Hilary Swank

DVD reviews: Amer, My Soul to Take, Season of the Witch, The Resident and more on DVD

Horror DVD round-up

24 Jun 2011

Time for another dastardly delve into the horror DVD pile. We’ll start on a highnote. Amer (Anchor Bay) is actually French but is a studied homage to Italian 70s gialo filmmaking, more concerned with sound, colour, style and mood than coherent…

The Resident – Film review

Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee star in the latest thriller from Hammer studio

16 Mar 2011

It’s certainly fantastic seeing the legend ‘Hammer Film Productions’ on the big screen again (especially when it’s followed by the name ‘Christopher Lee’) however this thriller goes more for the chills of The Nanny or Fear in the Night than the Draculas…

Conviction

Tony Goldwyn's drama features powerful performances but lacks grit, depth or gravity

23 Dec 2010

(15) 107min True life stories can make for compelling cinema experiences, but Conviction, a torn-from-the-headlines tale of a loving sister’s twenty-year struggle to clear her brother of a murder conviction, is far too plainly manipulative to…

Pilot girlfriend Hilary Swank

Celebrity Gossip

11 Apr 2010

Hilary Swank surprised her boyfriend by giving him a lift during one of her flight lessons. The actress - who recently portrayed aviator Amelia Earhart in 'Amelia' - took a detour during her training for her pilot's license, cancelled partner John…

Profile of Amelia director Mira Nair

13 Nov 2009

Name: Mira Nair Born: 15 October 1957, Bhubaneshwar (India) Background: After starting her career as an actress, Nair turned to directing award-winning documentaries, including So Far From India. She made her feature film debut in 1988 with the…

Hilary Swank's vital work-outs

Celebrity Gossip

7 Nov 2009

Hilary Swank exercises to see how far she can push her body. The 'Million Dollar Baby' star always makes time for her work-outs because she considers it as essential as eating or breathing. She said: "I love getting the opportunity to recognise…

Amelia

4 Nov 2009

Amelia (PG) 111min Mira Monsoon Wedding Nair’s biopic of of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart starring Hilary Swank as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Nair goes for a low-key approach to this extraordinary life, which…

Hilary Swank's nude dilemma

Celebrity Gossip

9 Oct 2009

Hilary Swank doesn't mind being naked in front of her boyfriend's son. The 'P.S. I Love You' actress has no qualms about flashing her flesh in front of partner John Campisi's child, but admits she might have to start wearing clothes soon. She told…

Hilary Swank's 'unexpected' romance

Celebrity Gossip

8 Sep 2009

Hilary Swank wasn't attracted to her boyfriend when she first met him. The Oscar-winning actress - who is dating her former agent, John Campisi - admits there was no initial "spark" between them because they were both dealing with…

Jennifer Aniston to star opposite Gerard Butler in Goree Girls

27 Nov 2008

Jennifer Aniston is said to be starring opposite Gerard Butler in Goree Girls, a prison movie she is producing. Aniston is said to have approached the Scottish actor after seeing him play opposite Hilary Swank in PS I Love You.

Hilary Swank's growth op

Celebrity Gossip

18 Sep 2008

Hilary Swank is "recovering" following a minor operation to remove a "small, benign growth". The 34-year-old actress visited hospital and was forced to undergo the procedure after experiencing some "discomfort", but is now back at home. Hilary's…

Hilary Swank's movie weight

Celebrity Gossip

4 Sep 2008

Hilary Swank is set to gain 30lbs for her next movie role. The actress - who lost a huge amount of weight to star in 2004 movie 'Million Dollar Baby', a role for which she won an Oscar - will pile on the pounds to appear in the movie adaptation of…

PS I Love You

4 Jan 2008

COMEDY/ROMANCE (12A) 126min As the well-connected daughter of the current Taoiseach, author Cecilia Ahern could surely have pulled a few strings to ensure her novel PS I Love You avoided the abhorrent adaptation offered here by…

The Reaping

(15) 96min

11 Apr 2007

HORROR What the hell is Hilary Swank playing at? This glossy, but in all other ways substandard supernatural chiller is the kind of by-the-numbers chick horror flick that Sandra Bullock churns out periodically, not what you’d expect a two-time Oscar…

Freedom Writers

(12A) 123min

28 Feb 2007

DRAMA A touching performance from Hilary Swank ensures that Freedom Writers is not just another tripe genre movie about a teacher coming into class room to save savages à la Dangerous Minds, Stand and Deliver and Lean on Me. Set in the aftermath of…

11:14 - DVD review

11:14

3 Jan 2007

DRAMA This clever cubist thriller examines a single moment in time from the varying perspectives of a dozen people for whom 11:14 pm proves to be a pivotal moment in their lives. Writer-director Greg Marcks’ inspired and assured feature debut begins…

The Black Dahlia

1 Sep 2006

The facts: on 15 January 1947, a 22-year-old fledgling East Coast actress called Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Short was discovered brutally murdered in downtown LA. The murder of the actress the press dubbed ‘the Black Dahlia’ (because of the black outfits she…