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.

Top Ten Actresses Who Could Play Lady Macbeth

Macbeth has been cast! Michael Fassbender is signed on for a new retelling of the Shakespeare classic directed by Justin Kurzel, and now, if word of mouth can be relied on, Natalie Portman may be in talks to play the…

Tribeca ’13 Review: Trust Me

This here is an odd little gem. Howard Holloway has spent the vast majority of his career as an acting agent losing child stars to his arch nemesis, Aldo. Jaded and browbeaten, he’s just about to give up until he…

Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Award Winners

It was an exciting year at the annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Touting a film slate of interesting, diverse and innovative filmmakers, it was a fantastic time to be in the city. Yet, the festivities have run their…

Allyson’s Movie Review: ‘Mud’

Mud is an odyssey through a young boy’s earliest loss of innocence. It’s about an adolescent’s first lesson in the grief that can follow love, the violence that can follow a hero, the murky gray that entirely encompasses a being…

Top 10 Robert Downey Jr. Roles

Let’s be honest, we all have a little bit of a crush on Robert Downey Jr. Sure, he ventures into the man-child territory from time to time and sure, he’s been contracted to one character for far too long, but…

TV Review: ‘Hannibal’ Episodes One & Two

Horror has never been so bone chilling; the grotesque has never been so beautiful. Warning: Spoilers ahead. We’re two episodes in, and if you’re a fan, it’s the best new psychological drama this past television season that’s touted out lukewarm…

Top 10 Moments of Marvel’s Phase One

If you haven’t already heard, this week was the release of Marvel’s Phase One Box Set, which included Blu-Ray versions of all of the films, deleted scenes and footage never seen before. It’s been long awaited, and if you must…