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.

Tribeca ’14 Review: Glass Chin

Directed by Noah Buschel and starring a star in the making Corey Stoll, Glass Chin is unsettling, minimalist, fascinating and difficult to decipher. The story focuses on the character Bud, played by Stoll, who when at the top of his…

Tribeca ’14 Review: Alex of Venice

Chris Messina has been a lynchpin actor in the independent movie scene for years now-Ruby Sparks, Ira and Abby, 28 Hotel Rooms, Away We Go. He’s had parts in big name films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Julie & Julia…

TV Review: Fargo (1×01) “The Crocodile’s Dilemma”

Full discretion time: I have yet to actually sit down and watch the movie Fargo. It’s always been one of the movies that remains on my “Must Watch” list but is one of the lone survivors that never gets deleted.…

‘Under the Skin’ Movie Passes Giveaway in Boston

The studio A24 has another critically acclaimed film on their hands in the Scarlett Johansson lead Under the Skin. With an eerie stylistic flare, some haunting storytelling and images that will undoubtedly stick with you for days after, it’s one of…

Movie Review: Cuban Fury

I laughed quite a lot during the Nick Frost lead Cuban Fury but in between the laughter was a somewhat meandering storyline, trying to be more than they needed to be. Frost plays Bruce an everyday, simple man who has…

Jupiter Ascending Official Trailer #2 Release

Well, you can never say that The Wachowski siblings do anything half-assed. The second trailer for their upcoming intergalactic, action packed, thriller, romance movie Jupiter Ascending has hit the web and it’s nothing short of mind bending. I’ve read the synopsis, I’ve…

TV Review: Teen Wolf “The Divine Move” (3×24)

Well, here we are. Season three of Teen Wolf aired it’s finale and it was likely the best finale the show’s done to date, managing to wrap up storylines, open up new possibilities for the upcoming fourth season (which we…