Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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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: Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The life of Robin Williams, as told through archival footage and interviews with those who knew him best. REVIEW: There were sobs heard inside the Park City Holiday Village Cinema when journalists finally got to see the eagerly anticipated...

Review: Hearts Beat Loud (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A single dad (Nick Offerman) starts a band with his college-bound daughter (Kiersey Clemons) in the summer before she leaves for school. REVIEW: Writer-director Brett Haley has a better Sundance record than most. His last two films, I’LL SEE...

Review: A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The rise and fall of National Lampoon, as seen through the eyes of its two founders, Doug Kenney (Will Forte) and Henry Beard (Domhnall Gleeson). REVIEW: It’s clear that all involved with A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE idolize the...

Hereditary (Sundance Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A seemingly happy family is un-moored by a tragedy, but dark forces are at work that put their very souls in jeopardy. REVIEW: Watching HEREDITARY will no doubt be akin to a religious awakening for some genre fans. The...

Review: Arizona (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: In the midst of the housing crash, a desperate homeowner (Danny McBride) kidnaps the real estate agent (Rosemarie DeWitt) who saw him kill her boss. REVIEW: ARIZONA is a curious addition to Sundance’s midnight lineup, coming from a bunch...

Review: I Think We’re Alone Now

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: In the aftermath of an apocalyptic event, a recluse, Del (Peter Dinklage) finds himself literally the last man on earth. His seclusion is interrupted by the arrival of a young woman, Grace (Elle Fanning) who tries to break down...

Arizona (Sundance Review)

Posted 9 years ago

Review: Burden (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) tries to leave his violent past behind when he falls in love with a single mother (Andrea Riseborough), only to find an unlikely ally in an African-American pastor (Forest Whitaker) and his family. REVIEW: BURDEN...

Summer of ’84 (Sundance Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Four friends find their carefree summer interrupted when one of them becomes convinced the nice cop who lives down the street is a serial killer. REVIEW: SUMMER OF ‘84 is the latest from the RKSS collective, a trio of...

Review: Wildlife (Sundance)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The disintegration of a marriage, as seen through the eyes of a couple’s fourteen-year-old son. REVIEW: WILDLIFE marks the directorial debut of actor Paul Dano, in a film he co-wrote with his partner, Zoe Kazan, and is based on...

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