Hard NOC Life: Tracking Trailers for ‘Joker,’ ‘Bumblebee,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ and More
This week on Hard NOC Life, Shawn and Keith are joined by We’re Not All Ninjas co-host Melissa Slaughter to
Harry Potter
The Final ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Trailer is Out Now and Action Packed
The trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Crimes of Grindelwald is finally out! Here’s hoping the movie
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Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Broadway
It‘s almost Tony Awards Time, which is a Broadway nerd’s Superbowl. And through the luck of the great wizard Dumbledore,
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My Steps To Creating Characters And Building Worlds
Originally published at Twinjas Book Reviews One of the questions I’m constantly asked (which admittedly I never get tired of
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Fantastic Beasts is Not So Fantastic with Diversity
Update 11/25/16: The original version of this post stated that Tina was simply white. I have since realized that Tina’s
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An N.O.C. Halloween: Our Children’s Edition
Amongst my friends and family, it is no secret that the only holiday I care about is Halloween. No, it
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NOC Recaps The Flash: The Do Over
“I ran back in time because Zoom and my dad and things and I got to live with my parents
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Harry Potter and the Magic Loving Black Girl
Not so long ago, my family and I went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, in
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10 Things to Consider If You Haven’t Read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Yet
The script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the eighth and probably final story about Harry Potter, was finally
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Magic in North America: The Harry Potter Franchise Veers Too Close to Home
by Dr. Adrienne Keene | Originally posted at Native Appropriations Remember back in June when it was announced that the
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Five Movies To Watch On Christmas
Finding something decent to watch on Christmas can often be a challenge. Reruns have no appeal, neither do cheesy holiday
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Harry Potter and the Fact That Hermione is Black
Hermione Granger means so much to so many girls, myself included. She’s smart and brave — the smartest witch of
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“Eventually” Isn’t Enough: The Lack of Diversity in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
[Ed. note: Since EW.com just revealed an exclusive first look at next year’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,
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An Open Letter to J.K. Rowling about the American Wizarding School in Fantastic Beasts
by Dr. Adrienne Keene | Originally posted at Native Appropriations Dear J.K. Rowling, I am unabashedly a huge Harry Potter
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‘Love Actually’ is Ground Zero for Geek Icons
When Love Actually premiered in cinemas over a decade ago, who knew it would be one of the most influential
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NOC Origin: If I Had a Horcrux, it’d Probably be My Terminator Boxset
So my version of a nerd is a person who passionately and purposefully seeks out the way- more-than-necessary knowledge about
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Five Nerdy Movies to Celebrate Columbus Day
Every second Monday in October, many folks across the country get to enjoy the day off from school and/or work
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Pub Deal Announcement: Shadowshaper
Originally posted at Ghoststar.net In January 2009, I decided to write a book. I’ve always written, always made up strange
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Talking Back to White Creators: Rachel Rostad’s “To J.K. Rowling, From Cho Chang”
The flip side of the discussion of opening up the speculative fiction genres to more writers of color telling stories
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