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

The Rock (1996) vs Con Air (1997) – Face Off

Posted 4 years ago

Chris At the onset of Nicolas Cage’s career, he established himself as a comedic star with a great stage presence in movies like Raising Arizona. From there, he found success in other genres before receiving critical acclaim and winning an...

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21 Jump Street (1987-1991) with Johnny Depp- Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Back in 1987, the Fox Network was brand new and needed hits. One of the first shows that broke out in popularity was 21 Jump Street, starring a then-unknown actor named Johnny Depp. He played a young police officer...

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WTF Happened to Catwoman (2004)?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris This week sees the release of DC and Matt Reeves’ The Batman, which is getting some of the best reviews ever gotten by a superhero film. Truly, the genre has become dominant, with it seemingly being propelled to new...

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Bill Paxton Tribute (1955-2017) – We Remember

Posted 5 years ago

Chris February 25th marked the five-year anniversary of Bill Paxton’s unexpected death. One of the most beloved character actors in the business, he went from being a cult icon thanks to The Terminator and Near Dark to a full-fledged leading...

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The Day After Tomorrow (2004) vs 2012 (2009) – Face Off

Posted 5 years ago

Chris The undisputed king of disaster movies, Roland Emmerich, is back with his latest disaster epic, Moonfall, which recently debuted to an underwhelming $10 million opening weekend. With a 68% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, Moonfall clearly needs to come...

Interviews

Big Gold Brick director Brian Petsos on Oscar Isaac, Megan Fox and more (Interview)

Posted 5 years ago

This weekend sees the release of writer-director Brian Petsos’ Big Gold Brick, which is getting a simultaneous theatrical, VOD and digital release and boasts an all-star cast including Emory Cohen (Brooklyn), Lucy Hale, Megan Fox, Andy Garcia and Oscar Isaac....

Movie News

House of Gucci: Jared Leto did not want to look like himself at all

Posted 5 years ago

Göran Lundström has got to be one of the most brilliant makeup artists on earth. With credits including The Batman and True Detective, Lundström is up for an Oscar for turning the ever-handsome Jared Leto into Paolo Gucci, and perhaps...

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WTF Happened to Ben Stiller?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris For a time in the 2000s, Ben Stiller dominated big-screen comedy. As a charter member of the “Frat Pack,” along with people such as Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell, Stiller had an incredible string of blockbuster hits,...

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WTF Really Happened to Tombstone (1993)?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris For many of us, 1993’s Tombstone remains the definitive Wyatt Earp movie. The film had a tortured production history, which included the sacking of the original director Kevin Jarre and Kurt Russell’s controversial claim that it was him, not...

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Batman Returns (1992) Revisited: DC Movie Review

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Tim Burton’s Batman successfully reinvented the superhero film and wound up being one of the biggest hits of the 1980s. Warner Bros was desperate for a sequel, but this time Burton wouldn’t have to work under the close supervision...

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Weekend Box Office

Weekend Box Office: Spider-Man: Brand New Day only $45 million away from becoming the highest grossing movie ever domestically

Posted 14 hours ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is closing in on Star Wars: The Force Awakens' $936 million record as the highest-grossing movie ever in North America.

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

Posted 2 days 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 2 days 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...