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: Sam Raimi

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last time on The Good, The Bad & The Badass, we took a look at the career of Guillermo del Toro, a director whose work is heavily influenced by this week's subject… Sam Raimi Without a doubt, Sam...

Review: Steve Jobs

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The life of Apple Inc., co-founder Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as told through his behavior and interactions at three key product launches – the MacIntosh in 1984, the NeXT computer in 1988, and the iMac ten years later. REVIEW:...

Review: Burnt

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A self-destructive chef (Bradley Cooper) tries to redeem himself and rebuild his career by relocating to London. There he attempts to earn a prestigious third Michelin star and keep his formerly drug-fueled demons at bay. REVIEW: Sometimes a movie...

TV Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead – Season 1, Episode 1

Posted 11 years ago

Season 1, Episode 1: El Jefe SUMMARY: After spending thirty years hiding out as in a trailer park and eking out a living as a stock-boy, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) faces his destiny after once again unwittingly unleashing...

Review: Jem and the Holograms

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) is a young orphan who, along with her younger sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott), lives with her Aunt Bailey (Molly Ringwald) and Bailey's two foster kids, Aja (Hayley Kiyoko) and Shana (Aurora Perrineau). When the...

Review: Rock The Kasbah

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A washed-up rock promoter (Bill Murray) tries to cash-in on the war in the middle-east by booking a singer he manages (Zooey Deschanel) on a dangerous tour through Afghanistan. When she bails on him – stealing his passport...

TV Review: Fargo: Season 2, Episode 2 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 2: Before the Law SUMMARY: The Gerhardt clan, now headed by matriarch Floyd (Jean Smart) closes ranks after a visit from the Kansas City syndicate in the guise of middle-man Joe Bulo (Brad Garrett) and his...

Review: Bone Tomahawk

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After a young woman is kidnapped by a mysterious tribe of possibly inhuman cannibals, a veteran sheriff (Kurt Russell), his grizzled deputy (Richard Jenkins), a borderline-sociopath bounty-hunter (Matthew Fox) and the woman's crippled husband (Patrick Wilson) set out to...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Guillermo del Toro

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last time on The Good, The Bad & The Badass, we took a look at the career of a director you “just might” have heard-of, Steven Spielberg. This week's subject is another heavy-hitter, especially in genre circles… Guillermo del...

Review: Room

Posted 11 years ago

ROOM was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: A young woman (Brie Larson) and her five year-old-son (Jacob Tremblay) are released into the world after years in captivity. REVIEW: ROOM is quite the experience and...

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