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!

Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession through Birmingham, England is scheduled to be livestreamed this Wednesday

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WTF Happened to Ozzy Osbourne?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris There was a time that Ozzy Osbourne was considered the most wildly unpredictable, dangerous man in heavy metal. This was the guy that bit the head off a live bat during a concert in 1982, drank Vince Neil’s urine...

Interviews

Interview: Mel Gibson on Bandit, 007, Get the Gringo and Lethal Weapon 5

Posted 4 years ago

Earlier this week, I got to do what I always considered one of my bucket list interviews – Mel Gibson. As a child of the eighties, I watched his movies repeatedly. The Lethal Weapon series, the Mad Max movies, Braveheart,...

Movie Reviews

Bandit Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Canada’s notorious “Flying Bandit” Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel). A jail escapee from the U.S, Galvan makes his way to Canada and attempts to go straight. But, once he falls in love with a local...

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Darth Vader vs Emperor Palpatine: Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris They are the two biggest threats to the Star Wars galaxy. First up, the Jedi Knight formerly known as Anakin Skywalker — Darth Vader. When the Galactic Empire took hold, many began to quiver at his very name. He...

Movie News

Exclusive: Mel Gibson on turning down James Bond

Posted 4 years ago

Yesterday, I posted an excerpt from a recent interview I did with Mel Gibson for his new movie, Bandit, where he optimistically discussed the status of Lethal Weapon 5. The full transcript of the interview will be up tomorrow, but...

lethal weapon 5, mel gibson, danny glover

Movie News

Lethal Weapon 5 Exclusive: Mel Gibson gives us an update

Posted 4 years ago

It isn’t every day that you get to speak to one of your childhood heroes on the phone, but that’s precisely what happened to me recently when given the opportunity to interview the one and only Mel Gibson. The legendary...

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WTF Happened to Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris In the early 2000s, Jack Black was having a moment. Richard Linklater’s School of Rock made him an unlikely leading man, with the film grossing $131 million worldwide. He was in high demand and bankable, so the time was...

Movie News

Exclusive: Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale on the movies they’re most proud of

Posted 4 years ago

While covering TIFF this year, I was invited to do something rare in this era of COVID-19 – an in-person interview. Even more exciting was the fact that the interview would be with Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale. How is...

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Dunkirk: WTF Really Happened to this Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk ranks as one of the director’s most ambitious movies. An immersive war epic, the film depicts the Evacuation of Dunkirk from the perspective of the soldiers on the beach, the Allied High Command, the volunteer sailors...

Movie Reviews

Prisoner’s Daughter Review (TIFF)

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: Newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a convicted murderer (Brian Cox) is given a supervised, compassionate release under the supervision of his long-estranged daughter (Kate Beckinsale). REVIEW: Prisoner’s Daughter is a return to director Catherine Hardwick’s indie roots. In recent...

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Every RoboCop Movie Ranked

Posted 19 hours ago

RoboCop ranked from worst to best, with all four movies revisited to see which entries still deliver and which ones miss the mark.

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Awesome Art’s Tribute to The Lord Of The Rings

Posted 18 hours ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...