Amy Nicholson is the film critic of the Los Angeles Times. She is a current on-air voice at LAist and KCRW, and a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. and the National Society of Film Critics. Her book “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor†was printed by Cahiers du Cinema/Phaidon Press, and her second, “Extra Girls,†will be published by Simon & Schuster. Nicholson also co-hosts the movie podcast “Unspooled.â€
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