FDI Cast 172: The First and Only ‘Fast X’ Review
Long delayed, we finally review the latest installment in the Fast and Furious franchise. So fasTEN your seat-belts and prep that NOS because we’re heading to Rome!
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Paramount+’s ‘Love in Taipei’ Trailer Will Give You the Feels
Paramount+ has officially released the trailer and key art for the all-new YA film Love in Taipei.
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The Creepy Trailer for ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Will Compel You
Last week we revealed the new posters for David Gordon Green’s legacy sequel to The Exorcist, entitled The Exoricst: Believer. And today, Universal and Blumhouse has debuted the new, terrifying trailer for the upcoming release, coming Friday, October 13!
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NOC Review: ‘Haunted Mansion’ is Better than the First but Still Flawed
Justin Simien’s Haunted Mansion is hitting theaters this weekend. This is the second attempted to adapt Disney’s beloved attraction The Haunted Mansion into a stellar blockbuster film. The first was the 2003 adaptation that starred Eddie Murphy, which, if I’m being honest, wasn’t great. And thankfully Simien does a little better with the material, but overall, I’m still waiting for a definitive adaptation to materialize.
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‘Haunted Mansion’ Director Justin Simien Takes Us on a Ride to the Other Side
Welcome Foolish Mortals! It’s time to hitch a ride to the other side with the release of Disney’s Haunted Mansion coming on July 28! And to celebrate the transformation of this iconic attraction into a brand new horror family comedy, we managed to speak with the film’s director Justin Simien about what it truly means to be a Nerd of Color, and what his thoughts are on ghosts and the afterlife!
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‘Lore Olympus’ Wins 2023 Eisner Award for Best Webcomic
The award marks the series’ second consecutive win after taking home Best Webcomic in 2022; the back-to-back win also marks WEBTOON‘s second Eisner Award. Lore Olympus boasts over 1.5 billion views and 6.3 million subscribers, with multiple number 1 New York Times bestselling print adaptations and an animated series in development.
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‘Mortal Kombat 1’ SDCC Panel Reveals New Playable Characters
Today, during the Mortal Kombat 1 panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego, Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios revealed Li Mei, Tanya, and Baraka as the latest playable characters joining the game’s main roster.
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Ryan Coogler and Erick Payton Explore the Life and Times of Steph Curry in ‘Underrated’
In anticipation of the upcoming sports documentary, Stephen Curry: Underrated, I had the chance to have a sit down with the film’s executive producers, Ryan Coogler and Erick Payton, to discuss the intricacies of the year-plus long shoot, what makes this a unique documentary among others in its class, and their views on the legacy of Steph Curry as well as his impact on the game.
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ is an Unnecessary Title Change for Hayao Miyazaki’s Final Film
Last Friday, the highly anticipated final film from Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (that is, unless, he decides to come out of retirement again for the umpteenth time), How Do You Live?, was at long last released in Japan. That same day, film distributor GKIDS announced that it had acquired the North American distribution rights for the film, and set it to come out later this year. The big kicker is that it will be released not as How Do You Live?, but under a different title, The Boy and the Heron.
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The New Posters for ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Will Possess You
Perhaps the single greatest horror film of all time is William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. The legacy of that film has persisted, because it has continued to terrify audiences for 50 years! Well this October, close to the 50th anniversary of the original, Universal invites you to a new demonic experience, when The Exorcist: Believer hits theaters!
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SDCC 2023: ‘Kalki 2898’ aka ‘Project K’ Lights Up Hall H
Move over Marvel Studios! There’s a new juggernaut taking over Hall H this year! For the longest time Vyjayanthi Movies has teased a mysterious new film that they’ve codenamed “Project K.” And today, they shattered con-goer expectations by revealing all details about the film: now known as the upcoming sci-fi epic — Kalki 2898!
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Get Ready for Prime Video’s ‘Gen V’
Are you ready for college? It’s time for The Boys spin-off, Gen V. The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video Friday, September 29 with the first three episodes.
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NOC Exclusive Clip: ‘The Crowded Room’ Addresses Societal Responsibility
With only two episodes of The Crowded Room left, audiences will be taken to the courtroom for The State of New York v. Daniel Sullivan in “Family.” Before it’s released tomorrow on Apple TV+, The Nerds of Color are thrilled to bring you an exclusive clip featuring Christopher Abbott and Tom Holland.
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Celia Rose Gooding on Delving Further into Uhura on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds balances an ensemble cast of beloved legacy and new characters on the USS Enterprise. Chief among those known is the future Lieutenant, here an Ensign, Nyota Uhura, played to spectacular fare by actor Celia Rose Gooding.*
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The Stars of ‘The Afterparty’ on the Mystery of Season 2
The Afterparty is back and I had the opportunity to chat with Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Tiffany Haddish, Zach Woods, Ken Jeong, and John Cho about season two. The first three episodes are currently streaming and new episodes will be released every Wednesday through September 6.
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‘Barbie’ Star Ryan Gosling Offers BTS’ Jimin a Gift
It’s no surprise that BTS ARMY, the fandom name for the global superstars BTS, noticed Ryan Gosling, as Ken from the new Barbie movie, wearing an outfit very similar to Jimin’s Permission to Dance outfit.
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F.C. Yee Talks Exploring a Deliberate Contrast in ‘The Legacy of Yangchen’
The Legacy of Yangchen is the latest book in the Chronicles of the Avatar series, and the last of the Yangchen duology. In the aftermath of the events of The Dawn of Yangchen, the airbending Avatar finds herself in the difficult position of having to de-escalate conflicts between heads of states of the Four Nations, in the midst of the threat of a powerful new weapon. To makes things even more difficult for her, she must turn to assistance from Kavik, whom she’s not on good terms, following an act of betrayal by the latter from their previous adventure together.
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Hard NOC Life 321: Two Strikes, We’re Out
Keith and Britney try to make sense of the confusion surrounding what entertainment journalists and influencers can and can’t do after SAG-AFTRA joined the Writers’ Guild on strike. They also dig into why it’s important for writers and actors to be properly compensated for their labor and announce a hiatus for Hard NOC Life through the rest of July.
A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Crabs in a Bucket’
What you first see: Actors dressed up in hilarious dorky crab costumes.
What you actually get: A brilliant satire about the impact of “crab mentality” on oppressed communities whose members work against one another instead of together.
Patrick Wilson on Why ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ is the Best Ending for the Saga
Patrick Wilson is back as Josh Lambert in Insidious: The Red Door, which is also his directorial debut. The film is now playing exclusively in theaters.
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New Trailer for ‘Blue Beetle’ Has Landed
It’s no secret that DC has had a rough year so far, with Shazam: Fury of the Gods and The Flash seemingly underperforming. But based on the trailer for Blue Beetle, I think all that is about to change. Because wow! It looks so fun!
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Sterling K. Brown and Mark Duplass Talk ‘Biosphere’
Sterling K. Brown and Mark Duplass star in Biosphere. The film, which Duplass also co-wrote and produced, is now in theaters and available on VOD.
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‘Wonka’ Trailer Teases a Sweet and Whimsical Origin Story
When Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory came out in 1971, it was a fun, delightful, slightly dark in tone musical escapade that explored the morality of humanity and how some of the characters got just what they deserved for their unruly behavior.
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