Hard NOC Life 252: Lone Jedi and Cub
Keith, Dominic, and Britney must choose between the penultimate episode of Peacemaker and the return of CG Luke and Baby Yoda on The Book of Boba Fett. This is the way.
Steph and Ayesha Curry on HBO Max’s ‘About Last Night’
NBA superstar Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry host About Last Night, a new celebrity-couples game show debuting this week on HBO Max. Each episode features the Currys and three guest couples revealing surprising, uncensored trivia about their relationships over swanky cocktails in a fancy date-night setting. The Nerds of Color got to quickly chat with Ayesha and Stephen about the show, their sporting event viewing habits, and karaoke preferences.
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Disney+’s ‘American Born Chinese’ Series Finds its Cast
Shortly after Disney released Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, director Destin Daniel Cretton signed on to helm a series adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese. The genre-hopping action-comedy series is described as “a great universal story that moves between worlds and explores the impact of culture, identity, and acceptance through the lens of adolescence.” And now, the series has found its cast.
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Domee Shi Talks Blending Real-Life Stories And Anime In ‘Turning Red’
In just a few short weeks from now, Disney+ subscribers will see how messy growing up can be in Pixar’s Turning Red. Based loosely on director Domee Shi‘s life, the film follows Mei Lee (Roseling Cheng), a confident 13-year-old girl struggling to balance her life as a dutiful daughter to her mother (Sandra Oh) and the chaos of her youth. And things get more complicated when she finds out that if she gets too excited or stressed, she turns into a giant red panda.
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‘Turning Red’ Blazes a Trail for Female Animators and Storytellers
Pixar has changed the way we see animated films since they released Toy Story, their first theatrical feature, in 1996. But, while they have made great strides to change the visual and narrative language of animated cinema, the studio has also affirmed its commitment to be more inclusive and deliver content that reflects the world we live in today. That’s why shorts like Sanjay’s Super Team and films like Coco and Soul are crucial because those films feature people of color in lead roles as real people with real stories that authentically reflect their lives and not cliched characters.
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‘Turning Red’ Reimagines the Coming-of-Age Story Through Cultural Specificity
Pixar’s Turning Red is a film unlike any other. Directed by Domee Shi, the film centers on Mei Lee (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl torn between being the dutiful daughter to her mother (Sandra Oh) and navigating the chaos of adolescence. But her life gets turned upside-down when she discovers she turns into a giant red panda if she gets too excited.
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NOC Interview: Zendaya Discusses Telling Rue’s Story on ‘Euphoria’
Zendaya stars as Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria, which has just been renewed for a third season. The role earned the actress an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series. She also serves as an executive producer. The following interview will include spoilers for episode 2×05, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.”
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‘Game of Thrones’ Studio Tour Officially Opens in Northern Ireland
Back in December, reports came that the official sets used in Game of Thrones would finally be available to the public via the Game of Thrones Studio Tour opening in Northern Ireland. Well rejoice, GoT fans, because opening day has arrived! You can now visit the exotic lands of Westeros and see how the magic and fantasy all came to life!
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NOC Review: ‘Moonfall’ is a Fun, Absurd Blockbuster
Director Roland Emmerich knows his way around a disaster. After Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012 — to name a few, many audiences can expect grandiose special effects and top-tier actors trying to save the world. In his latest disaster film Moonfall, the moon is literally falling towards the Earth — causing chaos as gravity is affected.
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Lisa Ling Shares How ‘Take Out’ Tells the Asian American Story through Food
Last week, Lisa Ling debuted a new show streaming on HBO Max. In Take Out with Lisa Ling, the award-winning journalist and television host travels the country in search of the diverse cuisines and untold histories that make up Asian America.
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NOC Interview: Kat Dennings on Season 2 of ‘Dollface’
Kat Dennings stars as Jules Wiley in Hulu’s female-driven comedy, Dollface. She also serves as an executive producer for the series. The new season premieres on Friday, February 11.
