Happy New Year, friends! It has been quite a while since there’s been any activity on the site, and during the busiest time of the movie year at that. I’m sorry for the unexpected silence, but it should be smooth sailing from here on out. In any case, here we ...

American Sniper I'm torn on this one. My first instinct was to grade this slightly higher for what is a gripping, well-acted war movie that explores the toll relentless killing takes on a soldier. However, the politics of this thing make me uneasy. That the film offers an overly simplified, ...