The Verge fall movie preview: from Snowden to Star Wars

If summer movie season is when thought and reason are jettisoned in favor of explosions and bombast, then fall is when Hollywood decides to get serious. Or should we say, it's when Hollywood decides audiences are ready to get serious — because over the next few months a slew of Oscar hopefuls and more thoughtful films are coming to your local theater.
Things will be kicking off in earnest in September with Clint Eastwood's next run at the Oscars, the Tom Hanks-starrer Sully, with movi