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: Sicario

Posted 11 years ago

The following review originally ran as part of TIFF 2015 PLOT: After a routine bust unearths a houseful of corpses related to the cartels, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is recruited by a shadowy government operative (Josh Brolin) to...

Exclusive Interview: Brad Bird talks Iron Giant, Tomorrowland flop, & more!

Posted 11 years ago

While attending the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, I was contacted by Warner Bros with an interesting proposal. They wanted to know if JoBlo.com would be interested in a solid fifteen minute interview with director Brad Bird to celebrate the...

Exclusive Interviews with The Martian’s Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara & more!

Posted 11 years ago

Yesterday, we brought you JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2015 interviews with THE MARTIAN’s Matt Damon & director Ridley Scott. Today, we’re back with even more interviews! Fox pulled out all the stops for this one, with virtually the entire cast being...

Exclusive Interviews with The Martian’s Matt Damon & Ridley Scott!

Posted 11 years ago

Of all the movies I saw at TIFF this year, certainly none were more fun than Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN (read my review here). A blockbuster, epic, 3D thrill-ride, THE MARTIAN is less like the ultra-intense GRAVITY or the...

Review: Freeheld

Posted 11 years ago

FREEHELD was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: A dying New Jersey police officer (Julianne Moore) pettions the city’s elected officials to allow her to pass her death benefits to her live-in girlfriend (Ellen Page)....

Exclusive Interviews: Sicario’s Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro & Josh Brolin

Posted 11 years ago

If you read any of my 2015 TIFF coverage, you'll know that throughout the fest I ranted and raved about how amazing SICARIO is (see my review here). A tense, atmospheric, action-thriller from director Denis Villeneuve, which examines the...

JoBlo Originals

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Matt Damon

Posted 11 years ago

Chris Last time on The Good, The Bad & The Badass, Nick Bosworth filled in for me while I was covering TIFF to celebrate the career of legendary bad-ass Benicio del Toro, who coincidentally had one of the best roles...

TIFF 2015 Wrap-up & Top 10!

Posted 11 years ago

I can’t believe it’s already over, but another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in the books. Once again it was my great pleasure to represent JoBlo.com at the festival (my 7th year believe it or not)....

Review: Ashby

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A dying hit-man (Mickey Rourke) takes a quirky teen (Nat Wolff) under his wing in an attempt at redemption that might involve a killing or two. REVIEW: ASHBY is a good news/bad news situation for Mickey Rourke fans....

Review: The Intern

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A bored retiree (Robert De Niro) signs-up to be an intern at a start-up e-commerce company, where he grows close to the stressed-out founder and CEO (Anne Hathaway). REVIEW: When you go see a Nancy Meyers movie these...

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