Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,020 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: International

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: A dogged Interpol agent (Clive Owen) is convinced that one of the world’s highest profile banking institutions is being used to broker international arms dealing, and launder money related to organized crime. Review: Midway through THE INTERNATIONAL, I had...

Review: Chocolate

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: After becoming a debt collector to pay her mother’s hospital bills, a young autistic woman with extraordinary martial arts skills runs afoul of a ruthless Thai triad boss, with ties to both her ailing mother, and her estranged Japanese...

Review: Pink Panther 2

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: When the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, the ever bumbling Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin) teams up with a crack squad of international detectives, headed by a suave Italian investigator (Andy Garcia), with designs on Clouseau’s faithful girlfriend, Nicole (Emily...

Review: The Reader

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: In post WW2 Germany, a teenaged school boy, Michael (David Kross), falls in love with a much older transit worker, Hannah (Kate Winslet). While Hannah teaches him about sex, Michael in turn captivates her with readings from his various...

Review: Frost/Nixon

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: The true story behind British talk show host David Frost’s (Michael Sheen) legendary series of post- Watergate interviews with disgraced former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). Review: Upon reading the Oscar nominations, I was surprised to discover that FROST/NIXON...

Review: Rev. Road

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: A young couple living in the suburbs during the 1950’s struggle to escape the crippling monotony of their lives. Review: REVOLUTIONARY ROAD is based on a landmark 1962 novel by Richard Yates. Back when it came out, I’m sure...

Review: Defiance

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: This is the true story of the four Bielski Brothers, who escape their Nazi-occupied hometown to seek refuge in the Belarusian forest. While hiding from the Nazis, the brothers eventually formed a union with the Soviet Partisans, and organized...

Review: Gran Torino

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), is a newly widowed, cantankerous, and bigoted old man, who`s uncomfortable with the changing demographic of his Detroit neighborhood. Meanwhile, his Hmong neighbors, including teenagers Thao & Sue, are being terrorized by a local gang,...

Top 10 Best: Chris

Posted 18 years ago

Overall, I found 2008 to be a somewhat underwhelming year at the multiplexes. Don’t get me wrong, there were lots of great, fun, blockbusters, like IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, HELLBOY 2, & TROPIC THUNDER. Still, I found there was...

Review: Bedtime Stories

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: When hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is left in charge of his sister’s two children, he’s amazed to discover that the bedtime stories he’s been entertaining them with have started to come true. Review: BEDTIME STORIES is the...

Load more articles