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!

Hollow Man: The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was...

Batman 1989: The JoBlo Collector’s Corner

Posted 6 years ago

If you’re like us, you love everything movies, nostalgia, and pop culture. There are endless toys, prints, vinyl, merchandise, memorabilia and so much more than any fan can acquire and collect. That’s why we here at JoBlo are opening up...

WandaVision: Marvel’s trailer for the Disney+ series is here!

Posted 6 years ago

Marvel's "WandaVision", starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, will be the first MCU show to make its debut on Disney+, with it being earmarked for a fourth-quarter 2020 release. Marvel made it...

Review: The Father (TIFF 2020) starring Anthony Hopkins

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: An elderly man (Anthony Hopkins) struggles with dementia as he tries to remain independent. REVIEW: Has any performer ever been as consistently good as Anthony Hopkins? With something like sixty years of excellent performances under his belt, something is...

Review: The Nest starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon

Posted 6 years ago

THE NEST was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2020 coverage. PLOT: A British commodities broker (Jude Law) relocates his American family to Thatcher-era UK with the promise of deregulation in the air. However, his family soon buckles under...

WTF Happened to Street Fighter (1994) starring Jean-Claude Van Damme?

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts, or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were...

Good Joe Bell Review (TIFF 2020) starring Mark Wahlberg

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: A father (Mark Wahlberg) walks across America to raise awareness for bullying after his gay soon is viciously tormented in his Oregon high school by his homophobic classmates. REVIEW: GOOD JOE BELL is another TIFF title that’s tricky to...

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Commando- a killer 80s action flick (Reel Action)

Posted 6 years ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis – these guys were the legends of eighties/nineties action, churning out kick-ass action flicks regularly. These became a staple of every movie fan's VHS/DVD library, and now, here at JoBlo, we're looking back at...

The Devil All the Time (Film Review)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: In remote Knockemstiff, Ohio post-WW2, a group of disparate characters find their lives intersecting in increasingly violent, gruesome ways. REVIEW: I’m quite eager to see what the average Netflix viewer is going to make of Antonio Campos’ THE DEVIL...

WTF Happened to Russell Crowe?

Posted 6 years ago

In our latest WTF series, we take a look at some of our favorite stars and filmmakers who have seemingly disappeared or altered their careers over the years to the point that begs the question; WTF happened? Now, before you...

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