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!

The Good, the Bad and the Badass: Hans Zimmer

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of a truly badass helmer, Kathryn Bigelow. However, while people are quick to praise directors, actors and writers when a movie goes over well, often a crucial component, that of...

Prisoners (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A rural New England community is shaken to the core by the abduction of two six-year-old girls. When the key suspect in the abduction is let go by the police due to a lack of evidence, the father of...

Review: Prisoners (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

The JoBlo.com 2013 Fall Preview

Posted 13 years ago

With Labor Day weekend having come and gone, the summer of 2013 is officially in the books. We now begin the fall movie season. For my money, this is the best movie-going season of them all, as it’s during the...

2013 Toronto International Film Festival Preview!

Posted 13 years ago

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since last year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, but here it is again! From September 5th to the 15th, I’ll be heading to Toronto for my fifth year (crazy how...

JoBlo.com’s Top 10 Films of Summer 2013!

Posted 13 years ago

And so the summer of 2013 is in the books. As always, it was a bit of a mixed bag, with a few of the biggest tentpoles getting mixed reviews from fans and critics alike, some landing with a big...

Review: The Lifeguard

Posted 13 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s Sundance 2013 coverage. PLOT: Leigh (Kristen Bell) is an NYC journalist going through a crisis. She abandons her job, and heads back to her hometown, where she moves in with her parents (Amy Madigan...

The Good, The Bad and the Badass: Kathryn Bigelow

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of one of our true modern acting giants, Daniel Day-Lewis. This week, we’re going back behind the camera to examine the career or a director who, herself, is no stranger...

Review: Getaway

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Ethan Hawke plays Brent Magna (lol), a former racer-turned-wheelman, forced by a mysterious stranger to steal a customized Shelby Mustang Super Snake, and then to embark on a reign of terror through Sofia, Bulgaria, in order to save his...

Review: The Frozen Ground

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The true story of serial killer Robert Hansen (John Cusack) who, during the late seventies and early eighties, killed somewhere between 17- 21 young women, hiding their bodies in the Alaskan wilderness. An Alaskan detective (Nicolas Cage) – convinced...

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