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: How I Live Now

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: In a world on the brink of war, Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is sent to live with her cousins in the English countryside. There, she meets and falls in love with Edmond (George MacKay) a quiet, introverted boy. Their idyllic...

The Good, The Bad and the Badass: Anthony Hopkins

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of master director John Carpenter, a true legend of modern horror. This week we take a look at the career of a legendary actor who’s also made his mark on...

Review: Last Vegas

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Four old friends (Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman & Kevin Kline) reunite for a weekend in Las Vegas when one of them (Douglas) decides to marry his much-younger girlfriend. REVIEW: The pitch for LAST VEGAS must have...

Review: Ender’s Game

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Years after the planet is attacked by an ant-like alien race called the Formics, a military school has been set up to find brilliant strategists among Earth’s young, with the idea that a child’s decision making skills will lack...

Review: Diana

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A glimpse into the last two years of Princess Diana’s (Naomi Watts) life, from her separation from Prince Charles, through a relationship she has with a down-to-earth Pakistani heart surgeon, Dr. Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). REVIEW: It’s hard to...

Review: About Time

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Domhnall Gleeson) inherits a rare gift from his father (Bill Nighy): he can travel in time. He uses his gift to woo a young woman (Rachel McAdams) and change his life for the better. REVIEW: Ladies...

The Good, The Bad and the Badass: John Carpenter

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of master director Ridley Scott. This week’s subject is another iconic director, and one that’s been consistently underrated by critics, both in his heyday and now.

Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a teenaged-girl who feels curiously unfulfilled by her flirtations with the boys in her high school. When she meets Emma (Léa Seydoux)- an older painter, she’s drawn to her in an explosively sexual way that...

Review: The Counselor (Chris Bumbray’s take)

Posted 13 years ago

Read JimmyO's review here PLOT: A lawyer (Michael Fassbender) living way beyond his means, gets involved in a drug-deal organized by a shady businessman (Javier Bardem) with a crazed mistress (Cameron Diaz). When the deal goes sour, the lawyer goes...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ridley Scott

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, to celebrate the release of ESCAPE PLAN, we examined the long career for veteran action hero Sylvester Stallone. This week sees the release of another film from an industry veteran- THE COUNSELOR, from this week’s subject…

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