Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,010 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Boogie Nights, Goldfinger, Casablanca, Scarface (83 version), read more Heat, The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, any film noir

Likes: Movies, LP's, James Bond, true hollywood memoirs, The Bret Easton read more Ellis Podcast, every sixties british pop band, every 80s new wave band - in fact just generally all eighties songs, even the really shit ones, and of course, Tom Friggin' Cruise!

Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon

Posted 7 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2019 coverage. PLOT: Brittany (Jillian Bell) decides to change her life by losing weight and training for the New York City Marathon. REVIEW: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON has an admittedly simple...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: What Dreams May Come

Posted 7 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that...

Review: Where’d You Go Bernadette

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: When her mentally ill mother, Bernadette (Cate Blanchett), vanishes, young Bee (Emma Nelson) and her father, Elgin (Billy Crudup) try to figure out what happened to her and when, if ever, she’s coming home. REVIEW: Right off the bat,...

Review: Blinded by the Light

Posted 7 years ago

Originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage. PLOT: Javed (Viveik Kalra ), a Pakistani teen growing up in Thatcher-era Britain, has his life changed when he discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen. REVIEW: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT made...

Review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: After spending her childhood growing up in the Amazon, Dora (Isabela Moner) is sent to live with relatives in L.A while her parents (Michael Pena & Eva Longoria) set out in search of a mythical lost city of gold....

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Blue Thunder!

Posted 7 years ago

Review: The Kitchen

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: After their gangster husbands are sent away on a three-year-stretch, three women (Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss) take over their collections, eventually rising in power to the point that they start to dominate their Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood....

Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A young man with down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) runs away from the retirement home he’s been forced to live in to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. He soon falls in with Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a fisherman on...

Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A young race-car driver (Milo Ventimiglia) earns himself a friend for life when he adopts a puppy he names Enzo (voiced by Kevin Costner), who becomes his constant, adoring companion through triumph and tragedy. REVIEW: Dogs are a pretty...

Review: The Nightingale

Posted 7 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage. PLOT: In 1820’s Tasmania, Clare (Aisling Franciosi), an Irish convict working as an indentured servant to an army officer (Sam Claflin), eagerly awaits the day her sentence will be over,...

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