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.

Allyson’s Movie Review: 12 Years A Slave

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave without fail is definitively a landmark film. This film paints a portrait of human depravity and the evil that can consume individuals, how that evil manifests itself throughout the years, the overwhelming compassion that…

Allyson’s Movie Review: Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips follows the narrative of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film focuses on the Alabama’s…

TV Review: The Legend of Korra- “Civil Wars Part One”

Entitled “Civil Wars Part One” the episode more than makes up for its name, managing to weave actual narratives of potential war torn tribes and the tensions between families. We spend the most time with Korra who’s torn between the…

Evan and Ally’s Top 5 Films of the Summer

Considering the weather is currently going through an identity crisis and summer technically doesn’t end until September 21st, we thought why not squeeze out one last Best of Summer List. We’ve grown annoyed with all the chatter of how awful…

TV Review: The Legend of Korra – “Rebel Spirit” & “The Southern Lights”

To the fans’ enthusiasm, season two of The Legend of Korra has arrived and rather than rest on its laurels and fan approval, it instead bursts out of the gateway with a bang, thrusting us full throttle into the adventure…

Interview: Getaway’s Stunt Coordinator Charlie Picerni

Opening this Labor Day weekend is the thrilling and action packed film Getaway starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez. Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker, the film revolves around a retired race-car driver,…

TV Review: Teen Wolf 3×12 “Lunar Ellipse”

It was sort of a mess, wasn’t it? Like all good-intentioned Teen Wolf season finales, this one fell into the same rushed, poorly-paced rut that the last season did, but shining with a few gem moments as well. Like the…