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: Spectre

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After settling a score for his late mentor, James Bond (Daniel Craig) finds himself on the trail of a shadowy criminal organization with ties to many of his past adversaries. REVIEW: SPECTRE falls into the same trap that befell...

Review: Suffragette

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A young factory worker (Carey Mulligan) in pre-WW1 England is drawn into the suffrage movement, where she becomes part of the fight to get women the vote and ensure future generations of women get the equal rights she’s...

TV Review: Fargo: Season 2, Episode 4 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 4: Fear & Trembling SUMMARY: New alliances are made as the conflict between the Gerhardts and the Kansas City mob heats-up. Meanwhile, Betsy (Cristin Milioti) and Lou (Patrick Wilson) get some dire medical news. REVIEW: Aw geez,...

Exclusive Interviews: Trumbo’s Bryan Cranston & Jay Roach

Posted 11 years ago

It’s always pretty intimidating to meet famous people you admire. Over my time at JoBlo.com, I’ve been fortunate to meet and interview plenty of them, including Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Goldblum and more. And now, that list...

Review: Trumbo

Posted 11 years ago

This review originally ran as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: The true story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) who found himself on the Hollywood blacklist during the communist witch-hunts of the late forties and fities. Unable to...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: James Bond

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last time on The Good, The Bad & The Badass we took a look at the career of director Sam Raimi, whose greatest creation – Ash of THE EVIL DEAD – just made a huge 21st century comeback. This...

Review: Spotlight

Posted 11 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: The true story of The Boston Globe's “Spotlight” team coverage of the Massachusetts Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. REVIEW: Going into this year's edition of The Toronto International...

Review: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Three teenaged scouts on a camping trip find themselves the unlikely survivors of a zombie outbreak. Now they must fight their way through an undead horde using their advances scouting tricks in order to save their unappreciative classmates...

TV Review: Fargo: Season 2, Episode 3 (SPOILERS)

Posted 11 years ago

Season 2, Episode 3: The Myth of Sisyphus SUMMARY: Lou's (Patrick Wilson) investigation leads to dangerous encounters with Mike Milligan (Bokeem Woodbine) and the Gerhardt clan. REVIEW: After two insane episodes, Fargo season two seems to be settling down (slightly)...

Review: Our Brand is Crisis

Posted 11 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: “Calamity Jane” Bodine (Sandra Bullock) – a controversial political spin doctor – is recruited to work on a Bolivian Presidential campaign where she'll come face-to-face with her...

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