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: Tony Scott

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of the legendary Lee Marvin. This week's subject is no-less legendary, being one of the most successful action movie directors of all time… Tony Scott It's stunning and sad...

Review: American Ultra

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A meek stoner (Jesse Eisenberg) discovers that he’s actually a highly-trained former C.I.A assassin. With his former bosses now out to eliminate him, he must try to elude a crew of assassins while also keeping him similarly stoned...

Review: Digging for Fire

Posted 11 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: The discovery of a human bone and an old gun sends a husband (Jake Johnson) and wife (Rosemarie DeWitt) on separate adventures over a few days...

Review: Being Evel

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The flamboyant life and times of legendary motorcycle stunt rider Evel Knievel. REVIEW: You can’t help but be fascinated by the Evel Knievel legacy. Even though I was born years after he retired from stunt jumps I heard...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Lee Marvin

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of actress Charlize Theron – one of the great modern action heroines. This week’s subject is another action superstar, albeit one from a very different era… Lee Marvin I...

Review: Mistress America

Posted 11 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: A lonely college freshman (Lola Kirke) is befriended by her older, soon-to-be step-sister (Greta Gerwig) and becomes enamored with her bohemian lifestyle. REVIEW: Noah Baumbach has a...

TV Review: Show Me A Hero

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Yonkers mayor Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac) who – during his late eighties/early-nineties tenure – found himself pitted against the rest of the city when he tried to enforce a federally-mandated demand for a public...

Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: At the height of the Cold War, American CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and Russian KGB agent Ilya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to team up in order to stop a nuclear plot hatched by a fanatical terrorist...

Review: People Places Things

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A forty-year-old graphic novelist/teacher (Jemaine Clement) struggles to put his life back together after his long-time girlfriend (Stephanie Allynne) – the mother of his twin daughters – leaves him for another man. REVIEW: PEOPLE PLACES THINGS will likely...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Charlize Theron

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of the late Roddy Piper. This week's star is an actress who's not only one of the brightest of her generation, but can hold her own as an action heroine…...

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