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: The Yellow Birds

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Two young soldiers, Bartle (Alden Ehrenreich) and Murph (Tye Sheridan) try to survive a violent tour of duty in the Iraq War under the supervision of a battle-hardened sergeant (Jack Huston). When Bartle eventually returns home, he discovers that his...

Review: Person to Person (Sundance) starring Michael Cera

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The lives of a crime reporter (Michael Cera), his intern (Abbi Jacobson), a watch-maker (Philip Baker Hall), a record collector (Bene Coopersmith) and more intersect over the course of a casual New York City day. REVIEW: There are some...

Review: An Inconvenient Sequel (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Ten years after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Al Gore continues to fight climate change in the face of numerous political setbacks. REVIEW: Part of the power of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH was the simplicity of the film, with Al Gore simply...

Review: The Little Hours (Sundance)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A servant (Dave Franco) in 14th Century Italy, who’s being hunted by his vengeful master (Nick Offerman) takes refuge with a kindly priest (John C. Reilly) who puts him to work at a convent he over-sees, populated by three...

Review: Trespass Against Us

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The heir (Michael Fassbender) to a close-knit community of small-time criminals, tries to break free from the influence of his father (Brendan Gleeson). REVIEW: TRESPASS AGAINST US is unusual for a crime drama. Despite some familiar trappings of the...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Innerspace

Posted 10 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: Patriots Day

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A docudrama based on the Boston Marathon Bombings, from the event itself to the the manhunt for the terrorists responsible. REVIEW: This has been a terrific year for director Peter Berg. Just a few months ago, his DEEPWATER HORIZON...

Review: Monster Trucks

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A troubled teen (Lucas Till) befriends a strange subterranean creature that’s been displaced from his home by the unethical drilling of a sinister oil company. Learning his new friend has a taste for oil and a talent for manipulating...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ben Affleck

Posted 10 years ago

Chris In our last column, we examined the career of actor Brian Cox. This week’s subject is one of the biggest actor/directors of our era, but a controversial figure to be sure… Ben Affleck For some reason, people seem to...

Review: Live By Night

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A war-vet (Ben Affleck) rises through the ranks to becomes a notorious bootlegger and gangster during prohibition. REVIEW: Part of me wishes Ben Affleck had started off LIVE BY NIGHT with the old Warner Bros. logo from the thirties...

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