Mar 12, 2025 Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke Is Coming to IMAX in 4K The restoration of Miyazaki’s environmental epic is in celebration of Studio Ghibli’s 40th anniversary.
Mar 9, 2025 Cultural Diet Counterattack by Chava Cartas (2025) After a Mexican Special Forces officer saves two young women from being kidnapped, he and his fello…
Mar 7, 2025 Cultural Diet Demon City by Seiji Tanaka (2025) For years, Shûhei Sakata was the most feared assassin in Shingo City. But after completing his fina…
Mar 5, 2025 Review Roundup: Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 Critics respond to the Korean director’s latest English language film, starring Robert Pattinson.
Feb 23, 2025 Cultural Diet Macross: Do You Remember Love? by Noboru Ishiguro and Shōji Kawamori (1984) Both an adaptation and reinterpretation of the original Macross series, Macross: Do You Remember Lo…
Feb 19, 2025 Cultural Diet Gladiator II by Ridley Scott (2024) Quite possibly the most unnecessary movie sequel of the last 20 years, and perhaps of all time. (An…
Feb 15, 2025 Cultural Diet The Gorge by Scott Derrickson (2025) Given its premise, The Gorge could’ve and should’ve been a lot weirder and a lot cooler than it tur…
Feb 12, 2025 Cultural Diet Black Moon Rising by Harley Cokeliss (1986) Here’s another one of those movies that’s fascinated me ever since I saw its VHS cover in the video…
Feb 12, 2025 Review Roundup: Julius Onah’s Captain America: Brave New World Critics respond to the new Cap’s first feature-length film.
Feb 7, 2025 Cultural Diet The Earth Dies Screaming by Terence Fisher (1964) Make no mistake: I started watching The Earth Dies Screaming for its title alone. The film’s openin…
Feb 7, 2025 Cultural Diet Lost Horizon by Frank Capra (1937) Frank Capra’s best known for classics like It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and…
Feb 6, 2025 Cultural Diet Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (2024) Several animals, including a cat, a dog, and a capybara, find themselves adrift on a boat, and they…
Feb 5, 2025 Cultural Diet Liquid Sky by Slava Tsukerman (1982) Liquid Sky has been on my “to watch” list ever since I saw it mentioned on the old cultheroes.com (…
Feb 3, 2025 Cultural Diet The Holdovers by Alexander Payne (2023) I really enjoyed this film’s aesthetic, which seeks to capture the look and feel of ’70s cinema, fr…
Feb 2, 2025 Cultural Diet American Ninja by Sam Firstenberg (1985) If you’ve been reading Opus for any length of time, then you know I’m a sucker for ’80s ninja movie…
Feb 1, 2025 Cultural Diet Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Jeff Fowler (2022) I can honestly say that the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, from 2020, was better than I expected. …
Jan 12, 2025 Cultural Diet Highlander by Russell Mulcahy (1986) This most recent viewing of Highlander highlights the problem with watching cult classics. On the o…
Jan 11, 2025 Cultural Diet Wanted: Dead or Alive by Gary Sherman (1986) A spiritual sequel to the ’50s-era TV western series starring Steve McQueen, Wanted: Dead or Alive …
Jan 5, 2025 Highlighting 2024’s Best Practical Effects Practical effects made for some of 2024’s most memorable movie moments.
Jan 4, 2025 Cultural Diet Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham (2024) It pains me to say this, but I was a bit underwhelmed by Vengeance Most Fowl. It is, of course, as …