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: Teen Wolf Season 3 Premiere – “Tattoo”

Our favorite crooked-jawed teenage wolf is back and is howling louder than ever. After a season of demonic grandparents, a boy lizard who really needed a hug, Allison shooting Boyd full of arrows and Colton Haynes eye-bulging over-acting it’s hard…

Summer TV: 10 Shows You Should Be Watching

Summer isn’t typically the season you’d think of when wanting to discover new television. For those adventurous and optimistic folks, summer is for relaxation, tans, friends, mixed drinks and my personal favorite, the beach. It’s also a time to catch…

Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Interview: Filmmakers of Documentary Teenage

At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival I was lucky enough to speak with the creators of the documentary Teenage, director Matt Wolf, the groundbreaking punk author Jon Savage, and producer Jason Schwartzman. The film documents how the concept of the…

Tribeca Film Festival 2013: ‘Sunlight Jr.’ Review

When used correctly, misery can be a refreshing and cathartic tool in cinema (think of Bicycle Thieves, Bright Star, or Grave of Fireflies); it can be an excuse for pent up emotions to be released by means of an art…

Allyson’s Movie Review: Iron Man 3

There’s a spark in Iron Man 3 that has been absent in the previous two- the magic of this third installment is its ability to culminate every bit and piece that made Marvel’s predecessors so infectiously watchable and exciting, yet…

Tribeca Film Festival 2013: ‘Run and Jump’ Cast & Director Interviews

At this year’s annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York, I was granted the opportunity to cover the red carpet of the new film Run and Jump. The story tells the tale of an Irish housewife Venetia, who must deal…