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: Hap and Leonard

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Hap (James Purefoy) and Leonard (Michael K. Williams) are two ass-kicking best pals living in East Texas during the mid-to-late eighties. Let go from the latest in a string of menial jobs, the two are easily recruited by Hap’s...

TV Review: Better Call Saul – Season 2, Episode 3

Posted 11 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...

TV Review: Vinyl: Season 1 – Episode 3

Posted 11 years ago

EPISODE: Season 1, Episode 3: Whispered Secrets PLOT: Richie (Bobby Cannavale) finds himself in hot water when Devon (Olivia Wilde) finds out he killed the deal with Polygram. Meanwhile, he tries to improve the company’s bottom line by trimming some...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Terrence Malick

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of leading lady Kate Winslet. This week, we go to the other side of the camera to explore the career of one of the most enigmatic film figures of our...

Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A cruel warlord (Jason Scott Lee) vows to steal the infamous Green Destiny, the sword of the late Li Mu Bai. His former lover, Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) vows to guard it with her life, and finds unlikely...

Review: Gods of Egypt

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The fate of the world hangs in the balance when the evil Egyptian god of Darkness, Set (Gerard Butler), claims the throne of Egypt as his own. Now, mankind’s only hope is the legitimate heir, the fallen god...

TV Review: Better Call Saul – Season Two – Episode 2

Posted 11 years ago

Review: Eddie the Eagle

Posted 11 years ago

EDDIE THE EAGLE was previously reviewed at Sundance 2016. PLOT: The true story of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards (Taron Egerton). A humble plasterer by trade, Eddie pursues his Olympic dream by qualifying as Britain’s most accomplished ski jumper, which proves...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Kate Winslet

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of martial arts maestro Donnie Yen. This week’s subject may not be exactly a person you’d associate with being a bad-ass, but one look at her diverse filmography and it’s...

TV Review: Vinyl – Season 1, Episode 2

Posted 11 years ago

EPISODE: Season 1, Episode 2: Yesterday, Once More PLOT: Fresh-off his drug-fueled epiphany, Richie (Bobby Cannavale) blows-up his Polygram deal to try and salvage his label. REVIEW: It amazes me how quickly a backlash has formed against HBO's Vinyl. I...

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