Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,019 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Boogie Nights, Goldfinger, Casablanca, Heat, The Guns read more 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 bad ones, and of course, Tom Cruise!

Review: Up in the Air

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: George Clooney is Ryan Bingham, a high living corporate axe-man, who makes his living flying from city to city firing people for bosses who don`t have the stomach to do it themselves. Bingham cherishes his life on the road,...

Review: Everybody’s Fine

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A retired widower (Robert De Niro) hits the road in hopes of reconnecting with his grown children- none of whom seem to be as happy or successful as he presumed. REVIEW: EVERYBODY’S FINE is something of a comeback for...

Review: Precious

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: Precious (Gabourey Sidibe), an obese and illiterate black teenager, pregnant for the second time by her father, lives in inner city Harlem with her monstrous, abusive mother (Mo’nique). After being thrown out of high school, Precious is sent to...

1999: A Look Back, Pt. 5

Posted 17 years ago

So far this week, we’ve looked at the many notable films that came out in 1999, including the blockbusters, the sleepers, the prestige films, and the more unconventional releases. Today, in the final installment of my look back, I’m going...

Review: Ninja Assassin

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: A UN investigator (Naomi Harris), becomes the target of a deadly Ninja clan, when she threatens to expose their existence. Her only hope is a young, rogue ninja, Raizo (Rain), who breaks with the clan after his master (Sho...

1999: A Look Back, Pt. 4

Posted 17 years ago

So far, we’ve taken a look back at the blockbusters, sleepers, and prestige flicks of 1999. Now it’s time to look at some of the more unconventional films of the year. One is a film that flopped upon it’s release,...

1999: A Look Back, Pt. 3

Posted 17 years ago

After spending the last two days looking at the blockbusters, and sleeper hits of 1999, for today’s installment, I wanted to take a look at two of the biggest prestige films of the year. One marked the arrival of a...

Review: Old Dogs

Posted 17 years ago

PLOT: Two middle aged businessmen and best friends, Dan (Robin Williams), and Charlie (John Travolta), are in for a rude awakening when Dan’s ex-girlfriend, Vicki (Kelly Preston), re-enters their life, with two kids in tow that she claims are Dan’s....

1999: A Look Back, Pt. 2

Posted 17 years ago

Here’s Part Two of my ongoing look back at the year 1999. Yesterday’s look back at two of the year’s biggest blockbusters got a great response, and with a lot of people asking where the love was for THE SIXTH...

1999: A Look Back

Posted 17 years ago

Every once in a while, we hit upon a milestone year in cinema with 1939 remaining the gold standard, as that year saw the release of such timeless classics as GONE WITH THE WIND, THE WIZARD OF OZ, GUNGA DIN,...

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