NOCs of the Roundtable: Best Fight Scenes Ever
As our friend Angry Asian Man broke the nerdtastic news this week that some fine fighters from The Raid would
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NOCs of the Roundtable: All the Flarrow Feels
Wow. It’s been two days since the epic crossover between The Fastest Man Alive and the Emerald Archer blew up
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Origins of The N.O.C.: Year One
Believe it or not, today marks the one year anniversary of the official launch of this blog. (While we reposted
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Stay Classy, San Diego Comic-Con
Another year, and another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone. In the wake of the annual ritual of nerds
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A Short Obituary for Almost Human
Last week, the other NOCs convened a Roundtable to hash out their feelings about the cancellation of Almost Human. I
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NOCs of the Roundtable: Kicking Off Cap Week
If you hadn’t heard, a little indie movie called Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened over the weekend, and to
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NOCs of the Roundtable: Favorite Asian Bad Guys
This week on Hard N.O.C. Life, I’ll be interviewing our buddies Stephen and Patrick from the National Film Society. They
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Capes and Quivers: Superheroes on TV
Keith (@the_real_chow) brings on Rodrigo (@rscspokenword) and ODU prof ‘Shawn to talk about superhero televisions shows, specifically the upcoming Iron Fist
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The Almost Human-ity of RoboCop: Pondering the Future of Law Enforcement
In a few short weeks — February 12, to be exact — MGM, Columbia Pictures, and Strike Entertainment will be
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Thoughts on Remaking Jet Li’s Shaolin Temple in 3D
Over the weekend, Deadline reported that Justin Lin, the director single-handedly responsible for sending the Fast & the Furious franchise
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2013: The Year in Review
As we barrel toward the end of the year, we figured it was a good time to go on hiatus
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NOCs of the Roundtable: Head Over Heels for Sleepy Hollow
Before the season started, we did an episode of “Hard N.O.C. Life” in which we talked about the shows we
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What’s on TV?
“Hard N.O.C. Life” is back for its second episode! Keith welcomes fellow NOCs Raymond Chow, Julie Kang, Shawn Smith, and
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