-Man games before it, the takeaway is simple: they nailed the X-Men — a gore-heavy brawler anchored by a genuinely haunted love story about grief, loss, and finding a reason to keep coming back to life.
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NOC Week in Review #12: 9/19-25/2026
This week at the NOC: Brad Bird gets a two-part deep dive for Ray Gunn, LAIKA opens its doors for Wildwood, Mike and Lauren hit a historic red carpet for Forgotten Island, LEGO Pokémon lands in L.A., and the Dark Matter/Pearl Jam recaps continue.
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A Historic Night at the ‘Forgotten Island’ World Premiere
We were there as Forgotten Island made history as the first film to world premiere at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art — and as the first Hollywood animated film centered on Filipino culture. We bring you our red carpet conversations with the cast and crew, including Jo Koy, H.E.R., Harvey Guillén, and directors Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford.
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NOC Recaps ‘Dark Matter’ S2, E5: Upper Hand
This week’s Dark Matter recap goes off-script in the best way, following an alternate Jason’s years-long detour through grief, family, and reluctant love — all set to Pearl Jam’s “Upper Hand.” We’re calling it one of the most moving episodes of genre TV we’ve seen all year.
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LEGO Pokémon Brings Its ‘SMART Play’ Experience To Los Angeles This Weekend
Pokémon celebrates its 30th Anniversary, and The LEGO Group is celebrating by launching the LEGO Pokémon SMART Play Experience in Los Angeles.
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