Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,015 Articles Published

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: A Night of Nightmares (Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo) (Fantasia 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Mark (Marc Senter) – a music blogger, travels to a remote country house to interview Ginger (Elissa Dowling) – one of his favorite musicians. As night falls, Mark and Ginger are troubled by weird occurrences in the house- and...

Review: The Watch

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Evan (Ben Stiller) is the manager of a small-town Costco, who forms a neighbourhood watch, along with fellow suburbanites Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill), and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade). Together, they uncover an alien conspiracy that not only threatens...

Review: The Devil’s Carnival (Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman) (Fantasia 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Three hell-bound souls enter THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, where they’re tested and prepared for an eternity of torment under a singing Lucifer (Terrance Zdunich). REVIEW: Like Darren Lynn Bousman’s REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL is nothing if not...

Review: Killer Joe

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: When low-level drug dealer Chris (Emile Hirsch) loses $6000 worth of merchandise, he knows his days are numbered unless he can pay off the debt. Knowing that his mother, who he despises, has a life insurance policy worth $50,000-...

Review: My Amityville Horror (Directed by Eric Walter) (Fantasia 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: The alleged Amityville haunting was a pop culture phenomenon that led to a media firestorm, a series of films, and a legend that continues to this day. Now, after more than thirty-five years of silence, Daniel Lutz- who was...

Review: Black Pond (Directed by Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley) (Fantasia 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: One day, while walking his dog, Tom (Chris Langham) meets Blake (Colin Hurley), a friendly, albeit bizarre man who seems to be wandering about aimlessly. They strike up a conversation, and Tom invites Blake home to meet his wife,...

Review: Sushi Girl (Directed by Kern Saxton) (Fantasia 2012)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: After serving a six-year stretch in prison for a diamond heist gone wrong, former bag man Fish (Noah Hathaway) is picked up by the minions of his old boss Duke (Tony Todd)- who believes he stashed the missing diamonds...

Review: The Dark Knight Rises (Chris Bumbray’s take)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Eight years after the death of Harvey Dent, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has hung up his cowl and is living as a recluse- while Gotham City rebuilds itself under the guidance of Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman). Batman’s forced to...

The Ten Spot: Top 10 Best Batman Villains

Posted 14 years ago

A hero’s only as good as his adversaries, and the Batman universe contains one of the richest rogues galleries one could imagine- second, in my opinion, only to the world of James Bond. In contrast to the dark and sullen...

Fantasia 2012 Preview!

Posted 14 years ago

It’s Fantasia time again baby! Woo-hoo! The last couple of years have been amazing for me, as I’ve had the opportunity to hit both TIFF and Sundance multiple times, but the first festival I ever covered was Fantasia, and I...

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