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Nick Johnston

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Nick Johnston is the Film Editor and Critic for the Boston-based online magazine Vanyaland.

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Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% “It’s just abbreviated group therapy clad in faux-Kevlar spandex: A recitation of traumas without the added benefit of free coffee and powdered donuts.” – Vanyaland Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% “Sinners is a great movie, top-shelf entertainment to be poured in special celebratory moments.” – Vanyaland Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Drop (2025) 84% “With Drop, you get what it promises on the tin — a goofy, well-constructed roller coaster with the lightest safety bars. ” – Vanyaland Apr 14, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 93% “It bridges a wide gap between sectors of the audience, between those who were there and those who weren’t, reflected in the makeup of the two directors.” – Vanyaland Apr 14, 2025 Full Review A Minecraft Movie (2025) 48% “Hess succeeds here: the effects work is stunning, and his direction is sturdy” – Vanyaland Apr 7, 2025 Full Review Death of a Unicorn (2025) 54% “It’s too goofy to make the semi-serious points about animal cruelty that it wants to, too serious and icky to be funny, and too mild at its core to be righteous when it matters.” – Vanyaland Mar 31, 2025 Full Review Opus (2025) 41% “Opus is a wonderfully entertaining film, and, as far as the Boston vs. Cambridge angle is concerned, I think it’s a draw.” – Vanyaland Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% “Black Bag is a thoroughly entertaining spy comedy-thriller.” – Vanyaland Mar 12, 2025 Full Review The Age of Disclosure (2025) “The approach taken here is heavy-handed to the point of being po-faced. ” – Vanyaland Mar 12, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% “It’s thunderously anti-commercial, politically-charged, and unmistakably Bong, all accolades in my book. ” – Vanyaland Mar 6, 2025 Full Review Last Breath (2025) 79% “It’s a process picture filmed with astonishing accuracy.” – Vanyaland Mar 3, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 78% “The Monkey is a great and absurdly entertaining time at the movies, requiring no explanations or disclaimers for you to enjoy. Just turn the key and see what happens.” – Vanyaland Feb 21, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 47% “This is a Temu knock-off compared to Winter Soldier.” – Vanyaland Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 96% “There’s a genuine sensitivity to the portrayal of post-catastrophe life that never makes it feel manipulative, thanks to the smart way in which Dusty and those around him grow throughout the film. ” – Vanyaland Feb 5, 2025 Full Review Bubble & Squeak (2025) 35% “Either you’re with it, or you’re not – just be prepared for a lot of cabbage and, potentially, a lot of good gags.” – Vanyaland Feb 4, 2025 Full Review Serious People (2025) 70% “It’s one of those faux-doc hybrids that features the participants playing exaggerated versions of themselves, with a vaguely tender heart at its core offset by how bitterly it regards how we make “status.”” – Vanyaland Feb 4, 2025 Full Review Together (2025) 100% “Together is, ultimately, a first-rate horror-comedy, using its leads to sell the emotional reality of its world while containing enough cringeworthy body horror to sustain freaks in need of another dose.” – Vanyaland Jan 31, 2025 Full Review The Legend of Ochi (2025) 77% “Saxon wants you in his timeless world, with the cutest little critter imaginable, getting moved to tears by the gentle, beautiful ending. ” – Vanyaland Jan 29, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 93% “This perspective into the myopic panic-spiral is what I appreciate so much about If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You — it feels so accurate to lived experience, as ridiculous as it often can be, that it’s hard to quantify.” – Vanyaland Jan 29, 2025 Full Review SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025) 93% “The film’s insights are given to us through a remarkable set of interviews, the aspect of Questlove’s films that makes them so novel compared to his peers.” – Vanyaland Jan 29, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 49% “It’s as if, upon looking at all the stunning werewolf designs that have graced screens throughout the decades, Whannel and company decided not to compete, hoping that the novelty of that choice would be enough. It isn’t.” – Vanyaland Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% “Ultimately, Nosferatu fits well as another story in the weird-fiction magazine that Eggers’ filmography resembles.” – Vanyaland Dec 16, 2024 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% “Corbet’s baby isn’t a duck, never mind a swan – it’s a goose, and it’s ready to bite you for looking at it on the bike path.” – Vanyaland Dec 16, 2024 Full Review Y2K (2024) 42% “It’s a solid step forward from the similarly-styled Brigsby Bear, moving the nostalgia aesthetic up a decade without sacrificing the cool, practically realized effects that made that notable.” – Vanyaland Dec 6, 2024 Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 61% “Whatever Moana 2 is, it’s not passionless content – it’s just not as revelatory as it was the first time. ” – Vanyaland Nov 27, 2024 Full Review
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