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!

Falling Review (TIFF 2020) starring Viggo Mortensen & Lance Henriksen

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: A man (Viggo Mortensen) tries to reconcile his relationship with his cantankerous, abusive father (Lance Henriksen) during a disastrous visit. REVIEW: Reviewing someone’s passion project can be a tricky thing. It’s clear from the dedication at the end of...

DC FanDome Explore the Multiverse is on + Junkie XL’s Justice League score!

Posted 6 years ago

Hot on the heels of last month's amazingly well-done DC FanDome, fans can relive their favorite panels from the convention with DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse – a totally customizable, 24 hour event. While it seems like most of the newer programming...

Nomadland Review (TIFF 2020)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: An Itinerant worker (Frances McDormand) wanders the American West in her run-down RV, trying to eke out a living while finding support from a whole generation of middle-aged workers who’ve found themselves in a similar predicament thanks to a...

JoBlo’s TIFF 2020 preview!

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Like everything else planned for 2020, the Toronto International Film Festival has had to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, this year’s edition of the festival is thoroughly different than what we’ve seen in previous years....

Thunderball: James Bond Revisited

Posted 6 years ago

Bond, James Bond. Those three simple words are arguably the most famous in screen history, kicking off a franchise that’s lasted fifty-eight years, twenty five films and six actors in the lead and has grossed seven billion dollars to date...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Black Hole

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

Tenet (Film Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: An agent (John David Washington) working for a top-secret organization tries to prevent the triggering of a weapon that, through the use of inverted technology, could end all life on Earth. REVIEW: After months and months of delays, Christopher Nolan’s TENET is...

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Movie Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: A young woman (Jessie Buckley) and her boyfriend of six weeks (Jesse Plemons) drive during a major snowstorm to visit his parents (Toni Collette & David Thewlis) on a remote farm. REVIEW: I/M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, like most...

WTF Happened to Tombstone?

Posted 6 years ago

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts, or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset...

Mulan (Film Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: The headstrong Mulan (Liu Yifei) takes her father’s place in battle when the Imperial Army is summoned by the emperor (Jet Li) to fight the forces of an evil warlord (Jason Scott Lee). REVIEW: Back in the “before” times,...

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