1. Amy Nicholson is an American film critic for the Los Angeles Times.
12 Facts About Amy Nicholson
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Amy Nicholson has reviewed films for several publications, including LA Weekly, The New York Times, Variety, and The Washington Post.
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Amy Nicholson enrolled into the University of Southern California, and graduated with a Masters in Professional Writing in 2008.
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In July 2013, Amy Nicholson was hired as a full-time film critic for LA Weekly, a position she considered her dream job.
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Amy Nicholson's reviews were featured in both the print and online editions, as well as eleven publications owned by Voice Media Group.
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Amy Nicholson won the Best Critic Award in Broadcast or Print for her submitted reviews of American Sniper and Fifty Shades of Grey and Focus.
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In January 2016, Amy Nicholson left LA Weekly and became the chief film critic for MTV News.
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In November 2024, Amy Nicholson was hired as the film critic for the Los Angeles Times.
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Amy Nicholson was a member of the international jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival that took place in February 2025.
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In 2014, Amy Nicholson published her first book, Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor.
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In 2014, Amy Nicholson began hosting the podcast series The Canon on Earwolf, alongside Devin Faraci.
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Scheer defended the film's artistic merits, in which Amy Nicholson thoroughly enjoyed the conversation that she invited Scheer back to discuss The Room later that year.