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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brad Bird and longtime collaborator Michael Giacchino open up about their decades-long creative partnership, the hand-drawn animation Bird still champions, and what it finally took to get Ray Gunn made.
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Nearly 30 years in the making, Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn blends Buck Rogers pulp with Maltese Falcon-style noir, and we got an inside look at the character design, world-building, and cinematography behind it.
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We sat down with Wildwood’s costume designer, character FX lead, rapid prototyping director, production designer, and head of animation to talk puppets, invention, and the challenges of bringing LAIKA’s next film to life.
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This week: Dark Matter’s Leighton breaks down his many faces, Tony Weaver Jr. on manga over Marvel and DC, Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift’s supercharged media day, a Resident Evil review, a visit to LAIKA ahead of Wildwood, a summer of first-time horror watches, and a chat with Dominic Mah about his new novel JQK.
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We caught up with Wildwood writer Chris Butler, along with stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay, to find out how LAIKA’s next film found its voice.
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Dark Matter episode four takes its cue from Pearl Jam’s “Won’t Tell,” and we dig into how the song’s themes of doubt and self-forgiveness echo through Jason2 and Amanda’s reconciliation, Leighton’s guilt, and Daniela and Jason’s crumbling retro-world marriage.
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During Media Day for the opening of Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift, we had the opportunity to speak with Jon Corfino, Vice President of Universal Creative at Universal Studios Hollywood.
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We went behind the scenes at LAIKA’s Hillsboro, Oregon studio for an up-close look at how the artists, animators, and craftspeople behind Wildwood are bringing Portland’s own enchanted forest to stop-motion life.
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In this special NOC Conversation, we sat down with Tony Weaver Jr. to talk about the stories that shaped him, the power of representation, Black boyhood and masculinity, and why young people deserve the freedom to discover who they are beyond the expectations placed on them.
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After six films and one reboot, Sony Pictures gave the iconic video game franchise another chance, this time by handing the reins to Zach Cregger and letting him approach Resident Evil less as a direct adaptation and more as a survival-horror experience.
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The long-awaited opening of Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift has finally arrived at Universal Studios Hollywood. From early morning rides, to a reception and a chain-cutting ceremony, the day was filled with all things Fast and Furious.
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We spent the summer catching up on horror classics we’d somehow never seen — from The Lost Boys and Queen of the Damned to The Craft and Lisa Frankenstein — and came away with a lot of thoughts on all four.
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Season two of Dark Matter splits its central antagonist across the multiverse. We caught up with Dayo Okeniyi to talk about playing multiple versions of Leighton Vance, the corrupting nature of unchecked power, and why the season’s villain might not be the villain at all.
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Zod coaches Superman in the first trailer for Mr. Irrelevant. We break down what Paramount’s new tearjerker has in store ahead of its Christmas release.
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This week, we go back to Forgotten Island twice, head to D23 for Disney Dreamlight Valley, brave Halloween Horror Nights, sit down with the director of Jamarcus Rose and Da 5 Bullet Holes, and recap another episode of Dark Matter.
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Episode 3 of Dark Matter season 2 commits to the Pearl Jam bit and name checks the song “Wreckage” — while the Dessens settle into retro-world life, Ryan and Amanda finally make it home (sort of), and a familiar face turns up outside Jason’s window.
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