The fall movie season is well underway this first weekend of October, as several major releases make their long-awaited public debuts. This is a time to be excited, my little flickophiles — from now to Christmas, there’ll be more good films being released than in the rest of the year ...

We’ve seen plenty of spy thrillers and countless stoner comedies, but have we ever seen a stoner spy movie? That’s the conceit of the new film American Ultra anyway, and it’s a mish-mash that takes the best qualities of each genre and becomes something new that’s actually really fun. A ...

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, ...