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: King of Thieves

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: An elderly widower (Michael Caine), who was a top-notch thief in his younger days, reassembles the old gang to knock over a safe deposit bank over a holiday weekend. REVIEW: KING OF THIEVES should have been a major release....

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Quick Change

Posted 8 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 was...

Review: Close

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A seasoned bodyguard (Noomi Rapace) is hired to look after a spoiled rich kid (Sophie Nélisse) who’s just inherited millions of dollars’ worth of stock in her late father’s oil company. REVIEW: CLOSE is one of the what seems...

Review: Glass

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A psychiatrist (Sarah Paulson) specializing in curing a disorder where people think they are superheroes, is given three days to work with three exceptional patients: Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a serial killer with a dozen distinct personalities, Elijah...

Review: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After a mass shooting at a police funeral, the members of a heavily armed militia realize that the weapons used in the massacre were taken from their stockpile. In the hopes of preventing an investigation into their activities, the...

Review: The Upside

Posted 8 years ago

THE UPSIDE was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. Note: the review was filed before the allegations against Harvey Weinstein became public and the film is no longer owned by The Weinstein Company. PLOT: An unemployed ex-con...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Edge

Posted 8 years ago

Review: Holmes and Watson

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) and Dr. Watson (John C. Reilly) must defeat their arch-nemesis, Moriarty (Ralph Fiennes) as he plans to kill the Queen of England. REVIEW: A few weeks ago, if you had told me that Will Ferrell...

Review: Stan & Ollie

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: As their career as a duo enters its twilight years, former comedy team Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly) reunite for a tour of Great Britain, in a last ditch effort to raise funds for a big-screen...