Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

"Amelia"

Hilary Swank puts in her bid for a third Oscar by playing real-life aviation icon Amelia Earhart, who famously vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. Ewan McGregor and Richard Gere co-star in director Mira Nair's lavish biopic. 1 hr. 51 mins.

-Ethan Alter is a New York-based film critic and journalist. He can be reached at nycfilmcritic@gmail.com.