Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,014 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: The Skeleton Twins (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Two estranged twins- Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader)- living on opposite sides of the country, are reunited when one ends up in the hospital following a drunken suicide attempt. Having not spoken in ten years, the two...

TV Review: True Detective: Episode 3: The Locked Room (SPOILERS)

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Check back every week following Sunday night’s airing of TRUE DETECTIVE for an episode rundown/ review. Here’s this week’s- but beware- SPOILERS ahead. Episode Synopsis: After discovering a mysterious painting that resembles the state of Dora Kelly Lange’s body...

Review: The Obvious Child (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Donna (Jenny Slate) -a twenty-seven year old comedienne eking out a living in Brooklyn- finds herself pregnant after a one night stand. REVIEW: I never thought I’d see the day when a feel-good comedy about abortion would be the...

Review: Happy Christmas (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Fresh from a rough breakup and with Christmas approaching, Jenny (Anna Kendrick) moves in with her brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) and sister-in-law Kelly (Melanie Lynskey). The irresponsible and impulsive Jenny soon finds herself at odds with Kelly, but their...

Killers (Sundance 2014 review)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Nomura (Kazuki Kitamura )- a serial killer based in Tokyo who’s been murdering women and posting videos of the deaths to YouTube,- notices a similar video posted by a man in Jakarta named Bayu (Oka Antara). A milquetoast journalist,...

Review: The Voices (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) seems like a regular guy but he’s hiding a secret. Every night when he goes home to his apartment, his dog and cat speak to him- literally- with his dog trying to keep the peace while...

Life After Beth (Sundance 2014 Review)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Zach (Dane DeHaan) is thrilled when his dead girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) is somehow resurrected. His enthusiasm predictably wears off once he discovers she has a new taste for human flesh. REVIEW: The romantic “zombie” comedy, or rather rom-zom-com...

Review: The Trip to Italy (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon (playing fictionalized versions of themselves) go on a road trip through Italy, where they sample the local cuisine, discuss life, and generally get on each others nerves. REVIEW: Michael Winterbottom‘s THE TRIP was a...

Review: Roger Ebert- Life Itself (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The life and times of famed film critic Roger Ebert, from his early days at the Chicago Sun-Times, to his fame on Siskel & Ebert, to his ultimate illness and passing. REVIEW: Roger Ebert is a person that a...

Review: The Raid 2 (Sundance 2014)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Rama (Iko Uwais) is sent undercover by a task force looking to root out police corruption, and ends up infiltrating the most feared crime syndicate in the city. REVIEW: For anyone fearing THE RAID 2 would be a simple...

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