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: The Grand Seduction

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: in the small harbor of Tickle Cove, Newfoundland, the dying fish industry has ruined the town's economy, and their only hope of regaining prosperity is to convince an oil company to establish a factory that would lead to full...

Review: Filth

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is a detective in Scotland investigating a racially motivated murder while attempting to gain an important promotion at work. However, Bruce leads a double life. While he pretends to be an upstanding officer, he’s actually...

The Good, the Bad & the Badass: Angelina Jolie

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of the iconic, beloved Ian McKellen. This week's subject is just as beloved, both for her iconic work on-screen, and her humanitarian work off-screen. Oh, and let's not forget, she's...

TV Review: Penny Dreadful: Season 1, Episode 3

Posted 12 years ago

Episode 3: Resurrection SUMMARY: Victor (Harry Treadaway) comes face-to-face with his first creation (Rory Kinnear) who's bent on teaching Victor the consequences of playing God. REVIEW: The third episode of PENNY DREADFUL (the first not directed by J.A Bayona) kicks...

Review: Cold in July

Posted 12 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our SUNDANCE 2014 coverage. PLOT: A small-town Texas family man (Michael C. Hall) kills an intruder and has to contend with the dead man's vengeful father (Sam Shepard)- although all is not...

Review: Blended

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Two single parents (Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore) suffer through a disastrous blind date, but then coincidentally find their families “blended” together on a dream vacation to South Africa. Hijinks ensue. REVIEW: Throughout my career at JoBlo.com, I doubt...

Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted 12 years ago

Check out JimmyO's video review right here! PLOT: In a horrific future where mutants are being exterminated by sentient robots called Sentinels, Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) teams with his former enemy Magneto (Ian McKellen) in a plan to use Kitty...

Review: The Immigrant

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Ewa (Marion Cotillard) – a Polish immigrant fleeing from her homeland in the 1920s – is separated from her tuberculosis-afflicted sister at Ellis Island. Dubbed a “woman of low morals” after an shipboard incident, Ewa is about to be...

Now Playing in Your Living Room

Posted 12 years ago

I think we can all agree that movie tickets are more than a little overpriced. Unless you’re shelling out cash to watch GODZILLA stomp around on an IMAX screen, or watch CAPTAIN AMERICA face-off with THE WINTER SOLDIER, then shelling...

TV Review: Penny Dreadful: Season 1, Episode 2

Posted 12 years ago

Episode 2: Séance SUMMARY: Vanessa (Eva Green) and Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) acquaint themselves with the mysterious Dorian Gray. Meanwhile, Ethan (Josh Hartnett) checks into a brothel and starts to make the most of his new home. REVIEW: “He's here…unbutton...

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