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: Good Time

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: After a bank robbery gone wrong, a man (Robert Pattinson) desperately tries to raise $10,000 in bail money to free his mentally handicapped brother (Ben Safdie). REVIEW: GOOD TIME is the latest film from The Safdie Brothers, whose last...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Sam Shepard

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Sam Shepard Sam Shepard’s death was a major blow. His struggle with ALS was fought outside the public eye, and most of his fans never knew he was sick. In fact, Shepard’s career seemed to be going better than...

Review: Wind River

Posted 9 years ago

WIND RIVER was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance Film Festival coverage. PLOT: A U.S Fish & Wildlife agent (Jeremy Renner) living on an Indian Reservation is recruited by an inexperienced FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) to help her solve...

Review: Kidnap

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A single mom (Halle Berry) springs into action when her young son is kidnapped during a day out at the park. REVIEW: KIDNAP is another one of those Relativity Media leftovers that are hitting theaters this year after having...

Review: The Dark Tower

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When his apocalyptic visions of a mysterious “Man in Black” (Matthew McConaughey) come true, young Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) must turn to the enigmatic Roland Deschain (Idris Elba) – the last of the “Gunfighters”- for help. REVIEW: Fans of...

Review: Brigsby Bear

Posted 9 years ago

BRIGSBY BEAR was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2017 coverage. PLOT: A young man (Kyle Mooney) living a sheltered existence with his parents (Mark Hamill & Jane Adams) finds meaning in his life through the adventures of Brigsby...

78/52 (Fantasia Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: An in-depth examination of Alfred Hitchcock’s approach to filming his 1960 masterpiece, PSYCHO, specifically, the infamous shower scene. REVIEW: One can’t help but feel the influence of ROOM 237 on director Alexander O. Philippe’s 78/52. No mere PSYCHO making-of,...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: No Escape (1994)

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: The Last Face

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Two doctors (Charlize Theron & Javier Bardem) working for an international aid organization in Africa, fall in love against the backdrop of war in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. REVIEW: There was a time when Sean Penn’s THE...

Review: A Family Man

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A ruthless corporate headhunter (Gerard Butler) competing for a big promotion finds his existence upended when his son is diagnosed with cancer. REVIEW: A FAMILY MAN, which screened at TIFF last year under the more appropriate title, THE HEADHUNTER’S...

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