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!

Mayhem (Overlook Film Festival Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A newly fired attorney (Steven Yeun) is trapped in his office during a quarantine, after the whole building has been infected with a pathogen that, temporarily, makes the infected lose all inhibitions and become prone to violent behavior. REVIEW:...

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Bumbray’s take)

Posted 9 years ago

Read Eric Walkuski's review HERE PLOT: After a mission gone awry, the Guardians temporarily take refuge with Peter Quill's (Chris Pratt) biological father, Ego (Kurt Russell). Meanwhile, Yondu (Michael Rooker), now persona-non-grata among the Ravager community, has to deal with...

Psychopaths (Overlook Film Festival Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Several serial killers wreak havoc throughout Los Angeles over the course of a single, blood-soaked night. REVIEW: I didn’t care for PSYCHOPATHS, but let me preface this review by admitting that I admire director Mickey Keating, who I think...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Jonathan Demme

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme’s death is a huge loss – both to us film fans, as well as those who knew him personally. In the days since his death, former colleagues, assistants, friends, family, etc, all came forward with...

Like Me (Overlook Film Festival Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A young woman (Addison Timlin) becomes an internet celebrity after posting a video of herself robbing a convenience store. From there, her videos become more extreme, generating an even larger following, which explodes once she kidnaps a paint huffing...

M.F.A (Overlook Film Festival Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: After being raped, and accidently killing her attacker, an art student (Francesca Eastwood) starts killing other men on campus who’ve gotten away with sexual assault, channeling her vengeance into her art. REVIEW: M.F.A is one third of a good...

Review: Rupture

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A single mother (Noomi Rapace) and her son are abducted, and she’s forced to endure a series of tests which her captors hope will unlock a secret within her DNA. REVIEW: Steven Shainberg is an oddball choice to direct...

Review: The Circle

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A young woman (Emma Watson) takes a job as a customer service rep for a mammoth tech company, The Circle. Catching the eye of the founder (Tom Hanks), she quickly rises through the company, whose goal seems to be...

Review: The Promise

Posted 9 years ago

THE PROMISE was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: In the final days of the Ottoman Empire, an Armenian medical student (Oscar Isaac) falls in-love with a French-educated Armenian woman (Charlotte Le Bon) who’s the mistress...

Review: Free Fire

Posted 9 years ago

FREE FIRE was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: A mob/IRA arms deal in a remote warehouse goes horribly awry when a beef between two thug foot soldiers erupts into an epic, no-holds-barred gunfight. REVIEW: For...

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