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: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×11) ”Hostage Situation”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. First things first: we’re back! I don’t know about you but Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a show a genuinely miss on a week to…

TV News: ‘The Get Down’ gets its first trailer

Baz Luhrmann is a bit of a mixed bag, and there’s a tendency to be in either the “love him” or “hate him” camps. I tend to veer towards the “love” side of things because even when I don’t love his…

TV Review: Teen Wolf (5×11) “The Last Chimera”

Listen, I’m attached to this show and not in an ironic, too cool for this type of way. I’m genuinely invested in (some) of the characters, I enjoy (most) episodes and overall, it’s a silly mindless show that allows me…

Trailer for Official U.S. Release of Only Yesterday

With The Tale of the Princess Kaguya being my favorite film of 2014 (one that continues to stun upon reflection) and the masterful production company Studio Ghibli having created some of the best, most emotionally stirring films of their medium, any news that…

Five Teen Wolf Characters We Need to Return

Who else is getting sick of the newbies? If you’ve been following my coverage of the show up until now, you’d know that my relationship with the Next Gen offspring is a tedious one, met with a lot eye rolls…

Five Things We Want to see in Teen Wolf Season 5B

Having a strange feeling of deja vu? Well, that’s because we’ve done this before. However, despite a promising start, the first half of season five fell victim to the show’s ongoing issues with storyline development, their abundance of villains who…

Movie Review: The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book is far from extraordinary, but it’s beautiful at times in its stillness. The film follows the character Alice as a young girl then later as an adult as she grapples with her identity and a damaging relationship from…