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!

Movie News

Venom: Let There Be Carnage moved up to October 1st

Posted 5 years ago

Fresh off the news that Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a major box office winner (pandemic or no pandemic) comes news that Venom: Let There Be Carnage‘s release date is in flux once again. However,...

JoBlo Originals

The Running Man (Arnold Schwarzenegger): Reel Action

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Imagine a world, where an oppressed people are ruled by a police state and kept pacified by a game show where people compete in violent games of sport…and Arnold Schwarzenegger runs around in skintight yellow lycra while dropping dime...

Movie News

Shang-Chi: What Did You Think?

Posted 5 years ago

This weekend sees the long-awaited release of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring Simu Liu as the titular hero. At the same time, Awkwafina plays his BFF Katy, and Hong Kong legend Tony Leung is his...

JoBlo Originals

Borat (2006) – WTF Happened to this Movie?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! This week, we look at Borat (2006)! The documentary/comedy hybrid Borat (2006) featured Sacha Baron...

JoBlo Originals

Rocky & Rocky II- Sylvester Stallone Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Sylvester Stallone is among the biggest icons of our time. From Rocky to Rambo, very few actors have had as profound an impact on the pop culture as he had. Well into his seventies, he’s still an in-demand lead...

Movie Reviews

Worth Review

Posted 5 years ago

Worth was originally reviewed at Sundance 2020. PLOT: Following 9/11, attorney Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) is put in charge of the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund by congress. Once he starts work, he realizes that his cold, mathematical way of putting...

JoBlo Originals

Braveheart: WTF Really Happened to this Movie?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF REALLY Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that dives into movies based on TRUE stories, REAL people and ACTUAL historical events to separate FACT from FICTION! Mel Gibson’s 1995 historical epic Braveheart transformed Scottish warrior William...

JoBlo Originals

WTF Happened to Mel Gibson?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Celebrity? – The JoBlo series that examines the careers of stars and filmmakers who may have fallen out of the spotlight, and tells where they are now! For over two decades Mel Gibson was the...

Movie News

Spencer trailer: Kristen Stewart is Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s latest

Posted 5 years ago

Update: The first trailer for Pablo Larrain’s Spencer starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana has been unveiled. In the trailer, we find Princess Di experiencing a torrent of emotions as she navigates her life as a royal figure. Beautifully shot,...

Movie News

Robert Eggers’ The Northman footage drops at CinemaCon; Focus teases lineup

Posted 5 years ago

Focus Features was out at CinemaCon in full force, with an exclusive preview of some of their upcoming titles. The most-hyped movie they showed footage from is definitely Robert Eggers’ The Northman. A Viking epic based on the Scandanavian legend...

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