Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,015 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 Lone Ranger

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: John Reid (Armie Hammer), a tenderfoot lawyer educated in the east, is left for dead by a gang of outlaws. Donning a leather mask to hide his identity, he teams up with a Native American warrior named Tonto (Johnny...

Review: The Heat

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: An uptight FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) is paired up with a crazy Boston cop (Melissa McCarthy) in order to take down a violent drug lord. REVIEW: I had high hopes for THE HEAT. It should have been good. It’s...

Review: White House Down

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: When a paramilitary group takes over the White House, a U.S Capitol cop, John Cale (Channing Tatum) – who flunked his interview to join the secret service- is the only one left to protect the president (Jamie Foxx), and...

Review: Redemption

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: An AWOL Royal Marine, Joey Jones (Jason Statham) hides from his pursuers on the streets of London, where he lives as a homeless junkie. After being attacked by a gang of goons, Joey takes solace in a fancy apartment,...

Horror Movie Reviews

Review: World War Z

Posted 13 years ago

Look out for The Arrow's review over the weekend! PLOT: A former UN investigator, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is forced to leave his family when a Zombie pandemic threatens the population with annihilation . REVIEW: Anyone who follows movie news...

Review: World War Z (Chris Bumbray’s take)

Posted 13 years ago

(Read JimmyO's more positive review here) PLOT: A former UN investigator, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is forced to leave his family when a Zombie pandemic threatens the population with annihilation . REVIEW: Anyone who follows movie news can tell you...

Top 10 Superhero Movie Villains!

Posted 13 years ago

A good superhero is only as good as his adversary. While we’ve had dozens and dozens of superhero movies over the last decade, the ones that stuck out are the ones with the really good villains. When you’ve got a...

Review: Monsters University

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Ten years before MONSTERS INC., Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) are freshmen at Monsters University, enrolled in the “scare” program. After they flunk out, their only hope of readmission is to win the university “Scare Games” for...

Review: Man of Steel (Chris Bumbray’s take)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: With the planet Krypton on the verge of destruction, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) defies the evil General Zod (Michael Shannon) and sends his son Kal-El to Earth. Thirty-three years later, Zod arrives on Earth, looking for the grown Kal-El, now...

Review: This is the End

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Actor Jay Baruchel visits his estranged best friend Seth Rogen in L.A. After a day of getting stoned and playing video games, they head over to James Franco‘s house to party with Rogen’s Hollywood friends, but their night of...

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