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: The Zero Theorem

Posted 12 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our Fantasia 2014 coverage. PLOT: Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz) – a chronically reclusive number cruncher – is assigned by his mysterious boss “Management” to work on “The Zero Theorem” an unprovable mathematical theory...

Review: The Riot Club (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

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Review: Men, Women & Children (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: An examination of the way technology influences the values and sexuality of a close-knit suburban community. REVIEW: Among the flurry of big premieres to hit TIFF this year, one of the the most polarizing titles proved to be Jason...

TV Review: The Strain, Season 1, Episode 10

Posted 12 years ago

Episode 10: Loved Ones SUMMARY: Ephraim (Corey Stoll) searches for his estranged wife, who we learn is now part of the Strigoi. Meanwhile, Setrakian (David Bradley), Vasily (Kevin Durand), Nora (Mia Maestro) and Dutch (Ruta Gedmintas) form a plan to...

Review: Top Five (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A superstar comedian (Chris Rock) spends an afternoon exploring his old Brooklyn neighbourhood with a reporter (Rosario Dawson) who’s profiling him for the New York Times. REVIEW: Where the heck did this come from??? While Chris Rock is without...

Review: Manglehorn (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: An elderly key maker (Al Pacino) lives a quiet life in a small town while pining for his long-long love. REVIEW: MANGLEHORN seems to be director David Gordon Green’s attempt at telling a fable, with his typical, dreamy approach...

Review: This Is Where I Leave You (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The combative Altman family is reunited after their patriarch dies. Now, to full-fill his last request, the grown children (Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver) and their mother (Jane Fonda) have to sit Shiva together for seven...

Review: The Connection (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A magistrate (Jean Dujardin) stationed in Marseilles in the seventies, tries to dismantle the infamous “French Connection” which is supplying millions of dollars worth of heroin to the United States. His main target is the kingpin (Gilles Lellouche) at...

Review: Big Game (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: In a small Finnish village, tradition states that when a boy turns thirteen, he must venture into the woods alone to hunt, and bring a trophy back to his people. Young Oskari (Omni Tommila) is the son of the...

Review: The Good Lie (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Four Sudanese refugees are brought to the United States, where they struggle to adapt to a society that seems alien to them with the help of a brash employment agent (Reese Witherspoon). REVIEW: THE GOOD LIE is the kind...

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