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 Meyerowitz Stories

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Three siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller & Elizabeth Marvel) reunite as their sculptor father (Dustin Hoffman) prepares for a long desired career retrospective. REVIEW: Noah Baumbach’s THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES is a major step-up for Netflix as a distributor. An...

Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The story of A.A Milne (Domhnall Gleeson), creator of Winnie the Pooh, and his complicated relationship with his son (Will Tilston), the real-life basis for Christopher Robin. REVIEW: Somewhere in A.A Milne’s life story, there was a great movie...

We interview the cast & director of Professor Marston & The Wonder Women

Posted 9 years ago

At TIFF this year, I was given the opportunity to see PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN (read my review HERE), a film about Wonder Woman creator Dr. William Moulton Marston (played by Luke Evans). A story not only about...

Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Posted 9 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. PLOT: The life of Wonder Woman creator Dr. William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans) and his wife Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall), who fall in love with a student, Olive (Bella Heathcote)...

Review: Blade Runner 2049 (Bumbray’s take)

Posted 9 years ago

Read Eric Walkuski's review HERE. PLOT: A young Blade Runner (Ryan Gosling), tasked with retiring the remaining Tyrell Corp replicants, has his worldview challenged when he uncovers a mystery dating back to one of his predecessors, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford)....

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Sleepers

Posted 9 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...

Review: The Mountain Between Us

Posted 9 years ago

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US was previously reviewed at TIFF 2017 PLOT: Two strangers (Idris Elba & Kate Winslet) are stranded in the wilderness of Northeastern Utah when their two-seater plane crashes. With no food and no hope of rescue, the...

Review: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Posted 9 years ago

BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 was previously reviewed at TIFF 2017. PLOT: A former boxer (Vince Vaughn) turned drug runner, is forced to infiltrate a maximum security prison. REVIEW: Director S. Craig Zahler is quickly establishing himself as the most...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Harry Dean Stanton

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Harry Dean Stanton Earlier this summer, I was delighted when the great Harry Dean Stanton turned up in “Twin Peaks: 25 Years Later”, recreating the part he played in TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. A longtime favorite of...

Flatliners (2017 Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Five medical students (Ellen Page, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons and Diego Luna) try to unlock the mysteries of the afterlife by experimenting with flatlining. What could go wrong? REVIEW: FLATLINERS is a remake of the 1990 Joel...

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