Duncan Jones’ Mute Is an Interesting Film, It’s Just Not a Good One (Review) Though it features some interesting visuals, Mute is a significant misstep for the talented director. Feb 24, 2018 Movies
Web Dev Links: Making Opus Faster, Web Development Complexity, Slack’s Dark Side, Scrolling Myths & more Also: Google AMP controversy, licensing designers, and an awesome fieldtype for the Statamic CMS Feb 24, 2018 Web Development
March 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Ghostbusters, Voltron, Jessica Jones, James Bond, Hackers & more Also: Ambitious low-budget sci-fi, Netflix original anime, James Bond, Takashi Miike’s 100th film, and Luc Besson’s return. Feb 24, 2018 TV
Statamic’s “Bard” Is an Elegant-Looking Approach to Content Management Bard combines an unobtrusive text editor with very customizable content block functionality. Feb 22, 2018 Nerdery Web Development
Jason Kottke, the Modern State of Blogging, and My Own Blogging Mission At the risk of sounding pretentious, I want Opus to be a source for hope in times like these. Feb 17, 2018 Miscellany
Raison d’être’s Alchymeia Is a Jung-Inspired Soundtrack Through the Shadows (Review) Raison d’être’s dark ambience may begin in the shadows, but it’s never content to stay there. Feb 16, 2018 Music
Weekend Reads: Altered Carbon’s Sexuality, Ice Skating Narratives, Masturbatory Worship Music, Secularizing Lent & more Also: Dystopia’s downfall, the Church and authenticity, information apocalypse, sexual assault at the Alamo Drafthouse, and C.S. Lewis’s influence on Neil Gaiman. Feb 16, 2018 Reading
Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018) Cinema has lost one of its most admired, acclaimed, and distinguished composers. Feb 13, 2018 Music
Random Nerdery: iZombie, Wilde Life, Blossom Detective Holmes The CW’s zombies returns for season 4, a supernatural comic book, and Sherlock Holmes gets an anime twist. Feb 11, 2018 Nerdery
Watch the New Trailer for Luxury Documentary Parallel Love Luxury was one of those bands that never really got their due. Feb 9, 2018 Movies
Soaring Through the Spaceways With the Silver Surfer (Review) Dan Slott and Mike Allred’s take on the Silver Surfer is a far cry from the comics of my youth — for better and worse. Feb 8, 2018 Best of Opus Comics
Review Round-Up: Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther Critics laud the movie’s Afrofuturistic aesthetic, strong female characters, and complex villain (among other things). Feb 8, 2018 Movies
The Honeybear by Hampshire & Foat (Review) This “children fairytale book concept album” is full of enchanting, beguiling music. Feb 7, 2018 Music
Watch Slowdive’s Lovely Performance for Seattle’s KEXP Proof that Slowdive’s lush shoegaze pop holds up perfectly well outside studio walls. Feb 5, 2018 Music
Weekend Reads: Social Media Woes, Designing Emoji, Star Trek, Viral Videos & more Also: The wonders of outer space, childrens stories, missile warnings and UI design, understanding the Bible’s story. Feb 5, 2018 Reading
Justin Timberlake, Prince’s Hologram, and the Tensions of Fandom Also, what does a tribute to the Purple One have to do with Star Trek? Feb 5, 2018 Music Pop Culture