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: Risen

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The Roman centurion (Joseph Fiennes) who supervised Christ’s crucifixion is sent by Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) to recover the Nazarene’s body – believed to be in the possession of his disciples. REVIEW: Ever since THE PASSION OF THE...

Review: Race

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Jesse Owens (Stephan James) who overcame prejudice to compete – and win – in the infamous 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. REVIEW: There are very few Olympic stories as stirring and heroic as that of...

Review: Forsaken

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A notorious gunfighter (Kiefer Sutherland) returns home to his preacher father (Donald Sutherland) and attempts to leave his violent past behind him, only to be drawn into a violent land-grab scheme. REVIEW: FORSAKEN should be familiar fare to anyone...

TV Review: Better Call Saul – Season Two – Episode 1

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...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Donnie Yen

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of thesp Ralph Fiennes. This week we're switching up genres to go with a cult icon who's recently found himself thrust onto the worldwide stage thanks to the ever-increasing influence...

TV Review: Vinyl – Season 1, Episode 1

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale), a high-flying record exec, tries to resurrect his dying label in the midst of a changing time for rock music. REVIEW: It figures that what promises to be the definitive TV work about rock n’roll...

Review: Tumbledown

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The young widow (Rebecca Hall) of a cult musician begins to fall for an academic (Jason Sudeikis) that she’s hired to collaborate with her on a biography of her late husband. REVIEW: Once the dominant genre of American cinema...

Review: How To Be Single

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A woman (Dakota Johnson) navigates the NYC singles scene with the help of her new best friend (Rebel Wilson), while her older surgeon sister (Leslie Mann) wrestles with a long-suppressed maternal urge. REVIEW: HOW TO BE SINGLE is a...

Independence Day Resurgence: What we learned on set, interviews, & more!

Posted 11 years ago

I was fourteen years old in the summer of 1996. Like many kids that age, I was there opening night to see INDEPENDENCE DAY, having been counting the days until it’s arrival since Entertainment Tonight aired the iconic teaser that...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ralph Fiennes

Posted 11 years ago

Chris After a few weeks off to cover Sundance, we're back with a look at the long career of an excellent English character actor… Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes is among the most unpredictable actors of our generation. Back in the...

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