Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,017 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: Eat, Pray, Love

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Liz (Julia Roberts) is a woman who seemingly has it all; a kind husband (Billy Crudup), a beautiful home, and a promising career as a writer. And yet, she’s a deeply unhappy woman. One day, she decides to ditch...

Second Review: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Posted 16 years ago

You can also read Mike Sampson’s SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD review here for a second opinion PLOT: A twenty-something Toronto musician, named Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) meets and falls in love with the beautiful Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)....

Review: Catfish

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Filmmakers Henry Joost, and Ariel Schulman document an internet romance between Ariel`s brother Nev, and a young woman he meets online. REVIEW: CATFISH is a film I`ve been dreading writing a review for. It`s hard enough writing up a...

Review: The Expendables

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: A group of bad-ass mercenaries are hired to overthrow a dictator in South America. REVIEW: THE EXPENDABLES is exactly the kind of all-out, balls-to-the-wall action flick you’d expect from something starring not only Stallone, but Jason Statham, Jet Li,...

Review: The Other Guys

Posted 16 years ago

Plot: Two mismatched, desk-bound cops (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) are thrown together in classic buddy cop fashion, when they uncover a multi-billion dollar ponzi scheme run by a shady financial wizard (Steve Coogan). Review: I knew I was in...

Review: Mesrine (Killer Instinct & Public Enemy No. 1)

Posted 16 years ago

Plot: The true story of notorious French bank robber Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), who, throughout the sixties and seventies, was public enemy number one in France, and escaped jail four times. Review: MESRINE is the gangster epic PUBLIC ENEMIES wanted...

UPDATED! FANTASIA 2010: Festival wrap up!

Posted 16 years ago

HEAR CHRIS BUMBRAY TALK FANTASIA 2010 ON OUR PODCAST! And so ends another year at the Fantasia Film Festival… All in all, this was an incredibly good year for the fest. There’s been a lot of buzz lately about how...

Review: Mesrine (Fantasia)

Posted 16 years ago

Review: Red, White & Blue (Fantasia)

Posted 16 years ago

Plot: Erica (Amanda Fuller) lost her virginity at a young age after being raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Horribly traumatized by the experience, Erica now spends her nights in the bars of Austin Texas, cruising for random, unprotected sex with...

Review: Dinner For Schmucks

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Tim (Paul Rudd), an up and coming young executive, is given a shot at a big promotion but first, he’ll have to participate in his boss` monthly “Dinner for Idiots.” A cruel evening dedicated to making fun of misfits,...

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