The Best Streaming Titles Arriving in February 2017

Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! The Citizen Kane of talking pig pictures, as one critic called it, will start streaming as soon as the new month rolls around. I plan on watching it with my kids, and all the while, I’ll try to wrap my mind around the fact that the man responsible for this charming little film is the same deranged genius who gave us Mad Max.

This first of the modern live-action adaptations of C.S. Lewis’ beloved fantasy series gets a little too action-heavy at times, and it unfortunately modifies (and ruins) its most famous and crucial line (the one about tame lions). But overall, Andrew Adamson’s adaptation of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe does an admirable job of capturing the spirit of Lewis’ novel.

Starring the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emily Watson, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a fanciful fairy tale about a young man who accidentally finds himself married to, well, a corpse. It’s certainly macabre and spooky, but what else would you expect from a Tim Burton film?

This follow-up to Finding Nemo focuses on Dory, the forgetful blue-tang fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, as she tries to find her parents. Finding Dory set numerous records at the box office, including the biggest animated film opening of all time here in the U.S.

This Netflix original series follows in the footsteps of series like Chef’s Table, but instead, focuses on famous and influential designers. Among those featured include architect Bjarke Ingels, illustrator Christoph Niemann, and shoe designer Tinker Hatfield.

We’re big fans of magic here at Opus HQ, so this documentary — which follows four magicians as they strive to make it in their chosen profession, and the various hurdles and struggles they face along the way — seems like a no-brainer. The magicians featured include Jon Armstrong, Brian Gillis, Jan Rouven, and David Minkin.

Fresh off some considerable Sundance buzz — it opened this year’s festival — Macon Blair’s film follows a young woman who tries to track down the people who stole her laptop and silverware. But as the trailer makes clear, things quickly spiral out of control.

Darren Aronofsky’s visually stunning sci-fi epic spans millennia as it tells the story of conquistadors searching for immortality, a grieving husband and his cancer-stricken wife, and a far-future space explorer. The story doesn’t quite hold together but the visuals and effects are mind-blowing.

Christian Bale underwent an incredible physical transformation — he lost over 60 lbs — to play this film’s titular character, an insomniac who is haunted by bizarre visions and paranoia (read my review).

It’s no Terminator, Commando, or Predator, but this post-apocalyptic action/satire is still vintage ’80s Arnold Schwarzenegger, complete with over-the-top violence and cheesy one-liners.

In this quirky indie drama, Peter Dinklage (aka Tyrion Lannister) inherits an abandoned train station, which leads him to meeting a cast of odd individuals who slowly draw him out of his shell. If “quirky indie drama” turns you off, rest assured there’s plenty of heart and fascinating character study to go along with the offbeat material.

A slew of classic James Bond films are coming to Amazon Prime, including Diamonds Are Forever and Octopussy. In this one, Bond matches wits with a madman intent on destroying America’s supply of gold at Fort Knox. Of course, this being Bond, there’ll be plenty of witticisms, clever gadgets, and beautiful (and dangerous) women.

I have a soft spot in my heart for this Mel Gibson-starring thriller about an amoral gangster who’s trying to get his share of a heist after he’s double-crossed and left for dead. Gibson is suitably gruff and grim in the role, and few actors look as good as he does when roughed up. It’s unclear if this is the theatrical version or the director’s cut that is supposedly much better.

Three individuals — a woman and two men — are living in an underground bunker after some cataclysmic event has devastated the world outside. Or has it? Not exactly a sequel of the smash hit Cloverfield, though set in the same universe, 10 Cloverfield Lane stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman.

Viggo Mortensen plays a father who’s been raising his kids “off the grid” and in the wilderness. But when his wife dies, the family travels back to “civilization” for the funeral, and they find themselves ill-prepared for the culture shock.