Dec 31, 2017 Reading Weekend Reads: Hitman Movies, Thor: Ragnarok, Twin Peaks, Cyberpunk, God’s Niceness & more Also: Stranger Things’ best mom, Facebook’s effect on society, The Last Jedi, year-end lists, and American Christianity’s decline.
Dec 30, 2017 Best of Opus Movies The Last Jedi Challenges the Star Wars Status Quo to Go Beyond Mere Nostalgia (Review) By striking it down, Rian Johnson helped ensure that Star Wars could become more powerful than we can possibly imagine.
Dec 29, 2017 Music 12 Decembers’ Lush, Heartfelt Pop Wears Its Heart on Its Sleeve (Review) This remarkably strong debut is filled with simple-yet-affecting tales of love at its best and worst, all wrapped in gorgeous pop arrangements.
Dec 29, 2017 Music 25 Albums I Look Forward to Hearing in 2018 The Breeders, Fine China, Grimes, My Bloody Valentine, My Favorite, Wild Beasts and many more are waiting for us in 2018.
Dec 27, 2017 TV January 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Batman Begins, Caddyshack, Lethal Weapon, Capote, Doctor Who & more Coming soon: A South Korean thriller, the first of Nolan’s “Dark Knight Trilogy,” an action classic, several twisty thrillers, and a madman with a box.
Dec 21, 2017 Movies 25 Movies I Hope to See in 2018 I always like to look ahead and put together a list of movies that interest me in the coming year.
Dec 18, 2017 Best of Opus Movies Technology Should Netflix care how much you watched A Christmas Prince? We need to get over any notion we might have that online services like Netflix are neutral platforms, or platforms that care about us.
Dec 13, 2017 Nerdery Random Nerdery: Netflix’s Altered Carbon, Alita: Battle Angel & Mamoru Hosoda’s Latest Netflix’s upcoming series gets dystopic, an acclaimed cyberpunk manga is coming to live action, and a modern anime master returns.
Dec 12, 2017 Movies Review Round-Up: Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi The overall consensus? Writer/director Rian Johnson has made a Star Wars movie for the ages.
Dec 9, 2017 Reading Weekend Reads: New Star Wars Trilogy, Tarantino’s Star Trek, Online Harassment & more Also: Baby Driver’s success, London’s best restaurant(?), irrational math, 404 errors, and political disengagement and upheaval.
Dec 8, 2017 Music Opus News I’m Celebrating 20 Years of Blogging with Opus’ First Compilation: Twenty Years and Counting This compilation spotlights the diversity of musical talent that Opus has focused on over the years.
Dec 4, 2017 Music Poemme’s Soft Ice Uses Nostalgic Ambience to Convey Winter’s Beauty (Review) Angela Klimek’s lovely debut conjures up a magical, enchanting view of winter thanks to vast ambient drones and textures.
Dec 2, 2017 Reading Weekend Reads: Vagrant Story, Stranger Things & Adoption, Donnie Darko, Firefox Quantum, the NFL’s Impending Demise & more Also: Indie record labels, the new Blade Runner, Star Wars timeline, Mad Max: Fury Road, a history of Photoshop, Origen, and science and religion.
Dec 1, 2017 Music Gil-Estel by Thangorodrim (Review) Thangorodrim’s Tolkien-inspired “dungeon synth” can get cheesy at times, but the epic fantasy vision is winsome in its own way.