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: Jackie Chan

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, one of the more promising new icons. This week’s icon is of a more old-school variety, and one of the absolute greats … Jackie...

Review: San Andreas

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A series of earthquakes along the San Andreas fault spells disaster for California. With his daughter trapped in a devastated San Francisco, a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue copter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) set...

TV Review: Penny Dreadful: Season 2, Episode 4

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 4: Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places SUMMARY: Vanessa (Eva Green) reveals her past with the Cut Wife to the rest of the gang, shedding new light on the Night Comers obsession with her. Meanwhile, Ferdinand Lyle (Simon...

Review: Survivor

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A foreign service officer (Milla Jovovich) stationed in London is framed for a terrorist bombing. Now on the run from her former colleagues, she must discover who the real terrorists are while staying one step ahead of a hitman...

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The Good, The Bad and The Badass: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of character actor Sam Rockwell. This week's badass is more of a force of nature, a throwback to the iconic action stars we took for granted in the eighties and...

Review: Poltergeist

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A family’s new suburban home is haunted by nefarious spirits – or poltergeists – that take the family’s youngest daughter to a parallel dimension she’s unable to escape from. REVIEW: All things considered, this remake of POLTERGEIST isn’t that...

Forbidden Empire (Movie Review)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In the early 18th century, an English cartographer (Jason Flemyng) winds lost in the Ukraine, where he stumbles upon a village bordered by an impenetrable woods ruled by an ancient evil. REVIEW: The story behind FORBIDDEN EMPIRE is...

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Binge Watchin’ TV Review: Freaks & Geeks

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Welcome to Binge Watchin,’ where we take a look at some of the best TV shows available on streaming or disc that have a great catalogue of seasons to jump into and get sucked into the beautiful bliss of...

TV Review: Penny Dreadful: Season 2, Episode 3

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 3: The Nightcomers SUMMARY: Vanessa’s (Eva Green) past with Evelyn Poole’s (Helen McCroy) coven is revealed, as she tells Ethan (Josh Hartnett) about her time learning witchcraft under The Cut-Wife (Patti LuPone). REVIEW: More and more, this...

The Good, The Bad and The Badass: Sam Rockwell

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of the original MAD MAX, Mel Gibson. While this week's subject has never quite reached mega-stardom, he's still become a kind of indie icon and a favorite of us here...

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