NOC Week in Review #16: 10/17-23/2026
This week: Midnight Mass with Sana Saeed, the cast of Crystal Lake, Wildwood, Avatar: Seven Havens, Jimmi Simpson on Dark Matter, and a profile on documentarian Michael Joseph McDonald.
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NOC Week in Review #15: 10/10-16/2026
This week on the NOC: reviews for Ray Gunn, Avatar: Seven Havens, VisionQuest, dispatches from Hexed, Street Fighter, Whalefall, and Tenzing. Plus another Dark Matter recap.
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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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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 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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NOC Week in Review #11: 9/12-18/2026
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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NOC Week in Review #10: 9/5-9/11/2026
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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NOC Week in Review #9: 8/29-9/4/2026
This week, we go deep on Lanterns and Forgotten Island, take a look at a doc about Disney animator Ron Husband, recap Dark Matter and chat with its star Alice Braga, break down the new Street Fighter trailer, and welcome back Shelf Conscious with toy YouTuber and artist Ibrahim Moustafa.
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NOC Week in Review #8: 8/22-28/2026
This week, we remember Peter Cullen — plus a Dark Matter recap, a Halloween Time at Disneyland preview, reviews of Batman: Knightfall, Colony, and It Ends, and a Lanterns cast and composer interview.
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NOC Week in Review #7: 8/15-21/2026
D23 coverage all week, plus interviews with the Outer Banks cast, Camp Rock 3’s Casey Trotter, and The End of Oak Street’s Jordan Alexa Davis — and reviews of Coyote vs. Acme, Slava Ukraini!, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and why Laika’s Wildwood is one to watch.
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NOC Week in Review #6: 8/8-14/2026
A bunch of the NOC crew is headed to Anaheim for D23, but first: HBO’s Lanterns, The End of Oak Street, X-Men ’97 season 2, Coyote vs. Acme, and more from the week that was.
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NOC Week in Review #5: 8/1-7/2026
Spider-Man smashes box office records, Victoria digs into Marvel’s Black hero problem, and Mike just can’t quit Comic-Con. Plus Avatar Aang, a Fast and Furious coaster, PAW Patrol, cyberpunk eyewear, and a TikTok on why we’re crushing hard on HBO’s Lanterns — here’s everything you missed this week on the NOC.
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NOC Week in Review #4: 7/25-31/2026
Comic-Con hangover week: recaps from Hall H for Marvel and DC, chats with the casts of Drifter and Forgotten Island, and a look back at Transformers: The Movie’s 40th anniversary. Plus Spider-Man: Brand New Day finally hits theaters (with a spoiler-filled roundtable review to match), first looks at Children of Blood and Bone and Street Fighter, and this week’s interviews and reviews from the NOC crew.
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NOC Week in Review #3: 7/18-24/2026
This was a big week for the big two. Marvel kicked it off with the first look at Avengers: Doomsday, and DC closed it with trailers for Clayface and Lanterns. Makes sense. It is Comic-Con time, after all. Click on for more, including our review of the pro-shot Hadestown and much more this week on the NOC.
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NOC Week in Review #2: 7/11-17/2026
Greek myths take over the summer box office with The Odyssey and Hadestown, Pattinson’s back in the cowl for The Batman: Part II, Gollum starts filming in New Zealand, and Children of Blood and Bone gets its first look. Plus Tom Cruise’s Digger, this week’s interviews, and more from the NOC crew.
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NOC Week in Review #1: 7/4-10/2026
Moana opens this weekend, Sony just ended the disc era, House of the Dragon is escalating fast, Timothée Chalamet debuted the Dune: Part Three trailer, and Lauren has a hot take on The Lost Boys that you need to see. All that and more in the inaugural NOC Week in Review.
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