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!

Top 15 Best Movies and TV of 2015 (so far)

Posted 11 years ago

Now that we’re halfway through 2015, we here at JoBlo.com decided that this would be a good time to look back at all the things that made us collectively geek out over the first sixth months of the year. It’s...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: James Cameron

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of composer James Horner. This week, we examine the work of one of his most famous collaborators … James Cameron This week marked the release of TERMINATOR: GENISYS. Considering...

TV Review: True Detective: Season 2: Episode 3 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Season 2, Episode 3: Maybe Tomorrow SUMMARY: Frank (Vince Vaughn) finds himself drawn back into the violent underworld he left behind, while Paul (Taylor Kitsch) is confronted by some long-suppressed urges. REVIEW: Hopefully, all of you who are reading...

Movie News

Celebrate Independence Day with our IDR set visit preview!

Posted 11 years ago

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to the New Mexico set of INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE for an absolutely amazing set visit. While everything, including interviews with the cast and director Roland Emmerich, is under embargo...

Review: Terminator: Genisys

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After defeating Skynet, John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends soldier Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time to protect his mother Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) who’s been targeted for termination. When Reese arrives in 1984, he discovers that Sarah...

Review: Magic Mike XXL

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Three years after ending his career as a “male entertainer” a nostalgic Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) reunites with his “kings of Tampa” cronies (Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez) for one last performance at a Myrtle...

TV Review: Penny Dreadful: Season 2, Episode 9

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 9: And Hell Itself is My Only Foe… SUMMARY: Vanessa (Eva Green) sets out to rescue Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) from the clutches of Mrs. Poole (Helen McCrory). REVIEW: Following last week’s episode, which (along with the...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: James Horner

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of legendary bad ass Samuel L. Jackson. This week's subject is someone who made his living behind the scenes, but made a huge mark on some of the most important...

TV Review: True Detective: Season 2, Episode 2

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Season 2, Episode 2: Night Finds You SUMMARY: The investigation into Ben Caspar’s demise uncovers his more unsavory side. Meanwhile, Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn) finds himself backed into a corner financially. REVIEW: It’s unfortunate that last week’s episode was...

Review: Glass Chin

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A washed-up boxer (Corey Stoll) becomes the fall-guy for a wealthy mobster (Billy Crudup). REVIEW: Being a film critic for JoBlo.com, my inbox is ofen full of review requests from indie distributors looking for coverage for their movies....

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