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CJ Johnson

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

CJ has been a Tomatometer-approved critic since November 2019. He is the resident film and television critic for ABC Radio (Australia?s) flagship national night-time radio show The Nightlife. His website Film Mafia has been one of Australia?s most popular film review sites since launching in 2008.

Official Website:

http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/reviews/

Reviews

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Nope (2022) 83% 3/5 “There’s obviously a lot of ideas going on, references, all that jazz, but it’s a frustrating experience, a film of diminishing interest as it plods along.” – Film Mafia Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Crimes of the Future (2022) 80% 3/5 “Cronenberg’s dialogue here is typically ludicrous but once you get lulled into it, the film becomes a little like a perverse warm bath, sweeping you into its bonkers world.” – Film Mafia Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Emergency (2022) 91% 3.5/5 “The central conceit – which I won’t spoil here – is treated matter-of-factly, which is itself the shocking thing.” – Film Mafia Aug 9, 2022 Full Review What Josiah Saw (2021) 91% 3.5/5 “Pure, raw, undiluted American Gothic with all the trimmings. Here is a vibe, a voice, a style and a mood, all of a piece, managing to wear its influences proudly yet roll them into something original and fresh. ” – Film Mafia Aug 9, 2022 Full Review Official Competition (2021) 96% 3/5 “Cruz gives a great performance.” – Film Mafia Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Full Time (2021) 98% 3.5/5 “One thing’s for sure: it’ll make you feel less bad about not living in Paris.” – Film Mafia Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Ali & Ava (2021) 94% 3.5/5 “The screenplay doesn’t break new ground – this is highly trod territory, British regional social realism through and through – but the direction is intricate and thoughtful and the performances tremendous.” – Film Mafia Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Elvis (2022) 77% 4.5/5 “You spend the first half in awe of Baz but the second in awe of Butler, and that’s a compliment to both.” – Film Mafia Jun 23, 2022 Full Review A Hero (2021) 97% 4/5 “Farhadi’s typical themes of responsibility, morality, personal ethics and the law all get a full workout here.” – Film Mafia Jun 7, 2022 Full Review The Innocents (2021) 97% 3/5 “To get performances like this from a cast this young is no small achievement ... strong on tone and vibe and features some genuinely creepy moments. ” – Film Mafia May 16, 2022 Full Review Petite Maman (2021) 97% 5/5 “A perfect, gentle jewel, precise, concise, warm, heartfelt, witty, moving and ultimately profound. Sciamma’s direction is sublime and her writing heartfelt. In its modest ambition, Petite Maman achieves a kind of delicate monumentality. Do not miss it. ” – Film Mafia May 5, 2022 Full Review The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) 87% 2.5/5 “While Nicholas Cage and Pedro Pascal give amiable performances, the script consistently lets them down with references rather than honest jokes.” – Film Mafia Apr 21, 2022 Full Review Happening (2021) 99% 3.5/5 “Joins the other movies of its kind on the tougher side of the ledger: more 4 Months, Three Weeks and Two Days than Never Rarely Sometimes Always.” – Film Mafia Apr 10, 2022 Full Review The Good Boss (2021) 92% 4/5 “Javier Bardem, the good boss himself, is superb. In almost every scene of the movie, he displays enormous range while also presenting a highly specific character. Hes one of the most versatile - and, simply, one of the best - screen actors working today.” – Film Mafia Apr 10, 2022 Full Review Kimi (2022) 92% 3/5 “The prolific auteur is in full neo-Roger Corman mode here, riffing on our fears but delivering, in this instance, an elevated B-Movie, clearly intended, and enjoyable, as such.” – Film Mafia Feb 21, 2022 Full Review Flee (2021) 98% 4/5 “Beautiful, heartbreaking and eye-opening. This is the nuts and bolts of European human trafficking, finding the universal in the personal, and reminding you how lucky you have it.” – Film Mafia Feb 21, 2022 Full Review Aline (2021) 56% 3/5 “Bizarre in conception and often bonkers in execution, its also truly compelling, partly as train wreck and partly as an honest-to-goodness offbeat oddity.” – Film Mafia Feb 21, 2022 Full Review Drive My Car (2021) 97% 4/5 “Its a beautifully crafted, moving, elegant and at times drily funny tale, superbly acted.” – Film Mafia Feb 10, 2022 Full Review Benedetta (2021) 84% 3/5 “They just tend not to make em like this anymore.” – Film Mafia Feb 10, 2022 Full Review The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) 67% 4/5 “Chastain declares her intentions (to be awesome!) in a single, long close-up that opens the film, and she doesn't disappoint ... but Garfield's portrayal of the deeply complicated Jim sneaks up on you, growing more intriguing, sly and effective as he ages.” – Film Mafia Jan 25, 2022 Full Review Spencer (2021) 83% 4/5 “Stunning to look at and, with Jonny Greenwood's score, dreamy, evocative and haunting. At times it feels like a horror movie, a Polanski-like mental descent. Don't come for any kind of history lesson; come for the vibe.” – Film Mafia Jan 25, 2022 Full Review West Side Story (2021) 91% 4/5 “Technically dazzling and musically delightful, if emotionally rather unengaging.” – Film Mafia Dec 22, 2021 Full Review Bergman Island (2021) 84% 3.5 “The scenes with Krieps and Roth are terrific, and deeply chucklesome for cinephiles.” – Film Mafia Dec 22, 2021 Full Review The Worst Person in the World (2021) 96% 3.5/5 “An international career-making performance by Renate Reinsve.” – Film Mafia Dec 22, 2021 Full Review Licorice Pizza (2021) 90% 4.5/5 “It's a warm, warm movie, often very funny, thoroughly engaging and impeccably crafted, no less thematically rich than any of his films. For what themes are greater than love and friendship?” – Film Mafia Dec 13, 2021 Full Review
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