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: Brian De Palma

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of actor Alec Baldwin who, somehow, has never gotten around to making a movie with this week’s subject… Brian De Palma Of all the directors I’ve featured in this column,...

Review: Kickboxer: Vengeance (Fantasia 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: After his brother is killed in the ring, a kickboxer (Alain Moussi) trains under the tutelage of a legendary coach (Jean-Claude Van Damme) in order to take-on the man responsible (Dave Bautista). REVIEW: I’m not ashamed to admit that...

Review: Ghostbusters

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Three scientists (Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig & Kate McKinnon) go into the ghost hunting business. They’re soon joined by a street-wise transit worker (Leslie Jones) and together, they discover an apocalyptic plan that could turn their beloved New York...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Alec Baldwin

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of the late director, Michael Cimino. This week’s subject is on the other side of the camera, but seems like an actor that would have been a natural for any...

Review: Captain Fantastic

Posted 10 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2016 coverage. PLOT: A man (Viggo Mortensen) raising his six kids away from society in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is forced to bring his family to the city for...

Review: The Secret Life of Pets

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Max (Louis C.K) – a spoiled terrier – finds his comfortable NYC life threatened by the arrival of a big dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet) who competes with him for his owner’s love. After a plot to get rid...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Michael Cimino

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of every-man actor, Bill Pullman. This week we step back behind the camera to examine the work of a director who struggled to live down a certain degree of infamy…...

Movie Review: Carnage Park

Posted 10 years ago

This review first appeared during the Sundance Film Festival PLOT: A young woman (Ashley Bell) taken hostage by bank robbers is stalked in a deadly stretch of land by a psycho Vietnam vet (Pat Healy). REVIEW: While the news out...

Review: The Legend of Tarzan

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In the late 19th century, the now civilized Lord Greystroke, aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) returns to the jungle with Jane (Margot Robbie) in-tow to investigate rumors that the Belgian government is engaging in the slave trade. REVIEW: I’ve long...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Bill Pullman

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last time, we took a look at the career of actor-writer-director Albert Brooks. This week’s subject is another unlikely badass, but one who’s had an enviable career as a character actor and is back on the big-screen in this...

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