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!

Interviews

Interview: Ethan Hawke on Paul Newman & The Last Movie Stars

Posted 4 years ago

Slap Shot. That was the movie I had to discuss with Ethan Hawke when he was making the rounds for his HBO Max documentary series, The Last Movie Stars. A loving but honest portrait of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward,...

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Tango & Cash (1989): Sylvester Stallone Revisited

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Tango & Cash – a movie title synonymous with perhaps the most popular action genre of the eighties: the buddy-cop movie. In the wake of Lethal Weapon, there were many variations of the formula. Still, perhaps the most testosterone-fuelled...

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Predator’s Commandos vs Aliens’ Colonial Marines: Face-Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Ah, the classic debate: Alien versus Predator. These two unearthly species more than earn our admiration, our fascination, and our terrified screams. These otherworldly creations are among the most beloved intergalactic villains in cinema history, and while Hollywood still...

JoBlo Originals

WTF Happened to Aeon Flux?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Aeon Flux is often forgotten when discussing Charlize Theron’s action roles. Before Mad Max: Fury Road turned her into a legitimate genre icon, a status re-affirmed by Atomic Blonde and The Old Guard (which is soon getting a sequel),...

A full trailer has been released for Final Cut, the French remake of One Cut of the Dead. The film reaches US theatres next month

Horror Movie Reviews

Final Cut (Fantasia) Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A director (Romain Duris) making a zombie movie gets more than he bargained for when the real thing shows up. REVIEW: Final Cut is tough for me to review because to get the most enjoyment out of the film...

JoBlo Originals

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987): Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted 4 years ago

Chris You might remember Captain Power‘s name if you grew up in the eighties, as so many of us here on JoBlo did. Indeed, this Saturday morning live-action show, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, was a favourite...

Movie News

Comic-Con 2022: five things we learned

Posted 4 years ago

That’s a wrap on Comic-Con 2022, and as a first-time attendee, I’ve got to say – it was an absolute blast. While some of my more experienced colleagues mentioned that the Con was curiously quiet this year, perhaps due to...

Interviews

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Cast Interviews (Comic Con 2022)

Posted 4 years ago

One of the biggest winners at this year’s Comic-Con has, without a doubt, been Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. I think fans, by and large, were wary of the show, but the trailer they showed,...

Movie Reviews

The Gray Man Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A covert CIA operative, Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling) aka Sierra Six, is on the run from his employers after obtaining material incriminating an agency big-wig. When his former boss (Billy Bob Thornton) is kidnapped by a sadistic independent contractor,...

Movie News

2022 Comic-Con Preview: everything we’ll be checking out!

Posted 4 years ago

2022 marks the return of Comic-Con – IN PERSON – at the San Diego Convention Center, and once again, JoBlo will be there (for the 20th year!) getting all of the scoops from the biggest and best panels. Keep your...

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Every RoboCop Movie Ranked

Posted 1 day ago

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

JoBlo Originals

Awesome Art’s Tribute to The Lord Of The Rings

Posted 23 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...