Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,011 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: Indignation (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A Jewish boy (Logan Lerman) attending a WASP-y university on a scholarship, falls for a beautiful, sexually provocative classmate (Sarah Gadon). REVIEW: Novelist Philip Roth is generally considered to be the hardest author to adapt to films. While screenwriter...

Review: Complete Unknown (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A man (Michael Shannon) is convinced that the new girlfriend of a colleague is in-fact a woman he knew fifteen years ago that changed her identity. REVIEW: COMPLETE UNKNOWN has a great premise. How many of us have fantasized...

Review: Joshy (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A man (Thomas Middleditch) reeling from the death of his fiancee uses what should have been his bachelor weekend as an opportunity for debauchery with a few of his friends (Adam Pally, Nick Kroll, Alex Ross Perry & Bret...

Jackman and Egerton talk Eddie the Eagle; update on Kingsman 2 & Wolverine 3

Posted 11 years ago

The 2016 edition of the Sundance Film Festival is about halfway over, and as is tradition, the fest is putting on a special “secret” screening for volunteers and lucky ticket holders. This year, Fox brought EDDIE THE EAGLE, the much-buzzed...

Review: Goat (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Ben Schnetzer) recovering from a brutal assault becomes a pledge at his brother’s (Nick Jonas) fraternity. REVIEW: College fraternities have been all over the news lately, with none of the mentions being positive at all. Accusations...

Review: Christine (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Christine Chubbuck (Rebecca Hall) – a TV reporter working in Sarasota circa 1974 who committed suicide live during a broadcast REVIEW: The Christine Chubbuck is one of the journalism industry’s most infamous cautionary tales. It...

Review: Sing Street (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) growing up in 1985 Dublin seeks solace from his complicated life in pop music. REVEW: I’ve seen some great movies at the Sundance Film Festival over my seven years as a regular. WHIPLASH, BOYHOOD,...

Review: Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Two convenience store clerks (Lily-Rose Depp & Harley Quinn Smith) stumble upon a Nazi plot to kill all critics. REVIEW: In his (lengthy) introduction to YOGA HOSERS, Smith proudly called it the “stupidest f**king movie ever made.” He’s right,...

Review: The Fundamentals of Caring (Sundance)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A man (Paul Rudd) recovering from a family tragedy takes a job as caretaker to a sarcastic eighteen-year-old (Craig Roberts) with muscular dystrophy. REVIEW: The big news going into Sundance this year was that Netflix spent millions on the...

Review: Rob Zombie’s 31 (Sundance) + video

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A group of carnies are abducted and forced to play a deadly game where, to gain their freedom, they have to survive twelve hours in a labyrinth while being hunted by psycho-clowns. REVIEW: You have to admire Rob Zombie....

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