NOC Review: ‘The Long Walk’ is a Harrowing Journey Worth Taking

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 Mike Manalo

At the time of writing this, I’ve had the opportunity to see The Long Walk twice. Once at a conventional screening, and another at an interactive experience where we walked on a treadmill for 3.4 MPH for the full screening to simulate the film’s experience. Why put myself through an emotionally devastating movie twice in a row, with a second experience being a physically exhausting one? Because this emotionally devastating movie is actually one of the year’s best.

Interview, Martial Arts, Movies

Ben Wang is Ready to Kick Stereotypes and Tropes in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Laura Sirikul

Ben Wang was just six years old when he moved from Beijing to a small rural town in Minnesota. He recalls having to start all over and figure out his place in this new life and city. It’s one of the reasons he feels closely connected to his character, Li Fong, in the new Karate Kid: Legends.

Interview, Martial Arts, Movies

Ming-Na Wen on Motherhood and Her Return to Film in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Laura Sirikul

Ming-Na Wen is excited to return to the big screen in Karate Kid: Legends.

Martial Arts, Movies, Trailers

New ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Trailer Teases Potential for Post-‘Cobra Kai’ Canon

April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 Lauren Lola

Although it’s been just under two months since Cobra Kai came to an end, the Karate Kid universe is soon to welcome a new entry in the form of Karate Kid: Legends. Starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, and Ben Wang, the seemingly separate worlds of the original Karate Kid and the 2010 remake congregate, merging the teachings of both kung fu and karate together.

Martial Arts, Streaming

The Final Verdict on Asian Representation in ‘Cobra Kai’

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 Lauren Lola

Nearly seven years after its debut, Cobra Kai has come to an end. The third and final batch of episodes from its sixth and final season dropped on Netflix last Thursday, bringing with it some of the best writing and acting to come out of the entire series, all the while wrapping up loose ends. Did any of it have to do with the show’s dodgy efforts at Asian and Asian American representation? Not at all!

Martial Arts, Movies

Sony Pictures Reveals New ‘Karate Kid’ Title and Poster Ahead of NYCC Panel

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 Laura Sirikul

Ahead of its New York Comic Con panel, Sony has released the title and poster of the anticipated Karate Kid film, starring the franchise’s living legends: Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso and Jackie Chan as Mr. Han. The title of the new movie is Karate Kid: Legends.

Movies, Streaming

Disney’s ‘Chang Can Dunk’ Trailer Mixes Basketball and Identity

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Laura Sirikul

The trailer and key art for the new Disney+ Original Film Chang Can Dunk has just been revealed. Written and directed by Jingyi Shao, the coming-of-age sports comedy stars Bloom Li as Chang, a 16-year-old Asian American kid in the marching band who bets the school basketball star that he could dunk a basketball by Homecoming.

Streaming, Television1 Comment

‘American Born Chinese’ Teaser Announces Full List of Guest Stars

February 10, 2023March 12, 2023 Michael Lee

The cast of Disney’s live-action adaptation of American Born Chinese was already stacked with the likes of Academy Award-Nominees and Golden Globe winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joining Ben Wang (Chang Can Dunk), and two-time International Emmy Award nominee Yeo Yann Yann (Wet Season), Chin Han (Mortal Kombat), Daniel Wu (Reminiscence), former Taekwondo champion Jimmy Liu, and Sydney Taylor (Just Add Magic).

Conventions, Streaming

D23Expo: ‘American Born Chinese’ Stars Ben Wang and Daniel Wu Talk Representation

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 Michael Lee

The D23 Expo may be near its end, but that doesn’t mean the news cycle has stopped. While ot the press line, The Nerds of Color had the chance to talk to Ben Wang and Daniel Wu, the stars of the upcoming Disney+ original series, American Born Chinese.

Comics, Streaming

Disney+’s ‘American Born Chinese’ Series Finds its Cast

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Michael Lee

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.