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!

TV Review: True Detective – Season 2, Episode 8 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Season 2, Episode 8: Omega Station SUMMARY: Now on the run, Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) and Velcoro (Colin Farrell) find an unlikely ally in Frank (Vince Vaughn) – who’s looking to get even with the men who set him up....

Review: Ricki & The Flash

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Years after leaving her family to become a rock star, middle-aged Ricki (Meryl Streep) – now fronting a bar band in L.A – returns to the Indianapolis home of her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) to comfort her estranged daughter...

Review: The Gift

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are an upwardly mobile married couple who make the acquaintance of a mysterious man (Joel Edgerton) who knew Simon back in high school. REVIEW: Film critics have to sign embargoes all...

Review: Fantastic Four

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A lab experiment gone awry leaves Reed Richards (Miles Teller), Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), Johnny (Michael B. Jordan) & Sue (Kate Mara) Storm with amazing powers that they must use to defeat a fifth member of their team,...

TV Review: True Detective: Season 2, Episode 7 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Season 2, Episode 7: Black Maps and Motel Rooms SUMMARY: With their operation having gone disasterously awry, Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) and Velcoro (Colin Farrell) are now fugitives, while Woodrugh – in the clear – deals with a blackmailer. REVIEW:...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the long career of character actor extraordinaire Forest Whitaker. This week’s subject is probably not especially well known for his film work, but his appearance in one cult classic has assured him...

Review: The Runner

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: An idealistic politician (Nicolas Cage) trying desperately to secure aid for his state following the 2010 BP oil finds his career in tatters after his philandering goes public. REVIEW: THE RUNNER is a mild step in the right direction...

Review: Vacation

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) follows in the footsteps of his father Clark (Chevy Chase) by taking his wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and sons James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins) on a disastrous cross-country trip to Wally World....

TV Review: Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: It’s 1981 and the first day of camp at Camp Firewood, but the horny counselors are up to their necks in trouble, with toxic waste dumping, government assassins and secret identities galore. REVIEW: Let me preface this review with...

Review: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: When the IMF is disbanded, rogue agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is on his own as he tracks down The Syndicate, an underground network of former spies responsible for a series of deadly terrorist attacks. REVIEW: You’ve really got...

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