Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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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: Leap Year

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: Anna (Amy Adams) wants her boyfriend (Adam Scott) to propose, and after he leaves for a conference in Dublin, she decides to take advantage of an Irish custom, which allows for a woman to propose to her boyfriend on...

REVIEW: Youth in Revolt

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a geeky high school-er, eager for the day he’ll finally lose his virginity. He lives with his mom (Jean Smart), while his father (Steve Buscemi) has remarried a woman less than half his age...

REVIEW: Daybreakers

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: In a world where 95% of the population are vampires and slowly starving to death due to lack of human blood, a vamp blood chemist, Edward (Ethan Hawke) tries to find a way to save both species from extinction....

Review: A Single Man

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A single day in the life of a middle-aged, British academic (Colin Firth) living in Los Angeles during the 1960’s. Distraught over the death of his lover (Matthew Goode), he plans to take his own life, but first must...

INT: Terry Gilliam

Posted 17 years ago

Terry Gilliam is one of those directors that truly deserves being called a legend. Were it only for his work with MONTH PYTHON, he would already be an icon, but if you consider the amazing films he’s directed, TIME BANDITS,...

Review: Sherlock Holmes

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: Master detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.), and his partner Dr. Watson (Jude Law), must stop a murderous occultist, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who has seemingly risen from the dead. REVIEW: I’ve always been a fan of SHERLOCK HOLMES....

Review: Nine

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A burnt-out film director, Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), must juggle his wife (Marion Cottilard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his muse (Nicole Kidman), and an amorous journalist (Kate Hudson), while preparing to shoot his latest film. REVIEW: NINE is a...

Review: Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: After witnessing a murder, an estranged Manhattan couple (Hugh Grant, & Sarah Jessica Parker) are entered into the witness relocation program. They’re sent to Ray, Wyoming, where they’re put in the care of a gun-toting, husband & wife, Sheriff/Deputy...

Review: Avatar

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A paralyzed Marine, Jake Scully (Sam Worthington), is given the chance to walk again when he’s recruited for a top-secret program involving the exploitation of an alien planet. Scully’s assignment is to infiltrate the planet’s indigenous population, called the...

Review: Armored

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A rookie armored car guard (Columbus Short), is pitted against his colleagues (Matt Dillon, Lawrence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, & Amaury Nolasco), when a heist the crew plans goes wrong. REVIEW: ARMORED is yet another Screen Gems production...

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