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: Tom Selleck

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of Marvel's Black Widow, the great Scarlett Johansson. This week's icon is someone from a wholly different area, but one we could easily see playing in the Marvel arena had...

Review: High Rise

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: A young doctor (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a sprawling high-rise which operates under a rigid social hierarchy, with the top floors being home to the elite, while lower...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Scarlett Johansson

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of director Guy Hamilton. This week's subject is an actress who, at barely thirty, has already made a huge name for herself in a variety of genres… Scarlett Johansson I've...

Review: The Family Fang

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: An estranged brother and sister (Jason Bateman & Nicole Kidman) reunite after their performance artist parents (Christopher Walken & Maryann Plunkett) disappear. REVIEW: The Toronto International Film Festival...

Review: Keanu

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: When Rell’s (Jordan Peele) beloved cat Keanu is stolen, he and his cousin/best friend Clarence (Keegan-Michael Key) track the kitty to a dangerous street gang, whose boss, Cheddar (Method Man) mistakes them for a team of invincible contract killers....

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Guy Hamilton

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we examined the career of character actor extraordinaire, Kevin Spacey. This week's subject is probably unknown to the majority of contemporary film-goers, but a director who made a huge mark with just a few movies… Guy Hamilton...

2016 Top 25 Summer Movie Preview (+video)

Posted 10 years ago

It’s funny, to me it almost feels like the summer movie season has already started, with BATMAN V SUPERMAN arguably having kicked-it-off in March. With that and THE JUNGLE BOOK grossing nearly a billion bucks, the whole idea of people...

Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Eric (Chris Hemsworth), the Huntsman, is sent on a mission by Snow White to destroy Queen Ravenna’s (Charlize Theron) magic mirror. Along the way, he runs afoul of the wife (Jessica Chastain) he thought was dead, who is being...

TV Review: The Night Manager (Pilot)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The night manager (Tom Hiddleston) of a luxury hotel is recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of a notorious arms dealer (Hugh Laurie). REVIEW: Fresh-off the incredible limited-runs of Fargo and American Crime Story: The People...

TV Review: Better Call Saul – Season Two – Episode 10 (Season Finale)

Posted 10 years ago

Chris This recap/review of Better Call Saul 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...

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