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!

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WTF Happened to Rob Schneider?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris There was a time in the early 2000s when it looked like Rob Schneider was going to be the next Adam Sandler. A fellow Saturday Night Live vet, Schneider stole scenes in a few Happy Madison comedies, particularly The...

JoBlo Originals

China O’Brien (1990) Revisited: Action Movie Review

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Welcome to Reel Action, where we pay tribute to some of the best action movies and action stars of all-time. And that includes some that a few of you might not have heard of, but definitely should. One of...

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Best Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies (MCU)

Posted 5 years ago

Chris The year was 2008, the film was Iron Man. The world had seen a reemergence of comic book films thanks to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight franchise showing that you could take these characters seriously and people would show up....

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Red Notice is officially Netflix’s biggest movie ever

Posted 5 years ago

If you read my review of Red Notice (or watched the video above), you’ll know that I was not a fan of the much-hyped Dwayne Johnson/Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot team-up. While the production values were impressive considering it was...

Movie News

The Matrix 4: Jonathan Groff’s role teased in new image & running time revealed

Posted 5 years ago

So who exactly is Jonathan Groff playing in The Matrix Resurrections? The trailers show him briefly but given how hyped his role has been in the press lead-up to the film, there’s more to his role than meets the eye,...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home pre-sales biggest since Avengers: Endgame

Posted 5 years ago

As far as the movie business goes, distributors and studio execs all breathed a collective sigh of relief Labor Day weekend when Shang-Chi opened to boffo-box office. Since then, theatrical revenues have bounced back somewhat, with Venom: Let There Be...

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We Remember: Paul Walker

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Eight years ago today, one of the most well-liked actors in Hollywood, Paul Walker, tragically died at only forty years old following a single-vehicle collision, which happened following an appearance at a charity event. His death rocked his fans...

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Night Court TV Series (Gone But Not Forgotten)

Posted 5 years ago

Chris As far as TV sitcoms go, very few have ever been as funny as NBC’s Night Court. The show starred Harry Anderson as magic and Mel Tormé loving judge Harry Stone, John Larroquette as the sleazy (but lovable) prosecutor...

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Best Underrated 80s Action Movies – Part 2

Posted 5 years ago

Chris The eighties were full of incredible action movies, but while a lot of them are considered classics now, some of the best movies (you never saw) routinely get underrated, so here on JoBlo we’re celebrating Thanksgiving weekend with three...

TV Reviews

The Beatles: Get Back TV Review

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: In January 1969, The Beatles allowed filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg to record them preparing for their new album. Inadvertently, he managed to capture the band’s gradual disintegration as they put together what would eventually become the album “Let it Be.”...

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