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.

First Trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse

By now you’ve all probably seen the trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, so let’s chat for a second about it. Was Rose Byrne’s character brought back solely for exposition purposes? Is Sansa Stark going to deliver a good American accent? Jury’s out, but…

First Trailer for The Legend of Tarzan Debuts

Apparently not content with the success of Cinderella alone, Hollywood is now reviving Tarzan, which, if anything else, had one of the best soundtracks of 1999. Being predictably rebooted, the new film stars Alexander Skarsgard as the titular Tarzan, and, more importantly and fittingly,…

SAG Award Nominations: Snubs and Surprises

Did you hear that? That was the official sound of the Oscar Race 2016 kicking off, and to the surprise of many after two years are relatively structured and predictable races, we seem to have ourselves a race very much…

TV Review: The Flash (2×09) “Running to Stand Still”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of The Flash. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. There was a lot for The Flash to live up to in their season two mid-season finale “Running to Stand Still” for two reasons.…

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×09) “The Swedes”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. When a comedy is funny not just on it’s big, broad moments, or it’s overall episode narrative, but in it’s little,…

Ally’s Movie Review: Mojave

Reuniting after Inside Llewyn Davis in William Monahan’s second feature film is Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac. Hedlund plays Thomas, a suicidal artist in the dregs of Hollywood who goes out into the desert. While there he comes across a lone homicidal…

TV Review: Please Like Me (3×08) “Amoxicillin”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Please Like Me.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. No one wants to be a Tom. Plenty people, at the end of the day, are Tom’s. Tom messes up…