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.

TV Review: Teen Wolf (5×14) “The Sword and the Spirit”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Teen Wolf. Catch up on previous coverage here. With Malia and Lydia both having storylines this week that take more of a center stage focus, beyond being happy about this it also made…

TV Review: The Flash (2×11) “The Reverse-Flash Returns”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of The Flash. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. I, I’m sure like many others, ended last weeks episode of The Flash with what must have been a visible question mark hanging over…

Movie Review: Naz & Maalik

Jumping aboard Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise train of film-making, featuring lots of walking and talking romance and breezy aesthetics with an edge, Naz  & Maalik is a confident first full length feature film from director Jay Dockendorf. The success of the picture ebbs here and there…

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×13) ”The Cruise”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. While there were some naysayers of last week’s episode “9 Days” which I found hilarious, the show has had remarkable string…

TV Review: Shameless (6×03) “The F Word”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Shameless. Catch up on previous coverage here. Shameless by its very nature is and always will be a show about a family of screw ups doing their very best to live with the…

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT new trailer debuts

Say what you want about the YA franchises that are slowly burning out but there is something oddly watchable about them, good and bad. For some inexplicable reason, I’ve found myself wrapped up in the Divergent Series and all the…

Movie Review: 400 Days

There is rarely a moment when 400 Days isn’t a structural mess. There are hints of “what could have beens” early in the films process but they’re soon demolished when the midway point strikes. Four astronauts are put into a…