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!

Interview: Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti and Chantal Quesnelle

Posted 13 years ago

When CURSE OF CHUCKY (READ ARROW’S REVIEW HERE) premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival last week, I was lucky enough to not only sit down with Don Mancini ( read my interview here ) but I also got the chance...

Review: In A World…

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Carol (Lake Bell) is a vocal coach who just happens to be the daughter of a legendary voice-over artist (Fred Melamed). When the decision is made to resurrect the late Don Lafontaine’s “In A World…” trademark, the race is...

Movie Reviews

Review: Bad Milo! (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A mild-mannered accountant (Ken Marino) is horrified to discover that he has a murderous monster living in his anus. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. Ouch. REVIEW: And here I thought I had seen it all. I...

Interview: Curse of Chucky writer-director Don Mancini

Posted 13 years ago

At this year’s edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, one of the events that sold out the quickest was the world premiere of the latest installment of the CHILD’S PLAY series, CURSE OF CHUCKY (READ THE ARROW'S REVIEW HERE). A...

Review: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is back for another quest when his school’s protective barrier- designed to protect the demi God children from danger- is breached. Only the Golden Fleece can restore the barrier, so Percy and his friends Annabeth...

Review: 5-25-77 (Fantasia 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Growing up in rural Illinois in the mid-seventies, teenaged Pat Johnson (John Francis Daley) dreams of being a filmmaker like his idols Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, and Douglas Trumbull. But will Pat be able to escape his small town,...

Review: The Machine (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: In a future where the U.K is on the brink of an all-out war with China, a brilliant doctor- Vincent (Toby Stephens) works for the Ministry of Defence, developing artificial limbs, and computer implants to repair wounded soldiers. When...

Review: Raze (Fantasia)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Several women are abducted, only to awaken in an underground prison where they’re forced to fight each other one-on-one to the death. If they lose, not only will they be killed, but their families will be murdered. REVIEW: RAZE...

The Good, The Bad, and the Badass: Paul Thomas Anderson

Posted 13 years ago

Chris In a new on-going series on JoBlo.com, we’re going to examine and dissect the work of some of the most exciting people working in films today. Actors, writers, directors, composers, you name it, we’ll take a look at their...

Review: Elysium

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: In the year 2154, the wealthy have made a new home on a spectacular space-station called Elysium. There, the very, very rich can live a carefree life, in addition to one free of any health concerns, as each home...

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