Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson is a film journalist for Variety and the Guardian and the host of the podcast Unspooled. Her first book, Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor, was published by Cahiers du Cinéma.

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The Best Movie Moments of 2018, in Haiku

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Jan 05, 2019 9:00 AM
Like Queen Anne, The Favourite Is a Glorious, Puke-Stained Mess

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Jan 03, 2019 2:30 PM
Sure, A Quiet Place and Hereditary Were Good, but the New Halloween Scared and Delighted Me Even More

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Jan 02, 2019 2:00 PM
Sorry to Bother You Had the Best—and Most Painful—Jokes of the Year

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Jan 01, 2019 10:00 AM
Maybe We Should All Be Movie Stars

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Jan 07, 2018 8:00 AM
The Best Special Effect of 2017 Was Natural Aging

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Jan 05, 2018 1:12 PM
The Florida Project Director Sean Baker Is a Magician With Untrained Actors

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Jan 04, 2018 5:11 PM
All the Old Rules About Movie Stardom Are Broken

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Jan 03, 2018 1:59 PM
My Favorite Moviegoing Day of 2016 Consisted of Eight Hours Watching the Same Movie

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Jan 06, 2017 7:47 AM
I’ll Come Out and Say It: I’m Over Chris Pratt

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Jan 05, 2017 5:55 AM
Let Us Now Raise a Glass to the Finest Cinematic Trash of 2016

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Jan 03, 2017 4:17 PM
The Rise of Docbusters, Which Turn Tragedies Into Adventures Starring Mark Wahlberg

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Jan 02, 2017 11:00 AM
Anomalisa Is a Masterpiece, and All That’s at Stake Is a Single Human Soul

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Jan 07, 2016 2:42 PM
The German Thriller Victoria Should’ve Been the New Run Lola Run, but Nobody Saw It

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Jan 06, 2016 1:00 PM
I Rolled My Eyes So Hard at The Revenant

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Jan 05, 2016 12:30 PM
Spy, Jem and the Holograms, and Other Movies Snobs Dismiss Out of Hand

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Jan 04, 2016 8:17 AM
How Does American Sniper Deal With Chris Kyle’s Lies? It Ignores Them.

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Jan 09, 2015 7:37 AM
OK, Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow Was Great, but Time to Remind Us You Can Really Act

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Jan 07, 2015 6:19 PM
Why I’m Just About the Only Critic Who Found Boyhood Less than Fascinating

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Jan 06, 2015 1:24 PM
I’m Going on the Record Predicting Future Oscars for Zac Efron

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Jan 05, 2015 11:17 AM