Prime Video’s Culture Rated Hosts Blerd & Boujee Event at Comic-Con

August 2, 2024August 4, 2024 Mike Manalo

It’s hard to believe San Diego Comic-Con was a full week ago folks. And one of the biggest highlights to come from the Con was the amazing Blerd and Boujee Party hosted by Prime Video’s Culture Rated! We were given the amazing opportunity to partake in the annual event, and we wanted to (nostalgically) look back on it and share it with you all, given we are missing Comic-Con fiercely!

Horror, Interview, Movies, Sci Fi

Surviving Aliens with the Cast of ‘Alien: Romulus’

July 31, 2024August 15, 2024 Mike Manalo

For 45 years, the Alien anthology has been the stuff of absolute nightmare fuel for sci-fi and horror fans. The simple concept of a haunted house film set in space worked so brilliantly and effectively that it quickly became a staple in cinema for decades.

Marvel, Movies1 Comment

Massive Marvel Studios Lineup Lines Up at SDCC 2024!

July 28, 2024August 15, 2024 Mike Manalo

On the most anticipated evening of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, 6,000 fans crowded into the massive convention center auditorium known as Hall H to hear about the highly anticipated new projects from SDCC MVPs Marvel Studios.

Conventions, Marvel, Movies1 Comment

Marvel Studios Hits Hall H Hard with Huge Announcements and Surprises

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024 Mike Manalo

Comic-Con is like Christmas for Marvel Nerds! The annual convention in San Diego has been the home of major Marvel Studios announcements since 2007, when Kevin Feige and Robert Downey Jr. brought the first Iron Man to Hall H. Well it’s wonderful to know some things don’t change. And almost 20 years later, the duo has united once more to deliver some jaw dropping bombs to the unsuspecting attendees in Hall H this year.

Conventions, Movies, Sci Fi2 Comments

‘Alien: Romulus’ Takes Control of Hall H

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Mike Manalo

Alien: Romulus is landing very soon folks! On August 16, the latest installment in the legendary Alien Anthology will be scaring up audiences. And this week, at San Diego Comic-Con, filmmaker Fede Alvarez and his cast took to the stage to terrify over 6000 attendees with some amazing footage and a few surprises.

Animation, DC Comics

Official Trailer for ‘Creature Commandos’ Kicks Off DC Studios

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Mike Manalo

The Gunn era has begun! What will officially be the first project in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Universe will be the highly anticipated animated series, Creature Commandos. This week at Comic Con, the trailer officially dropped for the prologue to the new era of DC!

Conventions, Music1 Comment

Jason Derulo Tears the Roof Off Fandom Party at Comic-Con

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Mike Manalo

Once more, the hottest ticket to get for the San Diego Comic-Con party scene was Fandom’s annual party. This year, celebrating its 20th anniversary, the entertainment company pulled out all the stops with special guests, and a showstopping performance from Jason Derulo!

Conventions, Streaming

Jensen Ackles Returns to ‘The Boys’ for ‘Vought Rising’ Prequel

July 26, 2024July 27, 2024 Laura Sirikul

Jensen Ackles makes his return as Soldier Boy in The Boys fifth and final season, this time as a series regular. Ackles made a surprise appearance to San Diego Comic-Con’s The Boys Hall H panel.

Horror, Movies, Sci Fi

Take Our ‘Alien: Romulus’ Quiz For a Chance to Win Some Out of This World Prizes

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Mike Manalo

Attention Alien fans! Are you excited for Alien: Romulus hitting theaters August 16? Do you think know this franchise inside and out? Consider yourself the foremost expert on xenomorphs? Well it’s time to put your money where your mouth is and prove yourself! Who knows? Maybe you’ll get some cool prizes in return!

Conventions, DC Comics, Television

‘The Penguin’ is Taking Over San Diego Comic-Con

July 11, 2024August 15, 2024 Mike Manalo

Gotham is coming to life, folks! The next installment in Matt Reeves’ The Batman saga will in fact be The Penguin, and it’s coming to HBO this fall! But that’s not all, it’ll be coming to San Diego!

