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: Kill List (TIFF 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Jay (Neil Maskell) is a former mercenary, getting over a brutal mission in Kiev that’s left him shell-shocked and unable to work for eight months. His best friend, Gal (Michael Smiley), a hitman, convinces him to help him out...

Review: Warrior

Posted 15 years ago

NOTE FROM JOBLO.COM: Even though WARRIOR opened last weekend, we believe very strongly in this film and would like to re-post our 10/10 review, in the hopes that some new readers will give this film a shot this weekend. Seriously,...

Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt, starring Val Kilmer. (Tiff)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A third-rate horror novelist (Val Kilmer) visits a small town, where the sheriff (Bruce Dern) convinces him to look into the recent murder of a thirteen-year-old girl, who was impaled with a wooden stake. REVIEW: Oh Francis, what have...

Review: Twixt (TIFF 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

Review: Intruders (TIFF 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Two children, one in Spain, and the other in London, are stalked by a hooded demon called Hollowface- who their parents are powerless to stop. The London girl’s father, John (Clive Owen) becomes obsessed with protecting his daughter against...

Review: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s Intruders, starring Clive Owen (Tiff)

Posted 15 years ago

Review: Take This Waltz (TIFF 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A married woman (Michelle Williams) falls in love with her new neighbor (Luke Kirby). Now, she must choose between her faithful husband (Seth Rogen) and a new life with someone she barely knows. REVIEW: TAKE THIS WALTZ is a...

Review: Drive (TIFF 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A Hollywood stunt-driver (Ryan Gosling), who moonlights as a getaway driver, falls for a young mother- Irene (Carey Mulligan), whose husband, Standard (Oscar Issacs) has just gotten out of jail. When Irene and her son are threatened, the driver...

Review: Contagion

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: The progress of a deadly virus that wreaks worldwide havoc is followed through the interlocking stories of a father (Matt Damon) trying to protect his daughter, an irresponsible blogger (Jude Law) with an agenda, and four doctors (Laurence Fishburne,...

Previewing the 2011 Toronto Film Fest!

Posted 15 years ago

It’s once again time for the Toronto International Film Festival, and again, I’m going to be covering it for JoBlo.com. One of the true highlights of my year, this is my third time covering TIFF, and it seems like the...

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