La Borinqueña and La La: Heroes Worth Waiting For
When my oldest daughter was 3, we would sit together in her bean bag chair, turn off the lights, and
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NOC Recaps Arrow: Choose Your Path Oliver
After a brief hiatus from our T.V. screens — and a teaser about how the rest of the season may
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NOC Recaps Arrow: Oh Sara, No Time is a Good Time for Goodbyes
After an action-packed season premiere, complete with a shocking twist ending, you knew the second episode — titled “Sara” —
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: Where in the World is Zaheer?
Episode Nine: “The Stakeout” This first part of Book 3 has been fast and full of non-stop action. So you
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: Sister, Sister
Episode Six: “Old Wounds” There are some opportunities when my whole family sits down and enjoy a TV show, The
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: Sparky Sparky Boom… Woman?
Episode Four: “In Harm’s Way” Kai has been kidnapped to be part of the Earth Queen’s new Air Bender Army.
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We’re Ready to Ride the Lightning with The Flash
At the beginning of the recently concluded television season, the creators of Arrow announced they were going to produce a
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Keeping an Eye on Arrow
Almost Human may never come back. Sleepy Hollow is on hiatus. Who knows when Book Three of The Legend of
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Ponyo’s Magic Realism
In 2008, a character with a two-syllable name captivated a then 4 year-old NOC-in-training as she watched a movie about
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El Chu and Some Other Planes
As a parent, you remember the first time you took your #NOCsintraining to see their first movie. Isabella’s was Kung
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Watching LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
If you walk into our house, then head up the stairs, take a right at the top and walk through
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: When the Isht Goes Down…
Episode Thirteen, “Darkness Falls” Vaatu is free. Harmonic Convergence is upon us. Unalaq is still being an ass and making
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: Stargazing
Episode Eleven, “The Night of a Thousand Stars” I am not going to lie. This season of The Legend of
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Episode Ten, “A New Spiritual Age” The last two episodes of Korra have been intense. Which has reflected the way
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NOC Poetry: “Open Letter to El Fuerte”
I am a video game player. There is no denying that. But I am also a father. So finding balance
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Plants Killing Zombies?
This is the story of a man that wears a steel pot for a hat, mumbles gibberish, and has zombies
Read MoreNOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: Sting and the Police
Episode Six, “The Sting” When we left off at the end of “Peace Keepers,” we were left with the image
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Why We Love Quincy from Disney’s Little Einsteins
As of a father of three NOCs in training, we’ve had the experience in cycling through kids TV shows. Everyone
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NOC Recaps The Legend of Korra: The Civil Wars
Episode Three: “Civil Wars, Part 1” If last week’s premiere of Book 2 left you with more questions than answers,
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A Nerd of Color in Peru
I remember coming home after watching Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi on the big screen. I was
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