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: Django Unchained

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: In the pre-Civil War Deep South, a slave, Django (Jamie Foxx) is rescued from captivity by a bounty-hunter- Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz offers him a deal- that Django helps him in his bounty-hunting duties throughout the winter,...

Top 10 Movies of 2012 (Chris Bumbray)

Posted 14 years ago

Here we are again! Yet another year draws to a close, and overall 2012 has been an absolutely top-notch year for movies. We saw Christopher Nolan’s DARK KNIGHT sage draw to a superb (if controversial) close, along with movies like...

Review: Jack Reacher

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: When a former army sniper is accused of mass murder, he requests that his lawyer (Rosamund Pike) find a former MP named Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise). Reacher, who’s been living off the grid, without a permanent home or even...

Review: The Impossible

Posted 14 years ago

This film was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2012 coverage PLOT: The incredible true story of a vacationing family (led by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor) who were caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. REVIEW: J.A Bayona’s...

Review: The Guilt Trip

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Andy (Seth Rogen) a broke inventor, invites his widowed mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) on a cross-country road trip- where he plans to push his new cleaning product, and reunite her with her long-lost first love. REVIEW: There’s simply no...

Review: Playing for Keeps

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: George (Gerard Butler) is a former soccer (FOOTBALL!) star who, after a career-ending injury, has followed his ex-wife (Jessica Biel) and son to the US to try and get his family back. Meanwhile, he’s trying to launch a career...

Review: Lay The Favorite

Posted 14 years ago

This movie was reviewed as part of our Sundance 2012 coverage. PLOT: Beth (Rebecca Hall) ekes out a meagre living as a private dancer, but an encounter with a gun-wielding client makes her reconsider her options. She moves to Las...

Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is recruited by Gandalf (Ian McKellen) the wizard to join a company of thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a quest to reclaim their home Erebor from the dragon Smaug....

Review: Hyde Park on Hudson

Posted 14 years ago

This film was initially published/reviewed as part of our TIFF 2012 coverage PLOT: The meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and King George VI (Samuel West) on the eve of WW2- as seen through the eyes of FDR’s cousin/mistress,...

Review: Amour

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Georges (Jean-Louis Tritignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) seem to be weathering the transition to old age better than most. Two former piano teachers, they spend their days going to concerts, listening to music, and gently teasing each other about...

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