I cannot imagine that any film will be more outrageous this year than James Morosini’s I LOVE MY DAD. For his sophomore effort, the young filmmaker wrote,…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “I LOVE MY DAD” IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS COMEDY OF THE YEAR”

There’s something very sly going on in the new whodunnit entitled BODIES BODIES BODIES. It’s being marketed as a Generation Z whodunnit, almost like the cast of…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “BODIES BODIES BODIES” UPENDS THE WHODUNNIT AND GEN Z”

If you’re going to make a prequel to the PREDATOR franchise, it’s a clever notion to precede the time frame of the original 1987 story by some…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “PREY” IS A TENSE PREDATOR PREQUEL WITH A DISNEY-ESQUE HEROINE”

The new action/comedy BULLET TRAIN is a terrific film for 90 minutes. Unfortunately, the story goes on for another half hour after that, losing momentum and its…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “BULLET TRAIN” RUNS FINE UNTIL IT RUNS TOO LONG”

Rebecca Hall is one of our great, underrated actresses. She holds the screen like few others and is unafraid to play seriously flawed characters. Is anyone better…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: EVEN A FULLY COMMITTED REBECCA HALL CAN’T SAVE “RESURRECTION””

It’s hard to imagine just how the talented B.J. Novak pitched VENGEANCE to the money guys. The project is a neo-noir thriller about a dead girl, but…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: B. J. NOVAK’S “VENGEANCE” MAKES FOR A QUIRKY, SLOW-BURN NEO-NOIR”

When it comes to translating DC Comics superheroes from the page to the screen, the true masters are those working in the Warner Bros animation department. (Sorry,…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: LOOK, UP IN THE SKY…IT’S A POOCH! IT’S A HOOT! IT’S SUPER-PETS!”

Writer/director Jordan Peele has set out in his film career to truly elevate the genre of horror, make it more intelligent, and use it to comment on…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: JORDAN PEELE’S “NOPE” MUDDLES TOO MANY GOOD IDEAS”

It has been said that Bond movies are only as good as their villains. Generally, that’s accurate as the better ones (GOLDFINGER, CASINO ROYALE) had distinctive baddies.…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: CHRIS EVANS MAKES FOR ONE HILARIOUS BAD GUY IN “THE GRAY MAN””

It’s high time that Juliette Binoche is acknowledged as one of cinema’s all-time greatest actresses, an equal peer to Hepburn, Davis, Streep, or Blanchett. She may not…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: JULIETTE BINOCHE CUTS DEEP IN CLAIRE DENIS’ “BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE””