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: The Legend of Korra (4×02) – “Korra Alone”

Like all great redemption stories, Korra – our titular hero – needs to reach her lowest point before reclaiming her position of power and confidence. People love a good comeback, and for the way the season has been starting out,…

New Banners and Posters for ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’

    A new poster and a handful of character banners have been released for the highly anticipated The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and I must admit, they’ve got little old, cynical me excited. The synopsis and the artwork…

Ally’s Movie Review: Lilting

There’s a poetically unstable atmosphere surrounding the film Lilting; it’s a feeling that at any moment the worlds of our two leads could come crumbling down around them, bit by bit. Set in London, it’s a story about a Cambodian-Chinese…

Ally’s Movie Review: The Judge

The Judge is not a film that has sat easily with me, likely due to just how excited I was when the first trailer dropped. Robert Downey Jr. is one of my personal favorite actors, and despite just how wonderful…

TV Review: Gracepoint (1×02) – “Episode Two”

This week’s episode of Gracepoint is about everything that falls between the cracks; the moments that mean so little when there’s nothing at stake but then mean everything when you’re facing tragedy. An empty swing set, children’s cereal, an empty…

Boston Giveaway: Enter to Win Birdman Prize Pack

  I don’t know about you, but Birdman: or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is easily my most anticipated film of the year. The eccentricity and liveliness of the trailer caught my attention immediately and now, if you’re…

TV Review: The Flash (1×01) – “City of Heroes”

“To understand what I’m about to tell you, you need to do something first: you need to believe in the impossible.” I’ve wanted to see the DC character The Flash get his own live action interpretation for a long while…