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: Unfinished Business

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A small-business owner (Vince Vaughn) and his two employees (Tom Wilkinson & Dave Franco) travel to Berlin to pull off a deal that could save their company, only to discover their mean former boss (Sienna Miller) is chasing the...

Review: Chappie

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: In a futuristic South Africa patrolled by police robots, one defective model is given human emotions by his creator (Dev Patel). Now known as Chappie (Sharlto Copley) the robot falls into the hands of a group of thugs who...

TV Review: Better Call Saul: Episode 5: Alpine Shepherd Boy

Posted 12 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 & the Badass: Leonard Nimoy

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, in the wake of the Oscars, we took a look at the career of master director Richard Linklater. This week's tribute marks the passing of an icon… Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy's passing hit me hard. Granted, he...

Review: The Lazarus Effect

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A team of medical researchers invent a serum (which they dub Lazarus) that is capable of bringing dead patients back to life. When one of the doctors – Zoe (Olivia Wilde) suffers a deadly accident, they use the serum...

Binge Watchin’ TV Review: House of Cards

Posted 12 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: Better Call Saul: Season 1, Episode 4: Hero (SPOILERS)

Posted 12 years ago

Review: ’71

Posted 12 years ago

This review originally ran as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: A young British soldier (Jack O’Connell) finds himself separated from his unit and trapped behind enemy lines in 1971 Belfast at the height of “The Troubles”. REVIEW: Lightening...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Richard Linklater

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at the career of newly-minted Oscar-winner Julianne Moore. This week's subject is another person who had a big night at the Oscars… Richard Linklater Well, Richard Linklater didn't wind up taking home the Oscar for...

Review: The Duff

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Bianca (Mae Whitman) has a lot going for her. She’s one of the smartest kids in her high school and has two popular best friends, Casey (Bianca A. Santos) and Jessica (Skyler Samuels), with the one caveat being her...

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