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!

Color Out of Space (TIFF 2019 Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A meteorite tumbles to earth bringing with it both psychological and physical changes to people living in the community it contaminates. REVIEW: Richard Stanley is something of a folk hero in the genre community. Following a smashing breakthrough with...

Review: Jojo Rabbit (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: During the final days of World War 2, a young German boy, Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), who’s a fanatical devotee of the Third Reich, to the extent that his imaginary best friend is Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), finds his...

Review: The Goldfinch (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Thirteen year old Theo Decker (Oakes Fegley), loses his mother in a terrorist bombing. After the attack, he winds up in the possession of a priceless painting, The Goldfinch, which becomes his constant companion as he becomes an adult (Ansel...

Review: A Hidden Life (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: An Austrian conscientious objector (August Diehl) is imprisoned in Nazi Germany, while his wife (Valerie Pachner) tries to go on with life without him. REVIEW: It goes without saying the Terrence Malick movies aren’t for everyone. Slow-paced and evocative,...

Parasite (TIFF 2019 Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A family of con artists worms their way into the good graces of a wealthy family. REVIEW: Bong Joon-ho is one of the most original, vibrant voices to emerge from South Korea’s film industry, ever since the creative explosion...

Review: Waves (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A family is torn apart by a senseless act that has dire consequences for all involved. REVIEW: Every film festival, there’s one movie that just gets all up in your guts and won’t let go. I remember once it...

Review: Parasite (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

Review: It: Chapter Two (Bumbray’s take)

Posted 7 years ago

Read Paul Shirey's review HERE! PLOT: Twenty-seven years after defeating Pennywise, the adult “Losers” return home to destroy the terrifying evil once and for all. REVIEW: IT: CHAPTER ONE was one of those rare horror films that broke out so massively...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Alien Nation

Posted 7 years ago

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...

IT: Chapter 2 (Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Twenty-seven years after defeating Pennywise, the adult “Losers” return home to destroy the terrifying evil once and for all. REVIEW: IT: CHAPTER ONE was one of those rare horror films that broke out so massively beyond its core base that...

Load more articles