Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,020 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Boogie Nights, Goldfinger, Casablanca, Heat, The Guns read more 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 bad ones, and of course, Tom Cruise!

Bond: Thunderball

Posted 18 years ago

When GOLDFINGER got released towards the end of 1964, the film became a worldwide smash. It’s hard now to explain just how popular the film was- as in this day and age we’re used to seeing box office records being...

Bond: Goldfinger

Posted 18 years ago

Following the one-two punch of DR. NO & FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli & Harry Saltzman decided to make their next Bond film, GOLDFINGER- a lavish affair. The result- Bond-mania! How does the film hold up...

Bond: From Russia With Love

Posted 18 years ago

Our James Bond retrospective continues with the second installment of the James Bond franchise- FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, considered by many to be the finest film of the series. Do I agree? Read on… FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE PLOT: ...

Bond review: Dr. No

Posted 18 years ago

I was eight years old when I first met James Bond 007. It was December 31st, 1989, and as we were saying goodbye to the eighties, I was saying hello to a film franchise that would change my life. It...

Film Fest Reviews, Part 3

Posted 18 years ago

Being both a Montrealer & a crazy film buff, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to check out a couple of films at the 37th Festival du Nouveau Cinema . While my coverage will be nowhere near as comprehensive as...

Review: Passchendaele

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: Shell shocked Sergeant Dunne (Paul Gross) is sent home to Calgary to recuperate after being injured in battle. He’s reassigned to an enlistment center where he encounters a young wannabe soldier named David Mann (Joe Dinicol) who’s been refused...

Review: Home Movie

Posted 18 years ago

PLOT: The Poes are your typical suburban family. Dad- David (Adrian Pasdar) is a Lutheran minister, while Mom- Claire (Cady McClain) is a child psychologist. Everything seems perfect- until their children, twins Jack & Emily (played by real life...

Review: Body of Lies

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: C.I.A operative-Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), under the guidance of his handler, Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) sets in motion an elaborate plot designed to nab the leader of a murderous terrorist cell operating out of Yemen. Review: I had high...

Review: The Express

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: The true story of Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), who, while playing for Syracuse University under Coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), became the first African-American to win the famed Heisman Trophy. Review: Ah… the inspirational sports film. How I love...

Review: City of Ember

Posted 18 years ago

Plot: After an unknown calamity makes the earth uninhabitable, society is forced to go underground. For generations, the city of “Ember” thrives, but after several hundred years- supplies have begun to dwindle, and the mighty generator that supplies the city’s...

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