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: Blockers

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: After learning about a prom night sex pact between their daughters, three parents (Leslie Mann, John Cena & Ike Barinholtz) chase after them, hell-bent on keeping the girls from losing their virginity. REVIEW: Considering the absolute lack of decent...

Review: A Quiet Place

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A family tries to survive in a world where humans are hunted by deadly creatures that stalk their prey based on sound. REVIEW: You’ve really got to hand it to John Krasinski. Ever since “The Office”, he’s been pushing...

Review: You Were Never Really Here

Posted 8 years ago

Originally reviewed for Sundance 2018 PLOT: A brutal hired gun (Joaquin Phoenix) tries to save a young girl from a pedophile ring. REVIEW: If YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE had come out in 2017, the best actor Oscar race would...

Review: Chappaquiddick

Posted 8 years ago

Originally reviewed during TIFF 2017 PLOT: The true story of the infamous “Chappaquiddick incident”, where Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) accidently drove off a bridge, resulting in the death of former RFK campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara). REVIEW:...

Review: Ready Player One

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: In a future where the population is obsessed with a virtual reality world called OASIS, a young man (Tye Sheridan) and his friends try to outsmart the machinations of an evil corporation which looks to solve three hidden puzzles...

TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 3 – Episode 5

Posted 8 years ago

Season 3, Episode 5: Baby Proof SUMMARY: Ash’s (Bruce Campbell) trip to Ruby’s lair puts him in the crosshairs of his latest bundle of joy. REVIEW: One of the things I’m liking about “Ash vs Evil Dead” season three is...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Cold In July

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: Game Over, Man!

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Three buddies (Anders Holm, Blake Anderson & Adam Devine) working in a hotel think they’ve found someone to finance their video game in billionaire Bey Awadi (Utkarsh Ambudkar), only to have him taken hostage by terrorists. Now, the three...

Review: Pacific Rim Uprising

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: Ten years after the Battle of the Breach seemingly ended the Kaiju threat, Jake Pentecost (John Boyega), the son of the legendary Stacker Pentecost, lives on the margins, eeking out a living stealing old jaeger parts and selling them...

Review: Unsane

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A business woman (Claire Foy) in Chicago finds herself unwittingly committed to a mental hospital as part of an insurance scam. Making matters infinitely worse – her former stalker (Joshua Leonard) infiltrates the hospital staff and torments her. REVIEW:...

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