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!

Movie News

Guardians of the Galaxy 3: New look at Adam Warlock & Gunn explains why Tom Cruise wasn’t cast

Posted 4 years ago

While James Gunn is on the verge of revealing his major new direction for DC Films, it’s worth remembering that he has his (presumably) final film for Marvel Studios, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, due in theaters in just...

Movie Reviews

The Son Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A man (Hugh Jackman) and his ex-wife (Laura Dern) try desperately to help their teenage son (Zen McGrath), who suffers from crippling depression. REVIEW: This year’s TIFF has not been short on devastating dramas, but the more upsetting a...

JoBlo Originals

Lord and Miller’s Solo – WTF Happened to this Unmade Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris It’s safe to say that since Disney bought the rights to Star Wars from Lucasfilm, the road toward producing a series of Star Wars films that would appeal to generations old and young has been bumpy. Tales of behind-the-scenes...

Movie News

Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan and RRR win big at the Critics’ Choice Awards

Posted 4 years ago

While the Oscar nominations haven’t been revealed yet, the potential front-runners are becoming more obvious following the recent Golden Globe wins and last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards. While Austin Butler is widely considered a favorite to win for Elvis following...

TV News

Chucky: Season 3 ordered at Syfy, Reginald the Vampire also renewed

Posted 4 years ago

While the news lately has been full of cancellations, fans of Syfy’s Chucky and Reginald the Vampire will be happy to learn that both shows have been renewed. Chucky‘s Season 3 renewal at Syfy and USA shouldn’t be much of...

Movie Reviews

A Man Called Otto Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A curmudgeonly widower named Otto (Tom Hanks) becomes entwined in the lives of his needy neighbors, much to his (initial) dismay. REVIEW: Early on in A Man Called Otto, there’s a scene where Tom Hanks, as the cantankerous Otto,...

JoBlo Originals

Beverly Hills Cop vs 48 Hrs: What’s the Best Eddie Murphy Movie – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris In the 1980s, there was no comedic force in the movies quite like Eddie Murphy. Rising to fame as one of the most prominent members of Saturday Night Live when he was still in his early twenties, Murphy became...

JoBlo Originals

The Shining vs Doctor Sleep: Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris It’s scary movie season! Well, for some diehard horror fans that’s EVERY season, but one thing that horror film buffs and the casual movie-going crowd can agree on is that The Shining is arguably the best horror movie of...

JoBlo Originals

Scarface (1983) vs Goodfellas (1990): Gangster Movie Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Gangsters, in general, are not the kind of people you want to land on the bad side of and the genre is as old as celluloid itself with some incredible films demonstrating just how brutal their world is. Look...

JoBlo Originals

A Quiet Place vs A Quiet Place: Part 2 – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris In 2018, actor John Krasinski showed the world his directing chops with the release of A Quiet Place. A horror film revolving around a family in a post-apocalyptic America that has been taken over by monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing....

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