Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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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: Valkyrie

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: VALKYRIE is the true story of Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) who, along with several other high ranking members of the German Army, hatched an ultimately unsuccessful plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Review: Being a major WW2 buff,...

Review: Seven Pounds

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: An enigmatic IRS agent (Will Smith) involves himself in the lives of seven troubled people. Review: SEVEN POUNDS is a really frustrating film. On the one hand, it’s a very well made tearjerker, but on the other, it’s so...

Review: The Wrestler

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), has seen better days. Back in the eighties, he was one of the most popular wrestlers in the business, but now, he’s slipped into obscurity. He makes a meager living wrestling in the...

Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Alien visitor Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) has been sent to determine whether or not humanity poses a threat to the continued existence of planet Earth. Review: I made a big mistake last week. I re-watched the original 1951 version of...

Review: Transporter 3

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is back, and this time, he has to transport a mysterious Ukrainian girl named Valentina (Natalya Rudakova) from Marseille to Budapest. As an added incentive, Martin has an explosive bracelet locked to his wrist which...

Review: Milk

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: The life and death of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), who, during the seventies, became the first openly gay man to hold public office, when he was elected as a city supervisor in San Francisco. Review: MILK is a triumphant...

Review: Australia

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a sprawling ranch located in the Australian outback. In order to save the ranch, Ashley must bring in a massive herd of cattle, so that she can bid on an army contract. In...

Review: Bolt

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Bolt (voiced by John Travolta), is the canine star of a TV action adventure show- where week after week, he rescues his young co-star, Penny (voiced by Miley Cyrus) from the clutches of a diabolical super villain. In order...

Review: Quantum of Solace

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: QUANTUM picks up right where CASINO ROYALE left off, with Bond (Daniel Craig) hell-bent on avenging Vesper Lynd’s death. His path of vengeance leads him to Dominic Greene (Matthieu Amalric), the CEO of an international philanthropic foundation- with ties...

Bond: Die Another Day

Posted 18 years ago

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH was yet another smash hit for the Bond franchise- but the film was heavily criticized when it came out, due to the fact that it was clearly a by-the-numbers outing that did not possess much...

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