How to Not Screw Up a Black Panther Film
A while back, Avi Arad stated “they” (I’m assuming Marvel Studios) had a “great take” on a Black Panther film, and follows this up with referring to the film thusly: “It’s like black Indiana Jones.”...
View ArticleWe Do Not Need a Wonder Woman Movie
We don’t need a Wonder Woman movie. Yeah, I said it. I can scarcely imagine a worse waste of digital celluloid: flying spears thrown from thin, gangly limbs, a star-spangled miniskirt threatening...
View ArticleNOC Poetry: “Blade, The Daywalker”
Last year, my friend and mentor, the poet Tim Seibles, was a finalist for a National Book Award in poetry for the book Fast Animal. In the book, Tim writes a series of poems from the perspective of...
View ArticleSurvivors: Black Men in Horror Films
Since it’s Halloween, many of us Nerds have horror movies on the brain, especially me. I fondly remember being about 8-years-old and watching horror classics like The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw...
View ArticleElsewhere Around the Internet
Last week, while we were a little preoccupied with the idea of casting an Asian American actor as Iron Fist, Hollywood — as if on cue — once again proved cross-racial casting is really a one-way street...
View ArticleBallad of an AfroGeek
The above image is from the cover of my upcoming book: Diary of an AfroGeek. Being an AfroGeek is all about being comfortable, and expecting, to hold immense contradictions. It is loving Firefly,...
View ArticleWhere is the Daywalker?
Join me, if you will, in an informal survey of the Non-Disney Marvel Comic Book Movie landscape: Three original trilogy X-Men films: Out of all three, only the Nightcrawler invades the White House...
View Article‘Black Panther’ Ignites the Next Generation of Fandom Movements
Originally posted at Pop Culture Collab “It’s Panther season, family.” My cousin recently said this to me after I asked how her freshman year at an Ivy League university was going. Let’s be clear, by...
View ArticleHard NOC Life: Marvel’s Fantastic Phase Four
After a grueling week in San Diego, Dominic and Keith return to take stock of all of the bombshells that dropped during Marvel Studios’ lauded Hall H presentation. Plus, Keith speaks to A Wave Blue...
View ArticleMarvel Taps ‘Mogul Mowgli’ Director Bassam Tariq to Direct ‘Blade’
Today, Deadline broke the exclusive news that Marvel is set to choose Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq to direct the new ‘Blade’ film starring Mahershala Ali. Sources close to Deadline say that while...
View ArticleSDCC 2022: Marvel Studios Dominates Hall H with Phase 5 & 6 Announcements
It’s been a whirlwind of a Comic-Con folks! So much news, and not enough time or resources to cover it all. But there was no way, no way we were not going to talk about the biggest mic drop of …
View ArticleHard NOC Life 285: Welcome to the MC-Hugh
This episode was recorded before Marvel dropped the Wakanda Forever trailer so tune in next week for thoughts on that! In the meantime, Britney, Keith, and Dominic weigh in on Hugh Jackman’s return as...
View ArticleMajor Shifts to the MCU Schedule Announced
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...
View ArticleMarvel Studios Unveils Major Date Shifts for Phases 5 and 6
Ah, the double edged sword of having a plan. Whether you want to admit it or not, Marvel Studios has always been tremendous at having the foresight to put together a gameplan for a long form story that...
View ArticleThe MCU Makes More Major Movie Moves
It’s no surprise that the strikes have more or less caused major motion picture studios to re-strategize and re-asses their release schedules for the coming year. And naturally, with a franchise as...
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