Amy Nicholson
@theamynicholson.bsky.social
Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
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just saying, if you want a horny, pervy movie about a swoony romantic in love with a cruel but devastatingly hot man … Pillion is in theaters now
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
just saying, if you want a horny, pervy movie about a swoony romantic in love with a cruel but devastatingly hot man … Pillion is in theaters now
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This video is a stunning facsimile of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt starring in a piece of shit.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This video is a stunning facsimile of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt starring in a piece of shit.
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONT DIE opens like an AI merged THE TERMINATOR and GROUNDHOG DAY.
But this funny, savage and surprising anti-tech comedy is so intricate and angry — so shamelessly ambitious — you can’t believe today’s Hollywood put up the cash to get it made
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
But this funny, savage and surprising anti-tech comedy is so intricate and angry — so shamelessly ambitious — you can’t believe today’s Hollywood put up the cash to get it made
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: We're all doomed but a sly sci-fi satire, 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die,' offers parting words
Director Gore Verbinski puts an inspired script by Matthew Robinson through its paces as a crazy prophet comes to a diner in search of disciples to help him save the world.
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONT DIE opens like an AI merged THE TERMINATOR and GROUNDHOG DAY.
But this funny, savage and surprising anti-tech comedy is so intricate and angry — so shamelessly ambitious — you can’t believe today’s Hollywood put up the cash to get it made
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
But this funny, savage and surprising anti-tech comedy is so intricate and angry — so shamelessly ambitious — you can’t believe today’s Hollywood put up the cash to get it made
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I spoke to Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi about adapting ‘Wuthering Heights’ and their desire to make the viewer feel something for @latimes.com
With her 'own version' of 'Wuthering Heights,' Emerald Fennell gives us 'permission to go too far'
We sat down with Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie and a British director known for taking chances to discuss an Emily Brontë adaptation unlike any attempted before.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I spoke to Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi about adapting ‘Wuthering Heights’ and their desire to make the viewer feel something for @latimes.com
Turn-ons of Emerald Fennell’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS include raw eggs, rainstorms, dog collars, horse bridles, paper mushrooms and aspic-smothered fish — a caricature of lust that befits this unconvincingly erotic adaptation of a Victorian-era novel written by a virgin.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: 'Wuthering Heights' is a bold, filthy fantasy — but these moors need more erotic heat
Emerald Fennell, the provocateur of 'Saltburn' and 'Promising Young Woman,' struggles to burn down the screen even with Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and a tinderbox of kinks.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Turn-ons of Emerald Fennell’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS include raw eggs, rainstorms, dog collars, horse bridles, paper mushrooms and aspic-smothered fish — a caricature of lust that befits this unconvincingly erotic adaptation of a Victorian-era novel written by a virgin.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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with respect to every other outlet, no one has done a better job at covering the cultural impact of Bad Bunny before AND after his Super Bowl performance better than @latimes.com De los section. Here’s a thread, starting with this thoughtful essay on Ricky Martin
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
Essay: Ricky Martin's Super Bowl performance was an act of justice for the 1990s
Though it lasted only 30 seconds, Martin's Super Bowl moment was a symbolic demonstration of how far Latin music has come in the United States.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
with respect to every other outlet, no one has done a better job at covering the cultural impact of Bad Bunny before AND after his Super Bowl performance better than @latimes.com De los section. Here’s a thread, starting with this thoughtful essay on Ricky Martin
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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I doubt this has happened before: 11 of this weekend's top 15 movies were made independently, inc. 4 of the top 5. There is nothing holding down overall grosses and attendance more than the fact that studios have forgotten how to do what they used to do, which is to fill the pipeline with movies.
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I doubt this has happened before: 11 of this weekend's top 15 movies were made independently, inc. 4 of the top 5. There is nothing holding down overall grosses and attendance more than the fact that studios have forgotten how to do what they used to do, which is to fill the pipeline with movies.
The Knicks got Jose Alvarado?! Love that guy, always low-key hoped he'd become a Laker.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8M...
Jose 'Grand Theft' Alvarado sneaky steals | New Orleans Pelicans
YouTube video by New Orleans Pelicans
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February 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The Knicks got Jose Alvarado?! Love that guy, always low-key hoped he'd become a Laker.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8M...
