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Amanda Seyfried to Receive Desert Palm Achievement Award from the Palm Springs International Film Awards
Here is the press release from the Palm Springs International Film Awards, announcing that Amanda Seyfried will be getting the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her performance in The Testament of Ann Lee. Take a look: The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Amanda Seyfried is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her performance in The […] More
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Official Teaser Released for ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
This morning, Searchlight Pictures has debuted the teaser trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee, starring Amanda Seyfried in the title role. Co-written and directed by Mona Fastvold, the film follows the leader of the Shakers, featuring original music by Daniel Blumberg. After having acquired the movie out of the Toronto International Film Festival, Searchlight […] More
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Searchlight Pictures Picks Up ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ with an Eye Towards a 2025 Release
One of the biggest movies still looking for distribution after playing at various film festivals is The Testament of Ann Lee. Starring Amanda Seyfried, the movie has gotten solid reviews, with Seyfried especially drawing strong notices. Well, a distributor has stepped up to acquire it, with some very aggressive release plans, to boot. According to […] More
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TIFF Review: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ is a Bold and Unconventional Musical from Mona Fastvold
Mona Fastvold crafts one of the year’s boldest musicals in The Testament of Ann Lee, with Amanda Seyfried giving a career-best performance. More
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Film Review: ‘I Don’t Understand You’ is a Very Dark Comedy That Nearly Gets Too Mean
With any dark comedy, you want the film to have bite, for sure, but you also don’t want it to ever get too mean. When a movie is mean-spirited, it stops being fun. I bring this up because I Don’t Understand You is an example of a flick that very nearly commits this sin. It […] More
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TIFF Announces the World Premiere of ‘Seven Veils’ from Atom Egoyan at the 48th Edition of the Festival
TIFF has another premiere to let us know about. Yes, the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will now be the home for the world premiere of Atom Egoyan‘s Seven Veils. Amanda Seyfried stars. It joins Next Goal Wins and Les Indésirables as festival premieres. More can be seen below. Here is the […] More
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Before the Gold: Best Supporting Actress
This month, we’re taking a look at this year’s Oscar nominees and digging into their past work to find hidden gems that you may have overlooked, or specific credits that may have influenced their Oscar-nominated work this year. This year’s Best Supporting Actress category looked to be in a constant state of flux for most […] More
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Amanda Seyfried to Star in Hulu Limited Series ‘The Dropout’
Amanda Seyfried is heading back to television for her first major series role since Big Love. The newly-minted Oscar nominee has been brought on board at Hulu to replace Kate McKinnon to star as Elizabeth Holmes in the limited series The Dropout. We got a little tease of this announcement last month during our interview with Seyfried, where she spoke with Joey […] More
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Interview: Amanda Seyfried Talks ‘Mank’ and Being a Good Person
Amanda Seyfried is far more than just one of the Mean Girls. Now, to be sure, she’s phenomenal in that film, but it does a disservice to Seyfried to ignore her other roles. Especially now, she’s finally getting some deserved raves for her work in Mank. Already nominated for a Golden Globe, an Academy Award […] More
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Film Review: David Fincher’s Perfectionism Makes ‘Mank’ a True Technical Achievement
Bringing the craftsmanship of David Fincher to Old Hollywood is a match made in cinematic heaven. While Fincher is thought of as a cutting-edge filmmaker (and he is), a number of his movies have been set in the past. With Mank, this is not just one of his most overt period pieces, it’s a wild […] More
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‘Mank’ Reactions Suggest a Big Awards Player
Despite everything that’s going on, there is still an Oscar season, and, even though the awards ceremony has been pushed back to April and the Academy has extended the eligibility window to February 28, the general consensus is the majority of movies that will be competing for the Oscars have already been released or have […] More
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First Look at David Fincher’s Upcoming Netflix Drama, ‘Mank’
It finally arrived. The moment we’ve all been waiting for! The first images just dropped of David Fincher’s upcoming Netflix drama, Mank. Mank follows screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941). Since the beginning of 2020, Mank has been considered the frontrunner for Best Picture for the 93rd Academy Awards. So […] More
