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!

FANTASIA 2011: Movie posters from the Festival!

Posted 15 years ago

Since 2003, the Fantasia Film Festival has been held on the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University in downtown Montreal. My alma mater (I did a degree in Journalism & Film Studies a few years ago), the campus holds...

Review: Joseph Kahn’s Detention, starring Dane Cook (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: An undead serial killer, a mutant fly-boy hybrid, body swapping, a time traveling bear, and kung-fu treachery are just some of the things high-schoolers Riley (Shanley Caswell), and Clapton (Josh Hutcherson) have to deal with in the weeks leading...

Review: David Bryant’s Victims, starring John Bocelli (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Chris McMahon (John Bocelli); a mild-mannered banker, is kidnapped on his wedding day by a group of balaclava-wearing strangers. They accuse him of not being who he says he is, but rather, a former child-murder that’s been given a...

Review: James Gunn’s Super (2011), starring Rainn Wilson (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A low-key, regular guy (Rainn Wilson) transforms himself into a super hero called The Crimson Bolt, after his addict wife (Liv Tyler) falls under the sway of a local drug lord (Kevin Bacon). He’s joined on his quest by...

Review: Julian Gilbey’s A Lonely Place to Die, starring Melissa George (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A group of mountaineers, on vacation in the Scottish Highlands, stumble upon a kidnapped Russian girl named Anna. The climbers, led by the heroic Alison (Melissa George), try to get the girl to safety, while being stalked by the...

Review: Dick Maas Saint, starring Huub Stapel (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Years after his family was slaughtered by the evil Sinterklaas, Dutch detective Goert, knowing that a Christmas slaying is inevitable if the holiday falls on a full moon, hatches a plot to destroy Sint’s evil once and for all....

Review: Evan Glodell’s Bellflower, starring Evan Glodell (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Woodrow (Evan Glodell), and Aiden (Tyler Dawson) are two life-long best friends, who happen to be obsessed with the MAD MAX films. They constantly fantasize about what it would be like to live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and to...

Review: Ironclad (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Soon after signing the Magna Carta; guaranteeing the rights of men, King John of England (Paul Giamatti) goes back on his word, and with an army of Danish warriors, plots to reconquer Britain- starting with the strategically placed Rochester...

Review: Ironclad (Fantasia)

Posted 15 years ago

Review: Dominic James’ Die, starring Elias Koteas (Fantasia 2011)

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: A group of strangers are held captive by a mysterious man (John Oyper-Ferguson), who forces them to participate in deadly games of chance- with their fates being decided by the throw of a die. REVIEW: The Canadian made DIE...

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