Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,007 Articles Published

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 Reviews

Moonage Daydream Review (TIFF)

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: The life and art of David Bowie, as depicted through archival interviews, performances and footage. REVIEW: Moonage Daydream comes from director Brett Morgen. Over his long career, Morgen has tried to elevate the biographical documentary into an art form....

Movie News

TIFF 2022: movies we’re excited to see at this year’s festival

Posted 4 years ago

Every year, when covering TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), I take the train from Montreal to Toronto as sort of a pre-fest ritual. Sure, flying would be quicker, but I like to spend the time on the train planning my...

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WTF Happened to Beavis and Butt-Head Do America?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris If you weren’t alive in the nineties, it’s hard to do justice to just how popular Beavis and Butt-Head were. Their MTV show was cutting-edge stuff, notably, because the two Mike Judges creations often mocked the very same artists...

TV Interviews

Yellowstone 1883 Interview: LaMonica Garrett on whether we’ll see Thomas again

Posted 4 years ago

One of the best shows to hit streaming recently is Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone spin-off, 1883. A one-and-done limited series, initially, the show was teased as something that would be ongoing, only for Sheridan to pull the rug out from under...

Movie News

Tom Cruise’s latest Mission: Impossible stunt goes viral

Posted 4 years ago

Back in April, I was lucky enough to attend CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where I saw the world premiere of a little movie called Top Gun: Maverick, which has since gone on to make a few bucks. While Tom Cruise...

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WTF Really Happened to Dog Day Afternoon?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris When it comes to the all-time craziest and most unbelievable true stories ever committed to celluloid, Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (starring Al Pacino and the late, great John Cazale) tops the list. Ripped right from the headlines, the...

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Rocky V Revisited: The Worst of the Rocky series?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Fans of the franchise mainly hate Rocky V. It took the triumph of Rocky IV and turned it into a tragedy for the Italian Stallion, with him suffering a potentially deadly injury due to his bout with Drago. Wiped...

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WTF Happened to Jackie Chan?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Every kid of a certain age grew up wanting to be Jackie Chan. A legend in Hong Kong and most of the world from the late-seventies on, Jackie Chan also, at long last, became a superstar in North America...

The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power, Orcs, Amazon Prime Video

TV News

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – What Did You Think?

Posted 4 years ago

Last night, Prime Video’s most expensive show ever, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, finally premiered its first two episodes. Amongst fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and the Peter Jackson movies, everything about this show has been...

Back in 1998, Warner Bros tried to turn the popular British series, The Avengers, into a major franchise The result was a disaster.

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WTF Happened to The Avengers (1998)?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris I know what you’re thinking: WTF Happened to The Avengers? Nothing, it was one of the biggest hits ever. Not so fast – we’re not talking about the Marvel superhero team-up that shot the MCU into the stratosphere. Instead,...

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Every RoboCop Movie Ranked

Posted 21 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 19 hours ago

Chris 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...