Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,011 Articles Published

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!

Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Paul Blart (Kevin James) – with his daughter (Raini Rodriguez) in tow – heads to Las Vegas after being invited to speak at a security trade-show. While there, he stumbles upon an art-heist masterminded by a high-tech thief (Neal...

Review: Unfriended

Posted 11 years ago

UNFRIENDED was previously reviewed at the Fantasia Film Festival, where it was screened under the name CYBERNATURAL. The film may have changed slightly since then. This review reflects the original cut. PLOT: A gang of skyping teenagers are terrorized by...

Review: Alex of Venice

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Alex (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a young lawyer with a thriving career whose husband George (Chris Messina) stays home to take care of their son Dakota (Skylar Gaertner) and her middle-aged actor father (Don Johnson). When George walks out...

Review: True Story

Posted 11 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) – a disgraced journalist – sees an opportunity to get his career back on track when an accused murderer, Christian Longo (James Franco) is...

Review: Beyond The Reach

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A young guide (Jeremy Irvine) finds himself stalked in the Mohave desert by a rich hunter (Michael Douglas) after the two are involved in an accidental shooting. REVIEW: THE REACH could – and should – have been a great...

The Good, The Bad and The Badass: Don Johnson

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of action-star Jason Statham. This week's actor is veteran action hero who – on the small screen – played one of the coolest cops of all time and has remained...

Review: The Longest Ride

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A college gal (Britt Robertson) bound for a lofty internship in NYC falls in love with a North Carolina bull rider (Scott Eastwood). With their careers tearing them apart, both find inspiration in the stories an old man (Alan...

TV Review: Better Call Saul: Episode 10: Marco (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Chris This recap/review of Better Call Saul is written with the expectation that everyone who reads this and comments below will have seen the episode already. Thus, if you’ve yet to see the episode in question, DO NOT GO ANY...

The Good, The Bad and The Badass: Jason Statham

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of Vin Diesel, who’s ridden the FAST & FURIOUS franchise into superstar status. This week’s subject is another action hero who recently joined the saga and might be getting a...

Review: Clouds of Sils Maria

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Twenty years after playing a controversial part on stage, veteran actress Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to star in a new mounting of the play – albeit this time in a supporting part with her former...

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