Amy Nicholson
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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‘Encounter’ Review: Riz Ahmed Is Unnerving in This Small Scale Disaster Movie
Michael Pearce's invasion flick is a handy antidote to the sillier brand of popcorn entertainment that has long dominated the genre. → Read More
Midsommar director Ari Aster: 'I often cling to dead things'
His wickedly hilarious films are the stuff of nightmares but the man behind the gory Hereditary has his own terrors to conquer → Read More
Jonah Hill: ‘I am serious. If I deny that I’ll go crazy’
Jonah Hill’s ability to switch from fast-talking clown to serious commentator has made him an unusual member of the Hollywood in-crowd. But then the actor turned director has always been a game changer → Read More
Highly relatable: Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges on their family affair
She’s Hollywood royalty – he’s a rapidly rising star. In Ben Is Back, they play mother and drug-addicted son – and here talk Pretty Woman, Meghan Markle and sexual fluidity → Read More
Brigitte Nielsen on giving birth at 54: ‘I was trying until there were no embryos left’
The model and actor talks about her films, marriage to Sylvester Stallone, the devastation of failed IVF, and the benefits of being a mother later in life → Read More
Magnolia to The Matrix: was 1999 the greatest year in modern cinema?
It was the year that brought us a feast of multiplex and arthouse pleasures and two decades on, its impact can still be felt in Hollywood → Read More
Life's better with Retta: How TV's 'treat yo self' queen conquered comedy
She turned a bit-part on the sitcom Parks and Recreation into TV stardom – all part of a plan she cooked up while working as a chemist → Read More
The Best Movie Moments of 2018, in Haiku
Let us celebrate these delicious morsels from the year in movies in a manner that befits their bite-size joys. → Read More
Karyn Kusama has been through ‘dark times’ in Hollywood. But her movies are even darker.
Her new film, “Destroyer,” stars a nearly unrecognizable Nicole Kidman as a cop reckoning with her past. → Read More
Like Queen Anne, The Favourite Is a Glorious, Puke-Stained Mess
A riotous satire that also asks: How best are we to be loved? → Read More
Sure, A Quiet Place and Hereditary Were Good, but the New Halloween Scared and Delighted Me Even More
I am not scared of ghosts, demons, or CG creatures with six rungs of teeth. I am scared of people. → Read More
Sorry to Bother You Had the Best—and Most Painful—Jokes of the Year
Sorry to Bother You felt like a roast of capitalism at Cesar Chavez’s funeral. → Read More
Working Girl at 30: the workplace comedy that changed the game
The 1988 tale of a Staten Island woman making waves in the big city was a major hit and scored six Oscar nods, but how do its sexual politics hold up? → Read More
JK Simmons: 'I still get emotional – how could the universe be so unfair?'
As Hollywood’s go-to character actor for kindly dads and stoic cops, Simmons was used to being overlooked for the big roles. But since winning an Oscar, he finally gets to play the lead – twice → Read More
Wanda Sykes on why she had to quit Roseanne – but still has empathy for its star
When Roseanne Barr wrote a racist tweet, the comedian walked off the show – and 90 minutes later it was cancelled. She talks about the furore, coming out and being booed by Trump fans → Read More
Willem Dafoe: 'With success comes certain things that corrupt you'
The 63-year-old actor talks about playing Vincent Van Gogh in Oscar-tipped biopic At Eternity’s Gate and how he’s juggled art and commerce in his career → Read More
Bird Box review – Sandra Bullock's Netflix thriller is a bird-brained mess
Despite some tense moments, this apocalyptic shocker is a disappointingly clunky waste of a star-studded cast → Read More
‘I didn’t want to be a Hollywood actor’: Julian Sands on controversy, fear and his best friend, John Malkovich
The actor has spent his career seeking out the weirdest roles possible. And his new portrayal of Tarzan is no exception – perhaps because Malkovich is playing Cheeta … → Read More
The Good Place actor Kristen Bell: ‘I couldn’t be Stepford if I tried’
She’s made philosophy fun in The Good Place, has a model marriage and still finds time for charity work. No wonder Kristen Bell struggles to keep it all together → Read More
Hilary Swank on grit, love, trans rights – and her three-year screen break
As she returns to acting, the double Oscar-winner talks about her love of ‘people who persevere’, the legacy of her role in Boys Don’t Cry, and why she grew up feeling like an outsider → Read More