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: Screenwriter/producer Alex Garland (Dredd 3D)

Posted 14 years ago

I’m a huge Alex Garland fan. His novel, “The Beach” (not to be confused with the 2000 film adaptation by Danny Boyle) is one of my all-time favorite books, and I’ve already read both of his follow-ups, “The Tesseract” and...

The 2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) wrap-up (including my top 10 list!)

Posted 14 years ago

And so another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is in the books. Darn. I was having such a good time at TIFF this year, that to come back to reality is a bit of a drag. The movies...

Review: Trouble With The Curve

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) is an ageing baseball scout, with bad eyes and no patience for his new tech savvy bosses at the Atlanta Braves. Worried that he’ll screw up with the top draft pick, his supervisor, Pete (John...

Interview: Dredd 3D screenwriter/producer Alex Garland

Posted 14 years ago

Review: Mr. Pip (TIFF 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Bougainville- New Guinea, circa 1989. The island province has been blockaded by the government, with the natives being left to fend for themselves. Enter Mr. Watts (Hugh Laurie); an expatriate Brit, who’s recently come to Bougainville with his sickly...

Review: The ABC’s of Death (Directed by various) (Tiff 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Twenty-six short films about death, each from a different director, and each corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. REVIEW: An omnibus film is always a dicey proposition, and if nothing else, THE ABCs OF DEATH deserves a whole...

Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (TIFF 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Charlie (Logan Lerman)- a shy young man, is nervous upon entering high school. He’s railing from his best friend’s suicide the year before, and feels invisible to his classmates. He soon makes friends with Patrick (Ezra Miller) and his...

Review: Bad 25 (TIFF 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Director Spike Lee looks back at the creation of Michael Jackson’s seminal 1987 album BAD, from the recording of the songs, the creation of the music videos, to the world tour. REVIEW: Spike Lee’s BAD 25 is certainly something...

Review: Much Ado About Nothing (TIFF 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Fair Beatrice (Amy Acker) lives with her guardian, Leonato (Clark Gregg) and her cousin Hero (Jillian Morgese). They receive a visit from Don John (Sean Maher) and his two comrades, Claudio (Fran Kranz)- who worships Hero, and the roguish...

Review: The Paperboy (TIFF 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Jack Jensen (Zac Efron) is the son of a newspaper tycoon, living in small-town Florida circa 1969. His older brother Ward (Matthew McConaughey) returns home, with posh writer Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) in tow, at the behest of the...

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