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: Youth

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Two old friends – a retired composer (Michael Caine) and a legendary film director (Harvey Keitel) – come to terms with growing old while on vacation at a luxury health spa in the Swiss Alps. REVIEW: They might...

TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 1 – Episode 5

Posted 11 years ago

Season 1, Episode 5: The Host SUMMARY: Ash (Bruce Campbell) has to contend with Pablo’s (Ray Santiago) Brujo uncle, who thinks he’s possessed by the Deadites while Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) does her best to rip apart the team from the...

TV Review: Fargo – Season 2, Episode 7

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 7: Did You Do This? No, You Did It! SUMMARY: Lou (Patrick Wilson) and Hank (Ted Danson) try to rattle Floyd's (Jean Smart) cage while Mike Milligan (Bokeem Woodbine) starts to feel the heat from the Kansas...

Review: Creed

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) – the illegitimate son of former champ Apollo Creed – travels to Philadelphia in order to train with his father's former nemesis-turned best friend, the legendary Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). REVIEW: When I first heard...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Elizabeth Banks

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last time on The Good, The Bad & The Badass, we took a look at the career of actor Woody Harrelson. This week, we look at one of his HUNGER GAMES co-stars… Elizabeth Banks Nobody's having as good a...

TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 1 – Episode 4

Posted 11 years ago

Season 1, Episode 4: Brujo SUMMARY: Pablo (Ray Santiago) convinces Ash (Bruce Campbell) to consult with his Brujo (a type of shaman) uncle. REVIEW: We’re now almost halfway through Ash vs Evil Dead’s ten-episode first season and despite me being...

Review: Legend + Video Review

Posted 11 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: The true story of the infamous Kray twins (Tom Hardy in a dual role) who – in the mid-sixties – dominated the swinging London underworld. REVIEW: Unless you've...

Review: Secret in Their Eyes

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A special investigator (Chiwetel Ejiofor) spends twelve years investigating the murder of his partner's (Julia Roberts) daughter while struggling with unrequited feelings for his boss (Nicole Kidman). REVIEW: Hollywood never seems to tire of remakes. For every THE DEPARTED...

Review: A Very Murray Christmas

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: It’s Christmas time in New York, but Bill Murray’s not happy. Not only has he foolishly agreed to host a live Christmas special, but a blizzard has led to him being abandoned by all his celebrity pals, including George...

Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her allies, including friends Gale (Liam Hemsworth) & Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), sneak behind enemy lines in order to put a stop to President Snow’s (Donald Sutherland) reign once and for all. REVIEW: Has splitting the...

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