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!

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Helen Mirren

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Helen Mirren With a career going back nearly fifty years, it's no exaggeration to say Helen Mirren ranks among one of our most iconic living actresses. Always known for her sharp wit, which has decimated many a poorly prepared...

Review: The Discovery starring Jason Segel & Rooney Mara

Posted 9 years ago

THE DISCOVERY was previously reviewed as part of our 2017 Sundance coverage. PLOT: A scientist (Robert Redford) is able to prove the existence of the afterlife, a discovery that leads to millions of suicides all over the globe. Years later,...

Review: Ghost in the Shell

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the field commander of an anti-terrorist unit called Section 9. Possessing an artificial body but a human brain, she and her upgraded cohorts hunt a mysterious cyber-terrorist, Kuze (Michael Pitt) who’s attempting to dismantle...

Review: CHiPs

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: After a string of armored car robberies point to the California Highway Patrol, an FBI agent (Michael Pena) goes undercover among their ranks, where he’s paired with an inept rookie (Dax Shepard). REVIEW: It takes a sure hand to...

Review: Life

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The crew of a space station is faced with an extra-terrestrial threat when they collect a soil sample from Mars containing a rapidly evolving organism hellbent on survival. REVIEW: If nothing else, LIFE makes one appreciate how good a...

Review: T2: Trainspotting

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Twenty years after stealing the proceeds of a drug deal, Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to his native Edinburgh to make amends with Spud (Ewan Bremmer) and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), only to get caught up in the...

Review: Power Rangers

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Five teens unwittingly find themselves tasked with defending the universe when they inadvertently unlock the powers of a spaceship buried for thirty five million years. REVIEW: As I walked into the POWER RANGERS press screening, tagging on Facebook what...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Michael J. Fox

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Michael J. Fox Being a bad ass is about more than just brawn. Courage is a lot more bad ass than muscles, and Michael J. Fox, who’s struggled publicly with Parkinson’s Disease for twenty years, is an inspiration to...

The Devil’s Candy (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: After moving into a new home with his family, a painter (Ethan Embry) falls prey to satanic forces with designs on his young daughter. REVIEW: It's been...

Interview: Jay Baruchel & Seann William Scott on Goon: Last of the Enforcers

Posted 9 years ago

Hockey movies generally aren’t great, with the exception of something like SLAP SHOT. Yet, defying all expectations, Michael Dowse’s GOON emerged to become a genuine cult classic and one of the best hockey flicks ever made. And so, a sequel...

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