Sep 8, 2023 Anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These by Shunsuke Tada (Review) The sprawling space opera series inspired by Yoshiki Tanaka’s novels gets a modern remake courtesy of Production I.G.
Jul 20, 2023 Anime Ergo Proxy by Shūkō Murase (Review) A deeply existential dystopic tale that seems intent on doing everything it can to leave viewers scratching their heads, for better or worse.
Sep 10, 2022 Anime Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Wicked City Is a Sleek, Stylish (and Stomach-Churning) ’80s Anime Classic (Review) Wicked City tells a compelling story with style to spare, but its body horror and sexual violence is probably too much for most viewers (myself included).
Aug 16, 2022 Movies Renaissance by Christian Volckman (Review) Visually and technically breathtaking but riddled with a number of sci-fi/action movie clichés.
Aug 16, 2022 Movies The Host by Bong Joon-ho (Review) The Host’s incredibly strong focus on the family element gives the film a depth that no effects budget could ever achieve.
Aug 15, 2022 Movies Doctor Strange Helped Me Survive Election Night (Review) The new movie Doctor Strange reminds us that there are forces at work that we cannot see.
Jul 24, 2022 Best of Opus Literature Nerdery Diane Duane’s The Wounded Sky is Star Trek at Its Most Bizarre and Breathtaking (Review) This 1983 Star Trek novel contains a threat to two universes, bizarre alien technology, and a deeply emotional view of the Enterprise crew.
Jun 10, 2022 Movies The Phantom of the Air by Ray Taylor (Review) This classic serial from Hollywood’s pre-Code era features aerial stunts and sequences that are still thrilling to watch after almost a century.
Apr 28, 2022 Anime Yukikaze by Masahiko Ôkura (Review) Thrilling aerial combat and super-cool designs can’t make up for a muddled and confusing storyline.
Apr 14, 2022 Movies Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniels (Review) Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.
Mar 26, 2022 Movies Drive by Steve Wang (Review) Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.
Jan 21, 2022 Movies Max Reload and the Nether Blasters by Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp (Review) A shallow, mean-spirited movie obsessed with proving its own cleverness time and again.
Jan 20, 2022 Movies 2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus by Joshua Wesely, Simon Wesely (Review) There’s a certain charm to this inept German film about Christians battling religious persecution brought on by the pandemic.
Jan 5, 2022 Movies The Matrix Resurrections Subverts Its Own Franchise to Explore Trauma, Grief & Romance (Review) Borne out of personal loss, the fourth Matrix film trades kung fu and bullet time for something more emotional.
Nov 26, 2021 Literature When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson (Review) Part cyberpunk dystopia, part Cold War spy thriller, Neil Sharpson’s new novel is a fascinating read.
Jul 6, 2021 Movies The Tomorrow War Is Amazon’s Forgettable Attempt at a Summer Blockbuster (Review) Even with Chris Pratt and J. K. Simmons, Amazon’s big-budget blockbuster falls flat on almost every front.
Jul 5, 2021 Comics The Department of Truth, Volume 1 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds (Review) In this Image Comics series, every conspiracy theory is real… or has the potential to become real.
Jun 25, 2021 Anime Zillion: Burning Night by Mizuho Nishikubo (Review) Influenced by Walter Hill’s “Streets of Fire,” this OVA is a prime example of cheesy ’80s sci-fi/action anime.
Jan 22, 2021 TV Alice in Borderland by Shinsuke Sato (Review) Netflix’s manga adaptation is an entertaining blend of angst-y melodrama and dark, bloody suspense.
Jan 5, 2021 Literature The Paradox Men by Charles L. Harness (Review) A blend of hard science, historical philosophy, and “B” movie escapades that’s by turns fascinating, fun, and frustrating.