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

WTF Happened to Better Off Dead?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Better Off Dead is one of two 1985 movies that marked John Cusack’s debut as a leading man. After small roles in Sixteen Candles and Class, Cusack, at only eighteen, nabbed the lead in Rob Reiner’s The Sure Thing,...

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The Great Outdoors: John Hughes Revisited

Posted 4 years ago

Chris People forget how movies were consumed in the eighties and nineties. Now, you can stream millions of titles, which are available at the click of a button. But, back in the day, you had to rely on whatever was...

JoBlo Originals

Violent Night Interviews: David Harbour, John Leguizamo & Tommy Wirkola on making a future holiday classic

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Everyone loves a good Christmas action flick. Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Batman Returns – the list goes on and on. There’s nothing that gets us into...

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The Punisher (2004) Revisited: was Thomas Jane a good Frank Castle?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris The Punisher has always been a property Marvel has struggled with bringing to the big screen. The Netflix show with Jon Bernthal was the closest they ever came to fitting the character into the MCU. Still, it remains a...

TV News

1923: the Yellowstone prequel’s full trailer revealed

Posted 4 years ago

James Bond vs Indiana Jones! I’ll admit that was the first thing that went through my head when I saw the full trailer for 1923, Paramount Plus’ long-awaited Yellowstone prequel limited series. While we previously got a teaser introducing us...

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The Blob (1988) vs The Thing (1982): Battle of the remakes (Face-Off)

Posted 4 years ago

Chris As much as people complain today about Hollywood remaking their favorite movies, back in the ‘80s, it was all the rage! And it actually improved some old movies with cool concepts. In 1982, director John Carpenter took a famous...

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story vs Solo – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Star Wars prequels… We can’t get enough of them. That’s because we have no choice: if you’re watching something Star Wars related, chances are it’s a prequel of some kind. More than most, this is a franchise very committed...

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It: Chapter One vs Chapter Two: Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris It was way back in 1986 when horror maestro Stephen King — author of awesome and disturbing books such as The Shining, Misery, Pet Semetary, and Carrie to name a few — wrote the now iconic novel, IT. The...

Movie Reviews

The Fabelmans Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: Young Sammy Fabelman dreams of being a director and is encouraged by his doting mother (Michelle Williams). At the same time, his more aloof father (Paul Dano) wishes he’d pursue something more serious. REVIEW: The Fabelmans will forever rank...

TV News

You Season 4: Netflix hit returns this winter

Posted 4 years ago

One of Netflix’s most popular shows is returning to the service earlier than expected. Fans of Netflix’s You were in for a Thanksgiving treat when the service announced that the Penn Badgley hit will return on February 9th, a day...

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