Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,008 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!

JoBlo Originals

Infernal Affairs (2002) vs The Departed (2006) – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Open on — the underbelly of a seedy city entwined with organized crime. The police force’s desperate continued attempts to root it out. On one side, a mole in the police force, foiling their plans at every turn, struggling...

JoBlo Originals

Roger Ebert Tribute (1942-2013) – We Remember

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Today marks the ninth anniversary of critic Roger Ebert’s tragic passing. One of the true giants of film criticism, together with fellow late critic Gene Siskel, Ebert paved the way for easily digestible, marketable film criticism with his famous...

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, movie trailer, trailer, coming soon, netflix, richard linklater

Movie Reviews

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A boy growing up in Houston, Texas, fantasizes about going to space himself on the eve of the Apollo 11 moon landing. REVIEW: Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood is yet more proof of how important...

Morbius, box office predictions, jared leto

Movie News

Morbius: What Did You Think?

Posted 4 years ago

Well, folks, the reviews are in for Morbius, and they aren’t pretty. I gave it a mediocre 6/10 review, but given how negative the reviews have been otherwise (a measly 16% on Rotten Tomatoes), that almost qualifies as a rave....

Movie News

Ethan Coen plotting solo directorial effort for Focus & Working Title

Posted 4 years ago

Hot on the heels of Joel Coen’s success helming The Tragedy of Macbeth for Apple TV Plus comes news that the other Coen Brother, Ethan Coen, is plotting his own solo directorial effort. According to THR, the film is set...

Interviews

Morbius Interview: Daniel Espinosa & Adria Arjona

Posted 4 years ago

So the reaction to Morbius so far hasn’t been great. I was OK with the movie, giving it a 6/10 in my review, but the reviews at Rotten Tomatoes have been pretty brutal. Nonetheless, business has been booming for the...

Movie News

John Travolta pays tribute to co-star and friend Bruce Willis

Posted 4 years ago

John Travolta’s always seemed like a real class act as far as movie stars go, and indeed, he’s taken the time to post a touching tribute to his pal Bruce Willis in the wake of his aphasia diagnosis. Check it...

Chris Pine, Captain Kirk, Star Trek 4, Matt Shakman

Movie News

Chris Pine on a new Star Trek and the future of action movies

Posted 4 years ago

You wouldn’t know it looking at the mixed reviews, but Chris Pine has actually got one heck of a good action movie out right now called The Contractor. While it’s only got a mediocre 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, I’m telling...

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nicolas Cage

Movie News

Nicolas Cage screams for 10 hours straight: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Posted 4 years ago

Well, it’s finally happened. Nicolas Cage has officially reached what I’d like to think is peak Cage, with Lionsgate streaming, right now, a livestream of the actor screaming for ten hours straight. Of course, Cage isn’t really sitting somewhere screaming...

JoBlo Originals

WTF Happened to Steve Guttenberg?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Steve Guttenberg was one of the biggest stars of the 1980s. He broke out with the Police Academy movies and became a famous, light-leading man. He played the ladies’ man, Mahoney, in Police Academy 1 through 4, where he...

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Days of Thunder sequel locks June 2028 release date; Anne Hathaway joins Tom Cruise on the raceway

Posted 1 day ago

Tom Cruise is officially revving his engines for a Days of Thunder sequel in June 2028, with Anne Hathaway joining the cast!

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Every RoboCop Movie Ranked

Posted 2 days 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 1 day 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...