By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Marak Anthony Green
Starring: Amber Midthunder | Ayo Edebiri | John Malkovich | Juliette Lewis | Murray Bartlett
Year: 2025
Running time: 104
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29929565/reference/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_opus
Michael says: “Leading with an exciting and intriguing cast, Ayo Edeberi, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett and Amber Midthunder, I had high hopes for OPUS, despite the decidedly lukewarm reviews it has been receiving. Edeberi doesn’t disappoint, as a budding journalist in her late 20’s, worried that if she doesn’t get a break on a big story the release of his first album in nearly 30 years. Edeberi along with her boss at the magazine (Bartlett), a TV show hostess (Lewis), an influencer (Stephanie Suganami) a famous paparazzi (Melissa Chambers) and a podcast host with a long-standing grudge against the musician, travel to remote complex in Utah where they discover an entire community of diverse devotees that doesn’t take long to smell like a cult. As the only person who is not convinced that this is a good time, Edeberi naturally becomes the one who starts to sniff out the real goings-on before things turn sideways and we’re into full on horror film mode.