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 Film Canon: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

I was a late bloomer in the school of Hayao Miyazaki. All things Studio Ghibli evaded me until my second year of college, which was when I finally settled in to watch everything that I’d been missing and was instantly…

TV Review: How to Get Away with Murder (2×10) “What Happened to You, Annalise?”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “How to Get Away with Murder.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. While far from my favorite show on television, this series more than most sweeps me up into…

TV Review: Shameless (6×06) “NSFW”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Shameless. Catch up on previous coverage here. Despite a jarringly splintered episode it was also one that showcased some impeccably strong moments for each character along with one of the most disturbing scenes…

The Punisher is here in the season two trailer for Daredevil

Despite the very dark and dreary tone of the latest, full length trailer for Netflix’s season two of Daredevil, there are a number of reasons to be excited. Sure, we may have to finally come to terms with the red suit…

Movie Review: Tumbledown

Tumbledown is an exercise in trying to squash down the thoughts of “what could have been”. Failing itself by it’s need to over explain, with dialogue that reaches for it’s heavy hand too quickly, there’s a film underpart it’s own self-made…

Love & Cinema: Valentine’s Day Movie Watch List

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and unless you plan on going to see Deadpool for the romantic aspect (it’s there I swear), there’s not much in the way of romance in theaters. In tradition with years past and in no particular order, here…

TV Review: The Flash (2×13) “Welcome to Earth-2”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of The Flash. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. I feel that I’ve been dancing around this thought for the past couple weeks or so, not really wanting to admit it…