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: Drug War

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) is a slick drug dealer operating out of Mainland China. His luck takes a turn for the worse when a meth lab explosion leaves him burnt, widowed, and in the custody of Captain Zhang Lei’s...

Review: Sweetwater (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: In late 1800's New Mexico, a young bride's husband is murdered by a fanatical religious leader. She cuts a swath of vengeance across the territory. REVIEW: Well, they can't all be winners, can they? Even a great festival is...

Review: The Complex (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) – a young nursing student- moves into a new apartment building with her family. Following some strange nocturnal activity, Asuka is horrified to discover the body of her neighbor, an elderly man who died of neglect,...

Review: Zero Charisma

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Scott (Sam Eidson) is a dedicated table-top RPG fan. In fact, he’s such a fan that he’s unable to hold down anything but a dead-end job, while living at home with his cantankerous grandmother (Anne Gee Byrd) and dominating...

Review: 2 Guns

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A rogue DEA agent (Denzel Washington) and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer (Mark Wahlberg) double cross each other after robbing a bank where a drug lord (Edward James Olmos) launders his money. Neither man knows the other is undercover....

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Review: Willow Creek (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Jim (Bryce Johnson) is obsessed with the legend of Bigfoot, and drags his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) along on a trip into the heart of “Bigfoot country” in Willow Creek, California to make a documentary retracing the journey taken...

Review: Magic Magic (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Alicia (Juno Temple) is a fragile young woman, who comes to Chile to visit her cousin, Sarah (Emily Browning). After Sarah has to leave for an important exam, Alicia’s left alone with her friends, Agustin (Agustin Silva), Brink...

Review: The Spectacular Now

Posted 13 years ago

(This film was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's 2013 Sundance Film Festival Coverage) PLOT: Sutter (Miles Teller) is a high school senior who thinks he has it all figured out. He's ultra-popular at his school, has a gorgeous girlfriend...

Review: Big Bad Wolves (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A renegade cop (Lior Ashkenazi) is convinced that the man behind a series of child murders is a quiet, humble schoolteacher (Rotem Keinan). His plot to force a confession is upended by the revenge-obsessed father (Tzahi Grad) of the...

Review: Hell Baby (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Jack (Rob Corddry) and Vanessa (Leslie Bibb) are an expectant couple, who move into an infamously cursed house in a run-down section of New Orleans. Within days, Vanessa starts acting strangely, and Jack becomes convinced she’s somehow possessed. Meanwhile,...

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