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!

Review: The Post

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) and executive editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) do battle with the Nixon White House when they opt to publish “The Pentagon Papers”, a damning, leaked history of the United States’ involvement...

Review: I, Tonya

Posted 9 years ago

I TONYA was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. PLOT: The life of disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie). REVIEW: Director Craig Gillespie, writer Steven Rogers and star Margot Robbie have done something pretty amazing. They’ve...

Review: Wonder Wheel

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A Coney Island waitress (Kate Winslet), trapped in a loveless marriage to a Carousel operator (James Belushi), falls in love with a younger lifeguard (Justin Timberlake), but she has a rival in her newly arrived step-daughter (Juno Temple). REVIEW:...

Review: The Disaster Artist

Posted 9 years ago

THE DISASTER ARTIST was originally reviewed at TIFF 2017. PLOT: The making of Tommy Wiseau’s (James Franco) THE ROOM, as seen through the eyes of his best friend, struggling actor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco). REVIEW: To say there’s never been...

Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Reeling from three flops in a row, author Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) is inspired to write the immortal “A Christmas Carol”, but first must contend with his own demons, in the form of an imagined Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer)....

Review: Darkest Hour

Posted 9 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. PLOT: Newly appointed prime minister Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) tries desperately to mobilize parliament against the on-coming Nazi onslaught in the early days of WW2. REVIEW: Joe Wright's DARKEST HOUR and...

Review: Roman J. Israel Esq

Posted 9 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. PLOT: A legal savant (Denzel Washington), who’s dead broke after years of fighting for civil rights, is lured to work in a big law firm. REVIEW: ROMAN J. ISRAEL,...

Review: Justice League (Bumbray’s take)

Posted 9 years ago

Read Paul Shirey's take HERE PLOT: Following Superman’s (Henry Cavill) death, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck) recruits Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to help him battle an apocalyptic threat. REVIEW: Has...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Peacemaker

Posted 9 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...

Review: Mudbound

Posted 9 years ago

MUDBOUND was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. PLOT: A woman (Carey Mulligan) is forced to relocate when her husband (Jason Clarke) buys a farm in rural Mississippi circa WW2. Once there, they get to know...

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