Hard N.O.C. Life, Music

Hard NOC Life 322: Mega Ran Opens Up ‘Buddy’s Magic Toy Box’

July 31, 2023 Hard NOC Media

Keith welcomes official Friend of the NOC, Mega Ran back to the podcast to celebrate the release of his forthcoming children’s album, Buddy’s Magic Toy Box.

Comics, Fantasy

‘Lore Olympus’ Wins 2023 Eisner Award for Best Webcomic

July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 Edward Hong

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.

Conventions, Video Games

‘Mortal Kombat 1’ SDCC Panel Reveals New Playable Characters

July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Edward Hong

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.

Conventions, Movies

SDCC 2023: ‘Kalki 2898’ aka ‘Project K’ Lights Up Hall H

July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Mike Manalo

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!

Animation, Books, Interview1 Comment

F.C. Yee Talks Exploring a Deliberate Contrast in ‘The Legacy of Yangchen’

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Lauren Lola

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.

Conventions, Movies, Sci Fi6 Comments

‘Project-K’ Headed to Hall H at SDCC 2023

July 7, 2023July 8, 2023 Mike Manalo

Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, typically the main event for the annual show, is looking to be like a lighter affair this year. With several major studios dropping out due to the current WGA strike and a potential SAG-AFTRA strike, big budget movies aren’t getting a lot of representation at the convention this year. But in some ways, that opens up the door for international films to really shine! And such is the case with the upcoming Indian blockbuster, Project K.

Gaming, Movies, Trailers1 Comment

Roll for Initiative with the New ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Trailer

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Mike Manalo

Gather up your party because a new, full trailer for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has appeared!

Gaming, Movies

New Poster and Featurette for ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Debuts

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 Mike Manalo

Paramount had a huge weekend at the CCXP convention in São Paulo. They rolled out a massive panel for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves film, and brought with them a huge group of stars including Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith, and directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and producer Jeremy Latcham. While we weren’t present for the panel, Paramount did unveil a new poster for the film, and a behind-the-scenes featurette.

Marvel, Movies

Major Shifts to the MCU Schedule Announced

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Mike Manalo

The fate of The Multiverse (Saga) hangs in the balance! Following the powerhouse showing at San Diego Comic Con this past year, Marvel Studios had everyone completely psyched to see how The Multiverse Saga would play out. Boldly announcing several projects across Phases 5 and 6, audiences were thrilled, yet skeptical about whether or not the ambitious slate of shows and films would arrive as scheduled, given the sheer volume of it all.

Marvel, Movies

‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ Has Found Its Writer

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Mike Manalo

In, perhaps, what is expected to be the biggest installment the MCU has seen since Avengers: Endgame, 2025’s Avengers: Secret Wars has now officially found a writer!

Comics, Podcasts1 Comment

Southern Fried Asian: Patrick Michael Strange

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Southern Fried Asian

On Southern Fried Asian, fellow NOC fam Patrick Michael Strange is in conversation with Keith about growing up as a military brat across the South! From South Carolina and Mississippi to joining the Navy in Viriginia, Patrick recounts coming to terms with his identity as a Filipino American and as a comic book nerd. They also discuss his own nerd empire and a memorable Comic-Con experience. Finally, Patrick reveals that tocino (and not lumpia or siopao) is his go-to Filipino dish.

Marvel, Movies

‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ Has a Writer

September 14, 2022September 15, 2022 Mike Manalo

Hot off the heels of their announcements at D23, the Marvel Studios news train keeps on chugging, as a new writer has been announced for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty!

Conventions, Marvel, Movies

SDCC 2022: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Explores the Consistency of Excellence

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Nerds of Color

After Ryan Coogler and the cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever brought the house down in Hall H, some of the film’s stars stopped by our spot on the press line and spoke to Ron from POC Culture about what the new film will mean to audiences, but especially to Black and Indigenous moviegoers.