Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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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: Sweet Virginia

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A small-town motel owner (Jon Bernthal) crosses paths with a crazed hitman (Christopher Abbott) hooked up in a scheme with a local girl (Imogen Poots). REVIEW: SWEET VIRGINIA is Canadian director Jamie M. Dagg’s second neo-noir, a follow-up to...

Review: Daddy’s Home 2

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Newly reconciled co-dads, Brad and Dusty (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) opt for a “together Christmas” to celebrate the blending of their two families, but their event is threatened by the arrival of their domineering fathers (John Lithgow &...

Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Posted 9 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. PLOT: After her daughter is raped and murdered, and over a year passes without any arrests, a Missouri woman, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) rents three billboards accusing beloved local...

Review: Thor: Ragnarok

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tries to prevent Asgard’s destruction at the hands of his sister, Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of death. But first, a detour takes him to the planet Sakaar, where he’s enslaved and made a gladiator, a...

Review: Creep 2

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A videographer (Desiree Akhavan) travels to a remote cabin in the woods, where a man claiming to be a serial killer (Mark Duplass) asks her to make a documentary about his crimes. REVIEW: Patrick Brice’s CREEP had a strange...

Review: The Snowman

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender), an alcoholic Oslo detective, investigates a string of serial killings targeting women, where the killer’s signature is an ominous snowman. REVIEW: THE SNOWMAN should have been a prestige offering, with director Tomas Alfredson coming off...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Cable Guy

Posted 9 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: Geostorm

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: In a near future where the earth is protected by a weather controlling space station called “Dutch Boy”, a massive array of storms, directly caused by the now malfunctioning station, results in an international mission headed by its disgraced...

Review: Only the Brave

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of firefighters dedicated to fighting wildfires all over the United States. REVIEW: Watching ONLY THE BRAVE I couldn’t help but think that twenty years ago this would have...

Review: Killing Gunther

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A motley crew of assassins team-up to take down the world’s greatest hit-man, Gunther (Arnold Schwarzenegger). REVIEW: Writer-director-star Taran Killam has his heart in the right place. An avowed action fanboy with a love of James Bond and the...

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