Olivia Williams

[6] You can’t say Kevin Costner doesn’t swing for the fences, even if the results aren’t always as celebrated as Dances with Wolves. In this three-hour post-apocalyptic epic, Costner both directs and stars as the title character, a nomad who assumes the identity of a deceased postal carrier. Why would he do that? Well, in post-apocalyptic America, there is no government, not much electricity, no …

[6] Carey Mulligan gives an outstanding performance in this adaptation of Lynn Barber’s memoir. Mulligan plays a sixteen-year-old in 1960s London, pushed by her father to study hard so she can get into Oxford. When she falls in love with a charming man nearly twice her age, she decides to let her education slide. But Prince Charming isn’t all he’s cracked up to be and …