The Affair of the Necklace News

Hilary Swank in her new role in Amelia . Photo: Ken Woroner November 8, 2009 In her latest role as Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank again shows her skill at playing strong, courageous women, writes Gaynor Flynn.

This 2001 film centred on one of history's wildest scandals. So how did they manage to make it so dull? Under cover of night a Hilary Swank as Jeanne in The Affair of the Necklace Director: Charles Shyer Entertainment grade: D History grade: C+ The Affair of the Necklace Production year: 2001 Country: USA Cert : 12 Runtime: 117 mins Directors: ...

Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put much on the line in their film biography "Amelia." Swank and Nair play it safe to the point of benumbing this woman's life, leaving Earhart as remote and muted as she is in the black-and-white photos and news footage of ...

Boston Herald Film Critic AMELIA: B+ I f not exactly an epic of adventure and romance, the Hilary Swank vehicle "Amelia" - or "Boys Don't Fly," as no doubt many will call it - is nonetheless a sweet film about adventure and romance.

In this film publicity image released by Fox Searchlight, Hilary Swank, left, and Richard Gere are shown in a scene from, "Amelia." LOS ANGELES - Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put much on the line in their film biography "Amelia." Swank and Nair play it ...

A screenwriter, director and producer who has had his hand in many film comedies from the late 1970s, Shyer has frequently teamed with his wife Nancy Meyers and screenwriter Alan Mandel.

Attenborough will direct Rory Kinnear , Anna Maxwell Martin and Ben Miles in William Shakespearea s Measure for Measure , which runs at the Almeida Theatre from February 18 to April 10, 2010.