Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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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: Borg/McEnroe (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: On the eve of the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, Swedish champ Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) faces the prospect of not being able to achieve his fifth straight win when pitted against rising American tennis champ John McEnroe (Shia LeBeouf). REVIEW:...

TV Review: The Deuce (TIFF 2017)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The legitimization of New York’s sex industry, seen through the eyes of a Time Square barman (James Franco), an independent prostitute (Maggie Gyllenhaal), an honest beat cop (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) and a variety of pimps, streetwalkers, pornographers and gangsters....

Our 10 most anticipated TIFF movies!

Posted 9 years ago

I can’t believe it’s already TIFF time. Last year’s crop of films, which included NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, LA LA LAND and MOONLIGHT still feel so fresh in my head, but yes, it’s actually been a year since they...

Review: The Limehouse Golem

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A police inspector (Bill Nighy) in Victorian London, tries to solve a series of serial killings with the help of an imprisoned musical hall performer (Olivia Cooke). REVIEW: If you ever wondered what it might be like if Bill...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Tobe Hooper

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Tobe Hooper Tragedy struck the horror community last week when director Tobe Hooper passed away. We’ve lost many icons recently, including Wes Craven (almost exactly two years ago), and George Romero earlier this year, and Hooper’s another major loss....

TV Review: Twin Peaks – The Return: A Wrap-Up (SPOILERS!)

Posted 9 years ago

This recap/review of Twin Peaks is written with the expectation that everyone who reads this and comments below will have seen the episode already. Thus, if you’ve yet to see the episode in question, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER. SPOILERS!...

Review: Goon: Last of the Enforcers

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: After a new enforcer sidelines him with a serious injury, Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Seann William Scott) prematurely retires at the urging of his newly pregnant wife, Eva (Alison Pill). But, his taste for “Goon” lifestyle isn’t so easy...

Review: Unlocked

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When a CIA interrogator (Noomi Rapace) based in London discovers a terror plot with connections to the upper echelons of the service, she finds herself hunted by both former colleagues and a skilled team of assassins. REVIEW: UNLOCKED should...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Action Jackson

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...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Bruce Lee

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Bruce Lee Last year, at the Toronto International Film Festival, I was among the visiting journos who caused a bit of a commotion after watching the purported Bruce Lee biopic, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON, with many of us complaining...

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