Allyson Johnson

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Allyson is a New England based writer, who has been a film critic since 2012. She is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, and the Online Film Critics Society, along with being a Tomatometer approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes. Her writing can also be found at CambridgeDay.com, ThePlaylist.net, VagueVisages.com, RogerEbert.com, TheMarySue.com and elsewhere.

Women in Film Wednesday: Whip It (2009)

It’s odd, but I can often tell when a film is directed by a woman, even before having read who the director is. Typically it’s due to how the female relationships – family or friendship – are handled, and in…

Movie News: Michael Keaton’s “Birdman” Gets New Trailer

Out of all of the titles being released in the upcoming few months, no other has gotten my curiosity piqued like Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman. Reportedly having been shot as if it were one long single take, the film already looks eerily gorgeous…

Movie News: First Teaser Trailer for “Into the Woods”

I can’t help but be a little hesitant to jump on any new musical movie adaptation bandwagon after feeling so slighted by 2012’s Les Miserables. Remember how amazing the first trailer was? Remember how we all sat in the dim theater and…

Ally’s Movie Review: Calvary

The virtuous, the evil and the damned, the faithful and bedridden, the devout and the defiled; all are represented, all are given their moments in the sun in this extraordinary look at life and forgiveness and all that falls in…

Women in Film Wednesday: Brave (2012)

Merida: Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one’s destiny intertwines with many others. It’s the…

Movie News: Trailer #2 Debuts for ‘The Maze Runner’

Let me preface this with two main points that I cannot stress enough: 1. I wasn’t a fan of the book. 2. We’ve all been burned by certain Young Adult adaptations that didn’t quite meet our expectations. These two reasons…

TV Review: Teen Wolf (4×06) “Orphaned”

I cannot for the life of me take these baby assassins seriously. I cannot for the life of me take a lot of this episode seriously, which is such a bummer after the last few which, despite my lack of…