Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

6,010 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!

Interviews

Don’t Breathe 2: Stephen Lang Interview

Posted 5 years ago

This weekend, Stephen Lang’s iconic Norman Nordstrom (aka The Blind Man) makes his long-awaited return to theaters in Rodo Sayagues’ Don’t Breathe 2. What’s interesting about this sequel is that the new director (who shared co-writing duties with the original...

JoBlo Originals

Eureka (Syfy TV Series) – Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Welcome back to another edition of Gone But Not Forgotten! In this episode, we’re looking at the cult Sci-Fi Channel (or as it’s known now Syfy) tv series, Eureka (aka A Town Called Eureka). This show starred Colin Ferguson...

JoBlo Originals

Excalibur (1981) – Fantasizing About Fantasy Films

Posted 5 years ago

Chris In 1981, John Boorman released his passion project, Excalibur. A bold, very adult, serious take on the Arthurian legend, the film was a modest financial success, grossing $34 million domestically. However, to many, it stands at the definitive story...

Escape From L.A.: Bruce Campbell says Kurt Russell was an Evil Dead 2 fan

Posted 5 years ago

"Hey Bruce, say ''workshed''." That's how Kurt Russell introduced himself to Bruce Campbell on the set of 1996's Escape from L.A. In a new THR retrospective on the much-maligned John Carpenter sequel, which turns 25 today, Campbell, who memorably cameoed as...

Samaritan: Sylvester Stallone superhero pic sets August 2022 date

Posted 5 years ago

It looks like we’ll all have to wait a little longer to finally see Sylvester Stallone’s live-action superhero flick, Samaritan, with Box Office Mojo reporting that the film will now open on August 26th, 2022. The film had initially been...

TV News

Markie Post: Night Court star passes away at 70

Posted 5 years ago

Another Night Court alum has passed away, with Deadline reporting that the great Markie Post has passed away at age seventy after a long battle with cancer. Post famously played public defender Christine Sullivan, who was the romantic foil of...

The Orville: Season 3 is back on track and coming soon!

Posted 5 years ago

Confession: I wasn't enthusiastic when I heard Seth MacFarlane was doing a Star Trek-style sci-fi show called The Orville. I assumed it would be a live-action Family Guy – not that there's anything wrong with that. I love Family Guy, but...

The Suicide Squad: What Did You Think?

Posted 5 years ago

At long last, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is playing in theaters everywhere (and on HBO Max for a month in the U.S), and many are hailing it as one of the best superhero movies in recent memory. Indeed, our...

JoBlo Originals

WTF Happened to Suicide Squad (2016)?

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! As the DC Extended Universe was just starting to try and reproduce Marvel’s monumental box...