Oliver Johnston

Oliver is originally from New Zealand and certainly doesn’t roll his eyes when people make Hobbit jokes after being informed of this fact. He studied journalism in Australia, and parlayed that into writing about films. He watches an alarming amount of Netflix.

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    Physical
    ★★★★★

    TV pilots often have a tendency to be slightly cumbersome and oddly jittery as they hit the...

    Oliver Johnston 15th June 2021
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    The Brothers (Los Hermanos)
    ★★★★★

    It would take a heart cold enough to reverse global warming not ...

    Oliver Johnston 10th May 2021
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    Movie review
    Monster
    ★★★★★

    Director Anthony Mandler earned his stripes making music videos for an authoritatively dive...

    Oliver Johnston 10th May 2021
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    Movie review
    Things Heard & Seen
    ★★★★★

    At one point in the generically titled Things Heard & Seen, Georg...

    Oliver Johnston 4th May 2021
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    Cowboys
    ★★★★★

    It would have been so very easy for a film such as Cowboys to wobble and rapidly stumble in...

    Oliver Johnston 3rd May 2021
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    The Race to Save the World
    ★★★★★

    It’s a feat to retain a sense of optimism in the face of unrelen...

    Oliver Johnston 22nd April 2021
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    Wellington Paranormal
    ★★★★★

    For a city of less than half a million people, New Zealand’s capital has...

    Oliver Johnston 1st April 2021
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    Last Call
    ★★★★★

    All films, even bad ones, make some sort of case for their own existence – for the sto...

    Oliver Johnston 26th March 2021
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    Tina
    ★★★★★

    Perhaps the most straightforwardly joyous part of Tina is when Ms Turner, now 80 years old, rec...

    Oliver Johnston 24th March 2021
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    Berlinale
    Taste (Vị)
    ★★★★★

    Berlinale has long prided itself on being a festival show...

    Oliver Johnston 9th March 2021