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!

2015 Sundance Preview!

Posted 12 years ago

It’s absolutely insane that it’s already been a year since my last trip to Park City, Utah for Sundance 2014. This marks my sixth time at the fest, and I’m as excited as I’ve ever been. This is one thing...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Rod Taylor

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor who's likely in the very prime of his career. This week, we switch gears to examine the life of an actor who never really received...

Review: Vice

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Entrepreneur Julian Michaels (Bruce Willis) owns an urban resort called “Vice” where guests are work out their worst urges on the human-like android inhabitants, none of whom realize they aren’t human, and have their memories wiped every time they’re...

Review: Taken 3

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Terminally unlucky former special agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is framed for the murder of his ex-wife. Now, he must use his “special skills” not only to prove his innocence and solve her murder, but also to find those...

Review: Selma

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Dr. Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo) and his involvement in the landmark civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. REVIEWS: Some movies can’t help but be timely and man, is SELMA ever timely. Watching SELMA,...

Review: Inherent Vice

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) – a pothead private eye operating out of L.A in 1970, becomes embroiled in a labyrinthine plot when he agrees to help out an ex-girlfriend (Katherine Waterson) who’s in trouble. REVIEW: Watching INHERENT VICE is...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Joaquin Phoenix

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of tough guy extraordinaire Bruce Willis. This week's actor is more atypical for this column, but look below the surface and you'll find an actor that's absolutely uncompromising in his...

The JoBlo.com 2015 Movie Preview!

Posted 12 years ago

I think we can all agree that 2014 ended up being a mighty impressive year for movies (and TV). Still, to many 2014 felt like little more than a prelude to what promises to be a monster 2015 as far...

Top 10 Films of 2014 (Bumbray) + Video!

Posted 12 years ago

Chris As far as movies go, 2014 started with a bang, with January having marked easily the best edition of the Sundance Film Festival I’ve ever attended. Four of the films on my top-ten premiered there. From this point, the...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Bruce Willis

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of seventies and eighties megastar Burt Reynolds. This week's subject is a guy who arguably owes his stardom to the fact that Reynolds turned down what became a career-defining part...

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