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: How to Get Away with Murder (2×03) “It’s Called the Octopus”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “How to Get Away with Murder.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. How to Get Away with Murder has benefited greatly so far this season due two components: 1. Taking…

TV Review: You’re the Worst (2×05) “We Can Do Better Than This”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “You’re the Worst.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. When the last 20 seconds of an episode far exceeds the minutes leading up to it in terms of narrative…

Ally’s Movie Review: 99 Homes

99 Homes had one of the most viscerally upsetting moments in film that I’ve seen this year in a scene where humans are seen at their lowest and most selfish, and it’s one that speaks largely to the overall nature…

TV Review: The Flash (2×01) “The Man Who Saved Central City”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “The Flash.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. When we last left our heroes of Central City, the situation was a dire one. A black hole had been opened, Eddie…

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×02) “The Funeral”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. In some ways, “The Funeral” works better than last week’s premiere episode “New Captain”. Where the premiere had to overcome the…

Ally’s Movie Review: Coming Home

The first act of Zhang Yimou’s new film, Coming Home, is excellent. Set in the backdrop of Mao-communist China, there is an authentic and urgent tone to the narrative, as we meet Feng (Gong Li) and her daughter Dandan (Zhang…

TV Review: You’re the Worst (2×04) “All About That Paper”

For the majority of this week’s episode of You’re the Worst, everything happens with very little consequence, splitting up its core cast once again to play with the secondary characters. This includes a return of Janet Varney as Lindsay’s aggressive…