Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,017 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: Super 8

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Circa 1979, a group of small town kids making a zombie flick, accidentally capture a massive train crash on their super 8mm camera. When the air force descends on the town, determined to cover up the accident, they realize...

Movie Reviews

Review: X-Men: First Class

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: It’s 1962, and CIA agent Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne) is on the trail of The Hellfire Club, a sinister organization run by Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) that’s keen on igniting a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet...

Review: Submarine

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A young lad named Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) growing up in Wales during the eighties, falls in love with an eczema afflicted classmate (Yasmin Paige). At the same time, he must deal with his parents (Noah Taylor & Sally...

Review: The Hangover, Part 2

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Stu (Ed Helms) is getting married in Thailand, and his wolf pack, including Phil (Bradley Cooper), Alan (Zach Galifianakis), and Doug (Justin Bartha) are there to walk him down the aisle. Swearing off bachelor parties after their experience in...

Review: Kung Fu Panda 2

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Po (Jack Black) the Panda is back, and this time he must do battle with Lord Shen (the great Gary Oldman); an evil Ostrich looking to conquer China. REVIEW: KUNG FU PANDA was a film that actually kind of...

Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is forced by a former flame, Angelica (Penelope Cruz) and her dreaded pirate father, Blackbeard (Ian McShane) to guide them to the mythical fountain of youth. Along the way, they’re pursued by Sparrow’s old...

Review: The Beaver

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT : Walter (Mel Gibson) is a troubled family man, nearing the end of his rope. His wife (Jodie Foster) has just thrown him out, and his eldest son (Anton Yelchin) despises him. After finding a beaver puppet in the...

Review: The Bang Bang Club

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Four South Africans photojournalists cover the final, bloody years of apartheid. They become known as daredevil photographers, and are dubbed “The Bang Bang Club” by the foreign press. Despite their fame, and rock n’ roll lifestyle, all four become...

Review: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Morgan Spurlock investigates product placement in mass-media, with him deciding to fund a documentary on the subject solely through product placement with corporate partners. REVIEW: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD is just as much of an eye-opener as his...

C’MON HOLLYWOOD: Are modern action movies soulless?

Posted 15 years ago

Chris A few days ago, while promoting the upcoming COWBOYS & ALIENS, Harrison Ford was quoted by the L.A Times as saying, essentially, that modern action films are soulless. Specifically, he said, “I think what a lot of action movies...

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