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 first trailer for A United Kingdom is here and it’s stunning

  Is this going to the film that provides justice for David Oyelowo losing out on an Oscar nomination for his towering performance in Selma? One can only hope as he manages to impress and inspire in the trailer alone for…

Watch the heartbreaking trailer for Audrie & Daisy

Pardon me as I breathe fire over the sentence “girls have as just as much culpability as boys” uttered by some urchin in this trailer because THAT kind of victim blaming is one of the many, many reasons that documentaries such…

From the Record Crate: Boys Like Girls – “Boys Like Girls” (2006)

There was a time in the mid to late 2000’s where the “emo” scene was the place to be for music lovers, tweens and teens almost exclusively. Bands such as Panic! At the Disco, Fall out Boy, My Chemical Romance…

You’re the Worst is back with official trailer for season 3

After the devastatingly honest look at depression, relationships and all that falls in between in season two of You’re the Worst, the critically acclaimed series has an even tougher hurdle to clear in terms of matching its own quality. They’ve set that…

Movie Review: Hell or High Water

Dust billows in waves in David Mackenzie’s newest scorcher Hell or High Water a film that manages to captivate the second the first frame pops into frame. Equal parts heist thriller and meditations on life and what it means to…

Green Day Release New Single “Bang Bang”

Did you hear that rumbling Green Day fans? That’s the sound of the excitement at what might be the first real promising song the band has released since 2004’s all timer, American Idiot. Yes, yes, “21 Guns” was a rather fun…

Music Review: Suicide Squad The Album

Well. This was a thing and I, for whatever reason, thought it was something I’d enjoy covering. Needless to say, I did not. I can say without question, that it is my least favorite pop culture, media escapade I’ve had…