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: Collateral Beauty

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A creative exec (Will Smith) is unmoored by the death of his young daughter. Two years later, on the eve of an important merger, he’s yet to recover, leading his partners (Edward Norton, Kate Winslet & Michael Pena) to...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Cobra

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: Why Him?

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A mild-mannered dad (Bryan Cranston) discovers, to his horror, that his twenty-two year-old daughter (Zoey Deutch) is dating an eccentric internet tech multimillionaire (James Franco) with no boundaries. REVIEW: I had high hopes that WHY HIM would be the...

Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: When an Imperial defector claims there are secret plans to the Death Star that reveal a weakness, the Rebellion recruits the daughter (Felicity Jones) of the man who built the weapon and a hard-bitten Rebel spy (Diego Luna) to...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Bruce Campbell

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we examined the career of master character actor, Ed Harris. This week’s subject is another beloved actor of the same generation, albeit more on a cult level… Bruce Campbell Bruce Campbell showed me the power of the...

TV Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead – Season 2, Episode 10

Posted 10 years ago

Season 2, Episode 10: Second Coming SUMMARY: An old enemy returns to confront Ash (Bruce Campbell), leading to a bargain that could cost him and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) their souls. REVIEW: Season two of “Ash vs Evil Dead” has been...

Review: Office Christmas Party

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The boss (T.J. Miller) and CTO (Jason Bateman) of a tech company on the verge of closing, throw a wild Christmas party in the hopes of impressing a hot-shot exec (Courtney B. Vance) who think their corporate culture stinks....

Review: The Founder

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The story of Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a middle-aged travelling salesman who turns a small-time hamburger joint named McDonalds into a worldwide behemoth. REVIEW: Full disclosure: my first job ever was at McDonald’s. As a pimple-faced seventeen year old,...

Review: Miss Sloane

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A high-powered Washington D.C lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) finds herself in the cross-hairs of an investigation that threatens her career and liberty after taking on the pro-gun lobby. REVIEW: Jessica Chastain can wheel-and-deal with the best of them. Watching her...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ed Harris

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of beloved character actor, John Lithgow. This week’s is another iconic actor of that ilk, having arguably, never given a bad performance in his nearly forty year career… Ed Harris...

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