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: Under the Skin

Posted 12 years ago

This review of UNDER THE SKIN originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: An alien in human form (Scarlett Johansson) roams Scotland, luring men into her nest so they can be consumed. After a while, the realities...

Review: In the Blood

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: When her husband goes missing on their Caribbean honeymoon, new bride Ava (Gina Carano) tears apart their island hideaway, trying to get to the bottom of his disappearance. In her search she runs afoul of crooked cops, drug lords...

Review: Dom Hemingway

Posted 12 years ago

This review of DOM HEMINGWAY originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: After serving a twelve year stretch in prison, Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is out. With his best friend, Lefty (Richard E. Grant) in tow, Dom...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Robert Redford

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at the career of action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger. This week’s subject is far less brawny, but in his own way just as much of an icon – both on and off screen. Robert Redford There’s...

Review: Alan Partridge

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Middle-aged, veteran radio broadcaster Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) is horrified to discover that his sleepy radio station is being taken over by a multimedia conglomerate. Fearing he won’t fit in with their “hip” sound, and knowing someone’s bound to...

Review: Noah

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Noah (Russell Crowe) – a descendant of Seth, and one of the few righteous men left in the world, experiences visions where the “creator” reveals his plan to wipe out life on Earth via an apocalyptic flood. Noah –...

Review: Bad Words

Posted 12 years ago

This review of BAD WORDS originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: Guy (Jason Bateman) is a forty-year old high school dropout, who uses a loophole to enter the National Spelling Bee, where he’s pitted against ten-year-olds....

The Good, the Bad & the Badass: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at the career of legendary badass James Caan. An icon of the seventies, in the eighties we had a different kind of badass, and this week’s subject is arguably the most iconic of these larger-than-life...

Review: Divergent

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: In a futuristic, and mostly decimated Chicago (which seems to be the only city left on the planet), the remnants of mankind have been partitioned into five factions. When a child comes of age, they take a test which...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: James Caan

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, in anticipation of THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, we took a look at the filmography of Wes Anderson, whose debut film, BOTTLE ROCKET, featured a standout performance by this week’s subject… James Caan No one could ever deny...

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