Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,011 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!

Mandy (Movie Review)

Posted 8 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2018 coverage. PLOT: 1983 A.D – the Shadow Mountains. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage)’s idyllic life comes crashing down when his beloved girlfriend, Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) is kidnapped by a...

Exclusive Interviews: Matthew McConaughey and more talk White Boy Rick

Posted 8 years ago

As someone who rarely gets to interview celebrities, being based in Montreal (not exactly a hotbed of junkets), travelling to film festivals and occasionally sitting down to talk with actors I admire is a real treat. Over the last few...

Review: Mandy

Posted 8 years ago

This review was originally part of our Sundance 2018 coverage PLOT: 1983 A.D – the Shadow Mountains. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage)’s idyllic life comes crashing down when his beloved girlfriend, Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) is kidnapped by a demented cult,...

Review: Destroyer (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A worn-out, alcoholic LA cop (Nicole Kidman) is forced to confront old demons when an enemy from her past reemerges. REVIEW: Karyn Kusama’s DESTROYER is, for me, the big surprise of this year’s TIFF. Having been a big fan...

Exclusive: We talk The Predator w/ Boyd Holbrook, Keegan Michael-Key & more!

Posted 8 years ago

What a difference a day makes! Thursday morning, prior to the world premiere, THE PREDATOR was highly anticipated in the fan community, and it looked like the Midnight Madness screening would be a victory lap for Shane Black’s updated continuation...

Review: Boy Erased (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

center> PLOT: The son (Lucas Hedges) of a Baptist preacher (Russell Crowe) is sent to a gay conversion therapy program. REVIEW: I’ll say this for Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED, it stirred up strong emotions in me. Undeniably provocative and well-acted,...

Ex. We talk to Thomas Jane, Keegan-Michael Key & more for The Predator!

Posted 8 years ago

Review: Final Score

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: An ex-soldier (Dave Bautista) attending a soccer (football) match with the daughter of a fallen comrade must use his skills to save the 35,000 attendees when a terrorist (Ray Stevenson) threatens to blow up the stadium. REVIEW: DIE HARD...

Review: First Man (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A fact-based account of the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling), from his early days at NASA to his eventual command of the Apollo 11 misson. REVIEW: TIFF can be a difficult festival to see really great movies...

Review: The Old Man and the Gun (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A seventy-four year old bank robber (Robert Redford) is tracked by a detective (Casey Affleck), all the while romancing a lonely widow (Sissy Spacek).   REVIEW: You wouldn’t think it given the subject, but THE OLD MAN & THE...

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