David Opie

David Opie Empire Magazine Sep 17, 2026 4/5 While not as evolved as the zombies themselves, Colony darts around and develops classic tropes, further establishing Yeon as the George A. Romero of today. Go to Full Review Colony (2026) 81% - -

David Opie Digital Spy Sep 4, 2026 5/5 #Leviticus isn’t special because it’s gay. It’s special because of how it extends the conversion therapy metaphor, expanding into a wider treatise on queer loneliness with chilling scares and a gorgeous love story to boot. Go to Full Review Leviticus (2026) 92% - -

David Opie GamesRadar+ Jul 21, 2026 3.5/5 Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender will bring harmony to a fandom long divided over recent live-action adaptations. Go to Full Review Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) 90% - -

David Opie Digital Spy Jun 26, 2026 5/5 Everyone else should probably give up making action movies at this point. Why bother even trying to compete when you're up against a film like The Furious? Go to Full Review The Furious (2025) 97% - -

David Opie IndieWire May 11, 2026 B This really is “a Hark Bohm Film by Fatih Akin,” which conversely has us more excited than we have been in a long time to see what Akin gets up to next. Go to Full Review Amrum (2025) 98% - -

David Opie IndieWire May 5, 2026 B For gay viewers especially aligned to these experiences, for those of us familiar with these "dickheads that fucked us over" firsthand, "Departures" is a cult classic in the making. Go to Full Review Departures (2025) 95% - -

David Opie Digital Spy Apr 10, 2026 2/5 Thrash is bad, but it's hard to stay mad at a movie that throws dynamite and Vanessa Carlton at the problem with equal gusto. Go to Full Review Thrash (2026) 45% - -

David Opie Digital Spy Feb 16, 2026 5/5 Just when you think you've seen everything that prison-set stories have to offer, something like Animol comes along, drawing new inspiration to push back against the systemic horrors of incarceration. Go to Full Review Animol (2026) - - - -

David Opie IndieWire Feb 16, 2026 C+ The cast are are all excellent in Karim Aïnouz's stilted domestic satire, but that's not enough to make it really prick. This ravishing yet perverse family affair doesn't know what it wants to be. Go to Full Review Rosebush Pruning (2026) 16% - -

David Opie Tech Advisor Jan 23, 2026 5/5 No Other Choice might not be Park Chan-Wook’s best film, but it’s a masterpiece nonetheless. This madcap anti-Capitalist fable is sure to outlast the vast majority of other films that the Oscars nominated this week instead. Go to Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% - -

David Opie IndieWire Dec 4, 2025 A- Slovenian cinema has found a promising new voice in Urška Djukić whose choirgirl debut prioritizes the force of young female voices all too often silenced by patriarchal institutions. Go to Full Review Little Trouble Girls (2025) 98% - -

David Opie Tech Advisor Oct 14, 2025 4/5 Josh O’Connor steals every scene (and a bunch of paintings, too) in what might be Kelly Reichardt’s most accessible film yet. Trust me when I say it really would be a crime to miss this in the cinema. Go to Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 89% - -

David Opie Tech Advisor Oct 14, 2025 2/5 If you have standards and want to watch a thriller that actually grips, you might want to throw this one overboard and skip it entirely. Go to Full Review The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) 28% - -

David Opie IndieWire Sep 10, 2025 B- From intricate backgrounds to propulsive fight choreography, everything is vividly rendered to perfection. Infinity Castle really looks like it belongs on the big screen. The problem is that it feels like it belongs on the small screen in some key aspects Go to Full Review Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) 98% - -

David Opie IndieWire Jul 25, 2025 B- For ARMY and open-minded audiences, there’s something so joyous about the unabashed love on display here, be it through the cute graphics that pop up when a fan reveals their “bias” or when people from all over unite to dance as one to the same song. Go to Full Review BTS Army: Forever We Are Young (2025) - - - -

David Opie IndieWire Jul 17, 2025 B Newcomer Jason Patel brings an open heart to the role of Aysha, dancing between vulnerability and seductive magnetism with subtle shifts in physicality. Go to Full Review Unicorns (2023) 78% - -

David Opie IndieWire Jul 9, 2025 C+ Juan Pablo Di Pace stars in and co-directs a sweet, Luca Guadagnino-esque tale of an Argentinian filmmaker who yearns for the One Who Got Away. Go to Full Review Before We Forget (2024) 87% - -

David Opie IndieWire Apr 22, 2025 B There’s nothing black-and-white about the moral space this family occupies. It’s in this messiness where “A Normal Family” thrives. Go to Full Review A Normal Family (2023) 89% - -

David Opie IndieWire Apr 4, 2025 B François Ozon’s crackling autumnal thriller gives Hélène Vincent a well-deserved spotlight in this accomplished thriller. Go to Full Review When Fall Is Coming (2024) 97% - -

David Opie IndieWire Feb 19, 2025 B- A space-bound lesbian love letter that aims for the stars... Part "Rick & Morty" and part "Adventure Time," with a dash of "Scott Pilgrim" thrown in for good measure, "Lesbian Space Princess" is an eclectic mash of inter-gay-lactic mayhem. Go to Full Review Lesbian Space Princess (2025) 96% - -