Hilary Swank Articles

Now that Steve McQueen's Shame has received an NC-17 rating from the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), some are concerned that the film's two leads, Michael Fassbender (right) and Carey Mulligan, may be penalized by the generally conservative membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscar history, however, shows otherwise. An X rating — the pre-1990 equivalent to [...]

Hilary Swank, Josh Hartnett in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia THE BLACK DAHLIA Review Part I Now, if Brian De Palma had set out to destroy Josh Hartnett's career as a leading man, he couldn't have done a better job. As the film's boxing-cop hero, the handsome and likable Hartnett is both badly lit and badly handled. Not surprisingly, the actor displays none of [...]

THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006) Direction: Brian De Palma Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler Screenplay: Josh Friedman; from James Ellroy's novel Oscar Movies Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, The Black Dahlia THE BIG SNOOZE Stylized without being stylish, intricate without being intriguing, heavy without being dramatic. That pretty much sums up director Brian De Palma [...]

Scarlett Johansson in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia THE BLACK DAHLIA Review Part II 1940s Los Angeles: Two police officers, both former boxers, get ready to knock their brains out so the Los Angeles Police Department can get a little positive publicity. Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), known as Mr. Ice for his supposedly cool demeanor, has made a deal with gamblers to throw the [...]