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 and The Badass: Steve Martin

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of the luminous Naomi Watts, one of the best actresses of her generation. This week's subject is an all-out legend, often typecast in vanilla comedy parts, but capable of so...

Review: Insurgent

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After having foiled the “Erudite” uprising, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) find themselves on the run. They take shelter with the “Factionless” – who are planning an armed revolt under the leadership of Four’s estranged mother (Naomi...

TV Review: Better Call Saul: Episode 7: Bingo (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: Naomi Watts

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the long, spectacular career of Harrison Ford. This week, we turn our attention to an actress who's too often underrated but has seemingly never given a bad performance… Naomi Watts Naomi Watts...

Review: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: An in-depth expose of Scientology, from its founding by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, through its relentless rise in popularity throughout the eighties and nineties. REVIEW: GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF is absolutely incendiary entertainment. The...

Review: Run All Night

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: An alcoholic hitman (Liam Neeson) is forced to kill his beloved employer’s (Ed Harris) son in order to protect his own estranged offspring (Joel Kinnaman). Now, father and son are forced to spend Christmas eve dodging assassins and and...

TV Review: Better Call Saul: Episode 6: Five-O (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...

Review: The Cobbler

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A New York cobbler (Adam Sandler) discovers that the old cobbling machine stored in his basement has magic powers. If he uses the machine to repair a pair of shoes, by wearing the repaired shoes he’s able to assume...

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The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Harrison Ford

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at the look at the long, storied career of one of the great icons of the twentieth century, Leonard Nimoy, aka Spock. This week we look at another icon who's escape from a dangerous plane...

Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: As Sonny (Dev Patel) prepares for his wedding, the residents of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are rocked by the arrival of a new American guest (Richard Gere) who may have been sent by a corporation looking to help...

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