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Tom Holland on Bringing Nathan Drake to Life and Executive Producing ‘Uncharted’
Tom Holland stars as Nathan Drake in Sony Pictures’ Uncharted, which is based on the PlayStation video game by Naughty Dog. He also serves as an executive producer. The film will be released exclusively in movie theaters on February 18.
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FDI Cast 133: Next Time on Tatooine Chopper…
We cover it all! Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Neil Pert, The Rock, John Cena, Mando Garage, and Momoa! Strap in for an off the rails episode of the ‘cast!
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Here’s Your First Look at ‘The Weekend Away’ Starring Leighton Meester
Netflix has officially shared a first look and release date for The Weekend Away. The thriller, which is based on Sarah Alderson’s novel by the same name, stars Leighton Meester, Christina Wolfe, Ziad Bakri, and Luke Norris.
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‘Moonfall’ Star Kelly Yu on World Disasters, Halle Berry, and Incorrect Chinese Tattoos
Kelly Yu has a lot going on. So much so, that she hasn’t really thought about what she would do if the world was ending. Unlike her character in the upcoming Sci-Fi film Moonfall, which tells the story of the Moon falling into the Earth causing mass chaos, Yu has no idea what she would do in that situation.
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Rebel Wilson Announces Release Date for Her New Film, ‘Senior Year’
Directed by Alex Hardcastle, Senior Year stars Rebel Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Hartley, Angourie Rice, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, and Chris Parnell. Wilson also serves as producer alongside Todd Garner, Timothy M. Bourne, and Chris Bender. The film will be released May 13 on Netflix.
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See the Haunting Trailer for Kogonada’s New Film, ‘After Yang’
After making a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last summer, After Yang is finally being released to mass audiences next month. The film — starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, and Haley Lu Richardson — is director Kogonada’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, Columbus.
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Ali Wong is the ‘Don Wong’ in New Netflix Comedy Special
Get your animal print ready for next Halloween! Comedian Ali Wong is back for her third comedy special on Netflix! After her first two specials — Ali Wong: Baby Cobra and Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife, it’s about time Wong wore a title fitting of her ascension in Hollywood — the Don Wong.
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HBO Max Celebrates Black History with ‘More Than a Month’ Campaign
It’s Black History Month!
You know what that means, many studios and advertisements will be elevating Black voices for the entire month. But, what about the rest of the year? Rather than only uplifting voices for 28 days, it seems like many companies are listening and starting to do something about it.
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Hard NOC Life 251: We Don’t Talk About Mando (No, No, No)
Keith, Dominic, and Britney catch up on HBO Max’s Peacemaker before singing the praises of the latest episode of The Mandalorian… er… The Book of Boba Fett.
Sundance Highlights Speculative Storytelling From Southeast Asia
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival has come to a close, following 11 days of presenting in-depth films and conversations from all over the world, for an audience that was originally supposed to be a hybrid one. While there was so much in store in terms of new works, a major takeaway yours truly got from attendance is that there are quite a few speculative works arising from Southeast Asia, and Sundance made the world premieres possible for two of them: Ham Tran’s Maika and Martika Ramirez Escobar’s Leonor Will Never Die.
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Here’s Your First Look at Netflix’s ‘The Adam Project’
The Adam Project stars Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Walker Scobell, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. Reynolds and Shawn Levy, the movie’s director, also serve as producers alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger. Executive Producers include Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen, George Dewey, Patrick Gooing, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin. The Adam Project was written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, as well as Mark Levin.
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Happy Lunar New Year from ‘DC League of Super Pets’
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! As a new year of prosperity and fortune begins, our friends at WB and DC have teamed up to send us a very special greeting! To help usher in the festivities, are Ace the Bat-Hound and Krypto the Superdog from the upcoming DC League of Super Pets, coming to theaters May 20 this year!
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