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: Ideal Home

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A flamboyantly gay couple, made up of a small-time TV foodie (Steve Coogan) and his producer (Paul Rudd) inherit a young boy, and do their best to raise him, while the specter of their losing custody hovers over them....

Review: Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After discovering that the cartels are helping smuggle terrorists across the border, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) is ordered to assemble his team, including Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) so that they can instigate a cartel war to destabilize the regimes....

Review: Escape Plan 2: Hades

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: One of Ray Breslin’s (Sylvester Stallone) employees is abducted, and sent to a high-tech prison called Hades. In order to rescue the missing man, Ray assembles his crew, including freelancer Trent DeRosa (Dave Bautista). REVIEW: A word of warning...

Exclusive BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE interviews, impressions and posters!

Posted 8 years ago

One of the most mysterious films slated for release over the next few months is definitely Drew Goddard’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE. While a prolific writer (“Buffy: The Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, “Lost”, “Daredevil” and THE MARTIAN), this is...

Review: Gotti

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The life of mob boss John Gotti (John Travolta), who battles rival mobs to emerge the boss of bosses, while his son (Spencer Lofranco) finds himself drawn deeper into a life of crime. REVIEW: GOTTI’s no doubt going to...

Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Three years after the Jurassic World disaster, the Isla Nublar dinosaurs are on the verge of extinction, with a volcano set to sink the island into the sea. Cue Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen Grady (Chris Pratt),...

TV Review: Yellowstone

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: John Dutton (Kevin Costner) owns the largest ranch in North America, and dominates his family, employees, and property like a feudal lord. He finds his way of life under attack when he comes into opposition with the three properties...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Midnight Run

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: Incredibles 2

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After being arrested following a particularly chaotic battle, the Parr family find themselves banned from any future heroics under the threat of lengthy prison terms. Yet, they can’t resist the lure of a superhero fanatic CEO with a plan...

Review: Tag

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A gang of friends who’ve spent each May for the last thirty-five years playing tag, team-up to take down the game’s undisputed champion, who intends to retire from the game after he gets married. REVIEW: Believe it or not,...

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