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...Atlantic again, this time solo. Amelia has a lot going for it a in the past Nair has made some fine films about human bonds and strong women, while Swank has won two Oscars by playing doomed rangy tomboys. She wears the flying jackets well...

In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic, Hilary Swank, Cherry Jones, and Film Review

...tricks and irony. Amelia (PG) -- Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank tries for a third with this glossy, award-baiting biopic of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly solo around the world. Co-starring Richard Gere...

In this article: Ken Ober, Remote Control, Barack Obama, Amelia Earhart, Mogadishu, and Somalia

...and Demi Moore at their opening night event. Bagging the two-time Oscar winner Swank was particularly cunning, given the announcement that Amelia would have its international premier in Doha. That Swank chose to grace MEIFF, where she did...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Martin Scorsese, Amelia, Mira Nair, Robert De Niro, Doha, Oscar, TriBeCa, and IM Pei

...she claims, or is something else going on there? Hilary's an interesting case. She raked in kudos and Oscars galore, and then her career got just plain weird. See Amelia, if you don't believe me. And before that, she divorced her longtime...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristen Stewart, Oscars, Vanity Fair, Amelia, and Johnny Depp

...photo bit is a little scary ... but it's amazing." "I have to say it's something very surreal," noted Swank, the two-time Oscar winner who won the Hollywood Actress Award for Amelia. "But to have your work recognized? At the end of it all...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, Hilary Swank, Oscar, Hollywood, Inglourious Basterds, An Education, Amelia, Christoph Waltz, and Brad Pitt

...screwed up in cucumber-cool determination at the throttle, the film starts to feel like little more than a vehicle for advancing the two-time Oscar-winning actress's award-season chances. In the end, the biggest mystery isn't what happened...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, The Namesake, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Mira Nair, Fred Noonan, George Putnam, Atlantic Ocean, Amelia, and Oscar