Aug 15, 2022 TIFF 2009 Festival Preview The fact that I won’t be at this year’s TIFF has not stopped me from pretending that I’m going.
Aug 15, 2022 Movies Experiencing The Tree of Life as a Father The first thing I wanted to do when the movie was over was rush home and hug my children.
Aug 15, 2022 Food Cultural Diet Blue Sushi Sake Grill I’m not the biggest fan of California rolls, but the ones I like — such as Blue Sushi’s Hawaiian ro…
Aug 15, 2022 Food Cultural Diet Stacy Lynn’s Baking Company I like my cinnamon rolls soaked in loads of caramel-ly goodness. Which is precisely how Stacy Lynn …
Aug 15, 2022 Music Chrindie ‘95: Circle of Dust’s Circle of Dust Circle of Dust’s songs dealt with sinful brokenness and divine agency.
Aug 15, 2022 Music Chrindie ‘95: Starflyer 59’s Gold But then along comes a band who gives praise to Jesus Christ, their Lord and Savior, and their new album is as mopey as can be.
Aug 15, 2022 Comics Pop Culture The Comic World as We Know It, Thanks to Stan Lee (1922-2018) Stan Lee’s greatest legacy will be that he never treated comics and superheroes as mere disposable entertainment.
Aug 15, 2022 TV Welcome to Earth: Seeing the World Through Will Smith’s Eyes Simply watching Welcome to Earth has changed me for the better, and given me a deeper appreciation for my place in creation.
Aug 15, 2022 Video Games Cultivating Mindfulness Through Alto’s Odyssey Alto;s Odyssey works within the limitations of the “endless runner” genre only to ultimately transcend them.
Aug 15, 2022 Music Reckoning with R. Kelly We want to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, how we should feel about this or that artist.
Aug 15, 2022 Music Natalie Bergman’s Mercy Is an Exquisite Expression of Grief, Faith, and Love (Review) The album’s emotional heft comes from Bergman’s attempts to balance her belief in, and need for, a loving God with the horror and sorrow of her father’s death.
Aug 13, 2022 Literature Cultural Diet The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross (2006) Given that it’s basically a Lovecraftian spy thriller, I expected to like this a lot more than I ac…
Aug 13, 2022 Movies Cultural Diet Wish Dragon by Chris Appelhans (2021) This Netflix original is nothing mind-blowing, nor does it approach Pixar’s heights, but it’s still…
Aug 12, 2022 Movies Cultural Diet Day Shift by J.J. Perry (2022) Day Shift is pretty much what you’d expect from a gory movie about vampire hunters that culminates …
Aug 12, 2022 Music “Sun-Kissed” by Sven Wunder The Swedish composer’s latest single is another orchestral pop masterpiece.
Aug 11, 2022 Opus News New Subscriber Playlist: “By the Light of the Soleilmoon” Subscribers can listen to a collection of songs that might have once been found in the pages of Soleilmoon’s mail order catalog.
Aug 9, 2022 TV Netflix and Corridor Crew Present Punch 4 Punch See what it takes to recreate one of the iconic stunts from Stranger Things’ fourth season.
Aug 8, 2022 Movies Cultural Diet Predator by John McTiernan (1987) A true action/sci-fi classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his ’80s prime. It works on nearly e…
Aug 8, 2022 Best of Opus Literature The Expanse Is Epic Sci-Fi Storytelling at Its Very Best The series’ nine novels and related short stories spin an exciting, richly detailed, and thoughtful story that spans the solar system and beyond.
Aug 6, 2022 Literature Cultural Diet Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold (2017) Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Curse of Chalion is one of my favorite fantasy novels of all time. This …