Showcasing fantastic performances, a challenging narrative and visually arresting imagery, The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 continues to be essential viewing.
With two masterful scripts secured under his belt (Sicario, Hell or High Water), Taylor Sheridan's Wind River carried some lofty expectations heading into release, but boy does it deliver. The film represents his debut as a writer-director and perfectly captures the intense, location driven storytelling found in his previous work. It also features career best performances from both Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
Over the past decade, Jeremy Renner has somewhat quietly become one of the most trusted and dependable actors in Hollywood. In addition to his work in critically acclaimed films like The Hurt Locker and Arrival, you can also find him in countless big budget franchises from Mission: Impossible to Bourne to Avengers.
Bursting onto the scene in 2011 with her knockout performance in the indie thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, Elizabeth Olsen is best known to most for her work as Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actress, who has been steadily cast in films alongside industry heavyweights such as Robert De Niro, Josh Brolin and Oscar Isaac, takes her game to the next level in Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River, which hit theatres this week.
Jon Watts had only two feature films underneath his belt (Clown and Cop Car) before he was tapped by Marvel and Sony to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming, the wallcrawler's first solo outing since joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War. He was a bit of an unproven director then, but fans are now breathing easy as reviews are through the roof and Watts' name is set for a huge boost.
Coming off a career best performance as serial killer Ray Marcus in Nocturnal Animals, The Wall actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson has cemented himself as one of the industry’s top young talents. Still only 26 years old, the English actor has balanced blockbuster roles in Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron with versatile work in Joe Wright’s period romance Anna Karenina and Oliver Stone’s gritty crime drama Savages. No stranger to comic book films, the actor rose to stardom playing the titular hero Dave Lizewski in the Kick-Ass films.
Doug Liman seems to be one of the hottest directors in the game at the moment, with his name attached to numerous big projects like Justice League Dark and Chaos Walking (starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland). The filmmaker, who delivered beloved comedy Swingers in just his second try at the helm, most recently proved to fans that he can direct a great sci-fi outing, too, with Edge of Tomorrow aka Live Die Repeat, and thankfully, he's back in the director’s chair for the sequel.
