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!

JoBlo Originals

Cliffhanger (1993): Revisiting one of Stallone’s best movies

Posted 4 years ago

Chris 1993’s Cliffhanger came along at an essential time for Sylvester Stallone. In 1990, Rocky V notably underperformed at the box office, while his foray into comedy with Oscar and Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot was disastrous. Clearly, he...

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WTF Happened to the Unmade Vega Brothers Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris If you’re a hardcore Quentin Tarantino fan, you’ll know that Michael Madsen’s sadistic Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs and John Travolta’s Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction are brothers. Despite both characters dying in their respective films, Quentin Tarantino toyed...

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Rush Hour vs Bad Boys: what’s the best buddy cop flick – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Ah, the buddy cop action sub-genre. No other type of movie is more manly and more action-packed, at least outside of an Arnold Schwarzenegger flick. In the 80s, the genre was kicked off with hit movies like 48 Hrs....

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Stranger Things vs The Monster Squad – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Back in the ‘80s, if you were a kid, nothing seemed cooler than being part of a rag-tag group of youngsters that fought monsters. Fast forward to today, if you’re an adult, nothing seems cooler than being in the...

Netflix has unveiled a new poster for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, coming to theatres in November and Netflix in December.

Movie News

Guillermo del Toro on whether his Pinocchio is for kids

Posted 4 years ago

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio just hit Netflix and all of us here at JoBlo are huge fans of the director’s darker take on the beloved classic (read our review). However, those of you reading this that have kids may be...

Movie Reviews

The Whale Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is an 800-pound online English teacher suffering congestive heart failure. Knowing his time is limited, he refuses his caregiver’s (Hong Chau) demand that he go to a hospital, choosing instead to spend his remaining time trying...

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Spider-Man (2002) vs Spider-Man 2: Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris When the original Spider-Man film web-slinged onto the silver screen in 2002, audiences were instantly captivated by the friendly neighborhood web-head. Directed by the legendary Sam Raimi, the Marvel comic book adaptation starred Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe,...

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Leprechaun vs Wishmaster: Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris The power of a wish is an extraordinary thing. For some, it will push them to achieve greatness in their work or their personal life. For others, it’s your heart’s desire being fulfilled at long last. And for these...

Movie Reviews

Emancipation Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: Peter (Will Smith) is an enslaved person forced to toil at a brutal Confederate Army Labor Camp. When he overhears that Abraham Lincoln has freed the slaves, he escapes the camp, bent on making his way to Lincoln’s army....

Interviews

The Good Nurse Interview with Eddie Redmayne

Posted 4 years ago

One of the most unnerving performances of the year comes from Eddie Redmayne in Netflix’s The Good Nurse. While not as heavily hyped as some of their other awards contenders, the film was a hit with viewers, ranking high on...

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