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!

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Domino

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: Cargo

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: In the midst of a zombie pandemic, an infected father (Martin Freeman) has forty-eight hours to find a new home for his infant daughter. REVIEW: CARGO is another one of those zombie films, like 28 DAYS LATER, where the...

Review: Dark Crimes

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A disgraced detective (Jim Carrey) reopens the case that destroyed his reputation when an author publishes a novel with stark similarities to the crime committed. REVIEW: I’ve always been fascinated by the dark side of Jim Carrey. Without a...

Review: Deadpool 2

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) runs afoul of a time-traveling cyborg soldier, Cable (Josh Brolin), while attempting to protect a mutant with dangerous abilities. REVIEW: I’ll admit to not having been the biggest fan of DEADPOOL. While I respect Fox’s decision...

TV Review: Westworld – Season 2, Episode 4 – The Riddle of the Sphinx

Posted 8 years ago

This recap/review of Westworld is written with the expectation that everyone who reads this and comments below will have seen the episode already. Thus, if you’ve yet to see the episode in question, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER. SPOILERS! EPISODE:...

Review: Terminal

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A mysterious woman (Margot Robbie) toys with two hit men (Max Irons & Dexter Fletcher) and a terminally ill teacher (Simon Pegg) in an after-hours train terminal. REVIEW: TERMINAL is all style over substance. Now, that’s not always a...

Review: Life of the Party

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After her husband leaves her for another woman, a housewife (Melissa McCarthy) joins her daughter at college, where she ends up befriending her sorority sisters. REVIEW: Melissa McCarthy is a supremely talented comedienne, as well as a top-notch dramatic...

TV Review: Westworld Season 2, Episode 3: Virtù e Fortuna

Posted 8 years ago

nter> This recap/review of Westworld is written with the expectation that everyone who reads this and comments below will have seen the episode already. Thus, if you’ve yet to see the episode in question, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER. SPOILERS!...

Review: Manhunt

Posted 8 years ago

Originally reviewed at TIFF 2017, MANHUNT debuts on Netflix today! PLOT: A Chinese lawyer (Zhang Hanyu) working for a Japanese pharmaceutical company in Osaka, is framed for murder, and must clear his name, all the while being chased by a...

Review: Tully

Posted 8 years ago

Originally reviewed at Sundance 2018. PLOT: After giving birth to her third child, an overwhelmed mother, Marlo (Charlize Theron), is gifted a night nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis) by her rich brother (Mark Duplass). The two women soon find they...

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