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

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Revisited: Action Movie Review

Posted 5 years ago

Chris When you’re doing a video series like Reel Action, you can never go too long without mentioning Shane Black. And when it comes to Christmas action movies, Shane Black is the guy to turn to. The holiday spirit brought...

Movie Reviews

The King’s Man Review

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: During the Great War, a former soldier turned pacifist (Ralph Fiennes) is forced back into action when the forces of evil threaten to keep the war from ever ending. REVIEW: The King’s Man is a movie whose very existence...

JoBlo Originals

Home Alone (1990) Revisited – Movie Review

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Christmas is just around the corner, and that means it’s time to dust off that immortal holiday classic, Home Alone, as part of our ongoing series John Hughes Revisited. Released at Christmas of 1990, Home Alone was a box...

Interviews

No Time to Die launches on Blu-ray; watch our interviews with the cast!

Posted 5 years ago

As I mentioned yesterday when I wrote up my interview with Moneypenny herself, Naomi Harris, I was recently invited to London to participate in a press event tied to the Blu-ray release of No Time to Die (available now). While...

Interviews

No Time to Die: Naomie Harris talks Moneypenny and if she’d return to the role

Posted 5 years ago

I was recently in London to celebrate the upcoming release of No Time to Die on Blu-ray (it’s out tomorrow, December 21st), and man, what a fantastic trip it was! I got to take a boat ride down the Thames...

JoBlo Originals

BRITTANY MURPHY TRIBUTE (1977-2009): We Remember

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Twelve years ago today, we lost one of the most promising young actresses of her generation, Brittany Murphy. A Hollywood vet, she was only thirty-two years old when she passed away, but she left behind a rich legacy. From...

Interviews

Interview: The Northman director Robert Eggers on his Viking epic

Posted 5 years ago

This morning, Focus Features dropped the trailer for Robert Eggers’ Viking epic The Northman. Based on the Norse legend that inspired Hamlet, the film is a major departure for The Witch and The Lighthouse director Eggers in that it’s an...

TV Reviews

1883 TV Review

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: The saga of the Dutton family continues with this prequel tracing the origins of John Dutton’s grandfather, James Dutton (Tim McGraw), a Civil War veteran trying to make a home for his family in the untamed west. REVIEW: If...

Spider-man: no way home, box office, box office tracking

Movie News

Spider-Man: No Way Home – What Did You Think? (SPOILERS)

Posted 5 years ago

Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come. Spider-Man: No Way Home, probably the most anticipated MCU entry since Avengers: Endgame hits theatres today, and as all the critics have already had their say, now it’s time for you to have...