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Our @theamynicholson.bsky.social called PILLION one of her favorites out of Cannes and she expands on that reaction here: "Free yourself to see it and you’ll discover it’s a universal romance." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Kinky 'Pillion' captures the thrill of attachment — even if BDSM is not your thing
"Harry Potter" alum Harry Melling gets into some hairy situations as a submissive enthralled by Alexander Skarsgård's gruff biker daddy.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Our @theamynicholson.bsky.social called PILLION one of her favorites out of Cannes and she expands on that reaction here: "Free yourself to see it and you’ll discover it’s a universal romance." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Enjoying SIRĀT as well, @theamynicholson.bsky.social calls it "punkish, prankish and strangely existential…seeing it blank would be best, but it’s my job to poke you to go." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Enjoy the sharp twists in the techno-thumping, Cannes-winning road thriller 'Sirāt'
The pleasures and agonies of Oliver Laxe’s spellbinding Cannes winner 'Sirāt' kick off at a sandy Moroccan rave where a dad and his son search for a lost girl.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Enjoying SIRĀT as well, @theamynicholson.bsky.social calls it "punkish, prankish and strangely existential…seeing it blank would be best, but it’s my job to poke you to go." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Privately we've come to call Thailand's A USEFUL GHOST the "haunted vacuum cleaner movie" but @theamynicholson.bsky.social sees a "satire that’s 'Brazil' by way of Bangkok" — a "snaky, surprising fable." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Plug into 'A Useful Ghost,' a quirky, deep Cannes winner about a possessed vacuum
Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke positions himself to be the next Yorgos Lanthimos with this smart and funny Cannes Grand Prix winner about haunted appliances.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Privately we've come to call Thailand's A USEFUL GHOST the "haunted vacuum cleaner movie" but @theamynicholson.bsky.social sees a "satire that’s 'Brazil' by way of Bangkok" — a "snaky, surprising fable." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
This is the perfect time to revisit BRAAAAZILLLL
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is the perfect time to revisit BRAAAAZILLLL
Perhaps you’d like to be taken to dinner first before licking Alexander Skarsgård's boots in an alley, but PILLION is about his submissive's needs — specifically his need to please — and we're challenged to root for his bliss.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Kinky 'Pillion' captures the thrill of attachment — even if BDSM is not your thing
"Harry Potter" alum Harry Melling gets into some hairy situations as a submissive enthralled by Alexander Skarsgård's gruff biker daddy.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Perhaps you’d like to be taken to dinner first before licking Alexander Skarsgård's boots in an alley, but PILLION is about his submissive's needs — specifically his need to please — and we're challenged to root for his bliss.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
I love this movie
Plug into 'A Useful Ghost,' a quirky, deep Cannes winner about a possessed vacuum
Review: Plug into 'A Useful Ghost,' a quirky, deep Cannes winner about a possessed vacuum
Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke positions himself to be the next Yorgos Lanthimos with this smart and funny Cannes Grand Prix winner about haunted appliances.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I love this movie
Love the Highland. Named it one of LA's best movie theaters for some of the same reasons that Kristen Stewart is bringing it back -- a cheap, chill hang-out spot, or as she says, "an antidote to all the corporate bullshit."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Love the Highland. Named it one of LA's best movie theaters for some of the same reasons that Kristen Stewart is bringing it back -- a cheap, chill hang-out spot, or as she says, "an antidote to all the corporate bullshit."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Alexander Skarsgård calls his latest a 'kinky gay biker rom-com.' It's also the love story of the season
Alexander Skarsgård calls his latest a 'kinky gay biker rom-com.' It's also the love story of the season
Part of an on-screen dynasty that includes his father Stellan Skarsgård, the "True Blood" and "Big Little Lies" breakout is approaching recent choices with care.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Alexander Skarsgård calls his latest a 'kinky gay biker rom-com.' It's also the love story of the season
I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?
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We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
Why don't we get to vote on sharing the road with robots?
A Waymo tried to back me into a parked car on Saturday. We were on a narrow, hilly Silverlake street -- super stressful knowing you can't communicate with an inhuman driver.
Another did the exact same thing to a friend days before.
A Waymo tried to back me into a parked car on Saturday. We were on a narrow, hilly Silverlake street -- super stressful knowing you can't communicate with an inhuman driver.
Another did the exact same thing to a friend days before.
Waymo Raises $16 Billion To Speed Up Its Global Robotaxi Push
Waymo Raises $16 Billion To Speed Up Its Global Robotaxi Push
The new round, the biggest in the Alphabet unit’s history, values the company at $126 billion — with much of it coming from its parent.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Why don't we get to vote on sharing the road with robots?
A Waymo tried to back me into a parked car on Saturday. We were on a narrow, hilly Silverlake street -- super stressful knowing you can't communicate with an inhuman driver.
Another did the exact same thing to a friend days before.
A Waymo tried to back me into a parked car on Saturday. We were on a narrow, hilly Silverlake street -- super stressful knowing you can't communicate with an inhuman driver.
Another did the exact same thing to a friend days before.
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This Spanish figure skater may get to skate his Minions program at the Olympics after all
This Spanish figure skater may get to skate his Minions program at the Olympics after all
Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté says Universal has given him permission to use its Minions-themed music at the Olympics. He had faced last-minute copyright issues.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This Spanish figure skater may get to skate his Minions program at the Olympics after all
I’m hesitant to call MELANIA propaganda because I can’t imagine anyone watching this movie and thinking that Melania Trump comes off well.
If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Made of car rides and cold silences, 'Melania' is so polished it slips out of the first lady's hands
Documentary director Brett Ratner chases the aloof first lady from SUVs to private planes in a profile loaded with B-roll but lacking an A-story.
www.latimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I’m hesitant to call MELANIA propaganda because I can’t imagine anyone watching this movie and thinking that Melania Trump comes off well.
If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I genuinely believe the most important thing that happened in film in 2025 was this Ryan Coogler PSA about the different ways to experience SINNERS in theaters. His enthusiasm and knowledge regarding aspect rations and formats were infectious, making the very act of seeing his movie seem thrilling.
January 31, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I genuinely believe the most important thing that happened in film in 2025 was this Ryan Coogler PSA about the different ways to experience SINNERS in theaters. His enthusiasm and knowledge regarding aspect rations and formats were infectious, making the very act of seeing his movie seem thrilling.