Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,014 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: Get On Up

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The life and times of James Brown (Chadwick Boseman) – from his painful childhood to his rise to the top of the charts. Along the way, Brown has trouble with the law as well as his own band, all...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 40th Anniversary (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A group of friends taking a road trip through Texas to their old family homestead run afoul of a family of cannibals. REVIEW: I’m ashamed to admit it but I’ve never seen THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (or the...

Aux Yeux des Vivants (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Three French schoolboys cut class to go explore an abandoned, remote movie studio. To their horror, they discover that it’s not quite as abandoned as they thought. REVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury made quite a splash in the...

The One I Love (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) are a couple on the verge of a split. Their therapist (Ted Danson) suggests they spend a weekend at his country-retreat; a spot which he says has worked wonders for many of...

Creep (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A videographer (Patrick Brice) answering a Craigslist ad is summoned to a remote cabin in the woods by Josef (Mark Duplass), who says he’s dying and wants to leave a video behind for his son. As they day goes...

Predestination (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A time-travelling lawman, or rather “temporal agent” (Ethan Hawke) tries to prevent a terrorist bombing. REVIEW: To those of you reading this review, I don’t blame you for no doubt thinking that my plot synopsis is pretty bland. Sounds...

TV Review: The Strain, Season 1, Episode 3

Posted 12 years ago

Episode 3: Gone Smooth SUMMARY: The four survivors of the infected flight start to get sicker and sicker, showing strange symptoms that are medically inexplicable. Meanwhile, Setrakian is released from custody and does his best to prevent The Master’s plan...

The Good, the Bad and the Badass: James Garner

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of veteran character actor Morgan Freeman. This week, we turn our attention to another universally beloved actor, who sadly passed away just a few days ago… James Garner It’s always...

In Order of Disappearance (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A snow-plough driver (Stellan Skarsgard) living in Norway goes after the crime syndicate responsible for the death of his son. REVIEW: “A father has to avenge his son.” That’s the sole explanation given by Skarsgard’s Nils as he cuts...

Review: Hercules

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Hercules (Dwayne Johnson), having completed his twelve labors, is now a sword-for-hire along with his comrades Autolycus (Rufus Sewell), Tydeus (Aksel Hennie), Amphiaraus (Ian McShane) and his nephew Iolaus (Reece Ritchie). He's recruited by a besieged king (John Hurt)...

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