Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,010 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!

Movie Reviews

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain). For much of the seventies and eighties, Tammy and her husband Jim (Andrew Garfield) were the most famous televangelists on the planet. But, years of financial and sexual impropriety on...

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Top 10 Best James Bond Gadgets: James Bond Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Pop quiz: what are the essential elements of a James Bond film? There are the Bond girls, right? Well, we’ve already given you our favorites. What next? The villains? Done and done! Then, of course, there’s whoever is playing...

Movie Reviews

Dune Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is the sole heir to the ducal House Atreides. When his father, Duke Leo (Oscar Isaac), is assigned to oversee spice production on the desert planet Arrakis, he’s plunged into a dangerous war between his...

Movie Reviews

The Power of the Dog Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: A macho rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) psychologically tortures his brother’s (Jesse Plemons) new bride (Kirsten Dunst). But, when her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) comes to visit, he seems unexpectedly fond of the boy – but what are his intentions? REVIEW: Jane...

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WTF Happened to Chow Yun-Fat?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris He’s been called Hong Kong’s King of Cool, and indeed there’s no one cooler than Chow Yun-Fat. From blasting onto the screen as the pistol packing gangster Mark Gor in John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow, to other Woo classics...

Movie Reviews

The Card Counter Review

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: An ex-military interrogator (Oscar Isaac) makes his living as a low-stakes gambler. Haunted by his past actions, which resulted in a jail sentence, he encounters a kid (Tye Sheridan) on his journey, who is connected to his former CO...

Movie News

TIFF 2021 Preview: Last Night in Soho, Dune and more

Posted 5 years ago

Once again it’s time for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). While last year’s festival was an all digital affair thanks to the ongoing pandemic, the City of Toronto has opted to make the TIFF 2021 edition partially in-person, with...

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Kate Review

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: A contract killer (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is poisoned on the eve of her final assignment. Before succumbing to radiation sickness due to her poisoning, she opts to use her last twenty-four hours to find and kill those responsible, cutting...

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Xena: Warrior Princess – Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Back in the nineties, fantasy TV was a little different. The adult-oriented adventures of Game of Thrones and Outlander were a long way off, with the genre dominated by syndicated hour-long adventure shows. The king of this genre was...

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Mytheries: The Fouke Monster – the Cryptozoology Legend is explored

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Folk monsters is a term I like to use when it comes to certain legends. They tend to be centered around one area and have an air to them that’s rural, country, unique. The folk monster, or should I...

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