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.

The Best Movie Moments of the Summer

We’ve spent a decent amount of time talking about this already, but the summer 2017 movie season has been one to remember. Sure, the box office numbers have been on the…dour side, but the overall quality was remarkable and unusual.…

For Your Consideration: Lovesick

In this week’s segment of “For Your Consideration,” we’re featuring Netflix’s romantic comedy/drama Lovesick. If you were to make the active decision to bypass the series called Scrotal Recall based on the title alone it would be hard to blame you. Admittedly, the…

First trailer for Sundance breakout Call me By Your Name

After having made the world shake from it’s rapturous reception at 2017’s Sudance Film Festival, it would be easy to be caught up in the hype for director Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Call Me By Your Name. A follow up to…

Movie Review: Detroit

Unrelenting, infuriating and tonally messy, Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, which chronicles the real life events of the Algiers Motel during the Detroit Riots of 1967, is a powerful, albeit sporadic, film. At times, the film is a scorching indictment of police brutality,…

SDCC ’17: Thor: Ragnarok leaves a mark in Hall H

While the fatigue for the genre is still lingering (especially for those who aren’t habitual movie goers) it’s undeniable that 2017 has been a banner year for superhero films so far. From the delightfully colorful sequel Guardians of the Galaxy vol.…

SDCC 17: News about Aquaman starring Jason Momoa hits Hall H

For a moment there it felt as if the DCEU was going to be saved by the well timed and beautifully executed entrance of Patty Jenkin’s take on Wonder Woman. Having won raves and crushed box office scores, the film seemed,…

SDCC ’17: Watch the first teaser for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

The science fiction genre these days is littered with remakes, reboots, sequels and genre hybrids, and so rarely does something that feels fresh come to the forefront. Not to say that the sci-fi genre has been failing, necessarily, but it…