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.

Anna Axster “A Country Called Home” Interview

Anna Axster directed the Imogen Poots lead independent drama A Country Called Home. Seeped in melancholy with strong performances throughout, it’s a self-assured film for the director, this marking her first full length feature film. Take a look at some of the…

Movie Review: Zootopia

I didn’t quite know what to expect as I settled in for my screening of Disney’s Zootopia , directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, and that’s probably for the best because if I had known in advance how charming this little…

TV Review: Broad City (3×03) “Game Over”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Broad City. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. I don’t have many thoughts about this weeks episode of Broad City unfortunately if only because it both doesn’t stray from the series typical…

Movie Review: Only Yesterday

  Officially released in Japan in 1991 and finally getting it’s re-release 25 years later, Only Yesterday is a quiet and contemplative master class on character study in film. Having directed my favorite film of 2014, the soul crushing and…

Movie Review: Eddie the Eagle

Almost impossible to flat out dislike due to ti’s unabashed 80’s motif, Eddie the Eagle might not soar above the pantheon of underdog sports films, but works as a charming, inoffensive addition to the very long list of fun sports…

TV Review: Broad City (3×02) “Co-Op”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Broad City. To catch up on previous coverage, click here.   It’s amazing how simplistic the basic nature of any given Broad City storyline is. Episodic and very much living by their walk and…

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×17) ”Adrian Pimento”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. Jason Mantzoukas guest starts this week as a cop just having returned from being deep undercover in the mob for 12…