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!

TV Review: Westworld, Season 1, Ep 10: The Bicameral Mind

Posted 10 years ago

This recap/review of Westworld is written with the expectation that everyone who reads this and comments below will have seen the episode already. Thus, if you've yet to see the episode in question, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER. SPOILERS! EPISODE:...

TV Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead – Season 2, Episode 9

Posted 10 years ago

Season 2, Episode 9: Home Again SUMMARY: A despondent Ash (Bruce Campbell) decides to use the Necronomicon to travel back in time to 1982, where he hopes to destroy the book before the younger version of himself ever discovers it....

The Best Movie You Never Saw: That Thing You Do!

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...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: John Lithgow

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of director Robert Zemeckis. This week highlights a beloved character actor, with a massively successful career on the big screen, small screen and on the stage… John Lithgow John Lithgow...

TV Review: Westworld, Season 1, Ep 9: The Well-Tempered Clavier

Posted 10 years ago

Review: Rules Don’t Apply

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Alden Ehrenreich) is hired to be the chauffeur to an aspiring actress (Lily Collins) under contract to Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), only to get pulled into the aging mogul’s increasingly unstable world. REVIEW: Warren Beatty has...

Review: Allied

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A Canadian spy (Brad Pitt) working for the British at the peak of WW2, is parachuted behind enemy lines to complete a deadly mission. He quickly falls for his French Resistance contact (Marion Cotillard), even marrying her and bringing...

Review: Bad Santa 2

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: It’s been more than ten years since we’ve seen Willie (Billy Bob Thornton), but he’s as drunk and pathetic as ever, with only the now adult Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly) keeping him company as he enters middle age. Broke...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Robert Zemeckis

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we examined the career of the legendary Warren Beatty. This week’s subject is a director with over thirty years of major hits on his resume… Robert Zemeckis While he now ranks among the most successful Hollywood directors...