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 Other Woman

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Carly (Cameron Diaz) – a high-powered lawyer, is shocked to discover that her perfect new boyfriend, Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is married. She soon starts an unlikely friendship with Mark’s ditzy wife, Kate (Leslie Mann) and when they discover that...

Review: Blue Ruin

Posted 12 years ago

This review of BLUE RUIN originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: A vagrant’s (Macon Blair) quiet existence is destroyed when he discovers that the man who murdered his parents has just been released from prison. REVIEW:...

2015 Oscar Contenders!

Posted 12 years ago

With the announcement of the first titles playing at this year's Cannes Film Festival, one could argue that this year's awards race has already begun. After all, future Oscar-winner THE ARTIST made it's debut at Cannes in 2012, and several...

The Good, the Bad & the Badass: William Friedkin

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of comedy maestro Mel Brooks. This week’s subject is another director, albeit of much, MUCH harsher fare. If any director deserves to be called a badass, it’s this guy. William...

Review: Transcendence

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: When Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is fatally wounded in an assassination attempt, his wife (Rebecca Hall) and research partner (Paul Bettany) decide to upload his consciousness into a super computer. Thus, Will is reborn as a sentient machine...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Mel Brooks

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of Russell Crowe, an actor whose presence or gravitas is unmatched. This week’s subject has his own kind of gravitas, albeit if you compared the two they couldn’t be more...

Review: Joe

Posted 12 years ago

Joe was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: An ex-con (Nicolas Cage) living a rough and tumble life in the south becomes the unlikely father figure for a teenager (Tye Sheridan) with an abusive, alcoholic bum...

Review: Draft Day

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The beleaguered general manager of the Cleveland Browns attempts to land a number one draft pick in the hopes of ending his team’s thirteen-year losing streak. REVIEW: Before MONEYBALL, I doubt anyone could have predicted that the business of...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Russell Crowe

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of actor-director-Sundance head honcho Robert Redford, a man whose career we could easily define as heroic. This week's subject is heroic in his own way, as one of the few...

Horror Movie Reviews

Afflicted (Movie Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Childhood friends Cliff (Cliff Prowse) and Derek (Derek Lee) decide to take a trip around the world, which they plan to document for their video blog. When a girl Derek picks up bites him, his gradually undergoes a horrific...

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