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: Stratton

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When his Navy SEAL best friend is killed, British Special Boat Service operative Stratton (Dominic Cooper) becomes hell-bent on taking apart the terrorist cell responsible, even if he may have a mole within his own support staff. REVIEW: STRATTON...

The 10 Best Films of 2017 (Bumbray)

Posted 9 years ago

Chris A lot of folks have been complaining about the steady decline of film versus the ascendance of TV, but 2017 is distinctly not a year that could give them any ammunition. From a better-than-average Sundance in January, that saw...

Review: Father Figures

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Two middle aged men (Owen Wilson & Ed Helms) discover that their father isn’t dead like their mother (Glenn Close) told them. The only problem – she’s not quite sure who he is. REVIEW: While familiar, FATHER FIGURES has...

Review: All The Money In The World

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When his grandson is kidnapped by terrorists demanding a $17 million dollar ransom, billionaire John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) refuses to pay, instead assigning his negotiator (Mark Wahlberg) to help the boy’s mother (Michelle Williams) recover him. REVIEW: One...

Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Four teens stuck in detention dig up an old console videogame, Jumanji, and find themselves sucked into an adventure where each gets an all-new avatar, and must work together in order to return home lest they be stuck in...

The 15 Best TV Shows of 2017!

Posted 9 years ago

People have been saying it for a long time now, but we’re truly in the Golden Age of television. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of attending a lecture given by The New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum (at...

Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Bumbray)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: With the Rebellion in tatters, Rey (Daisy Ridley) travels to a remote planet to find Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights. In the meantime, a brutal battle with The First Order threatens to do away...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: To Live and Die in L.A

Posted 9 years ago

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 either...

Review: Ferdinand

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Despite his mammoth size, Ferdinand the bull (John Cena) wants no part in the violence and spectacle of the bullfighting arena, running away from home at a young age. Raised in an idyllic setting by a kindly farmer and...

Review: Bullet Head

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Three low-level criminals (Adrien Brody, John Malkovich & Rory Culkin) find themselves trapped in a warehouse with a deadly fight dog named De Niro. REVIEW: As far as DTV crime thrillers go, BULLET HEAD, which once had the far...

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