Chris Bumbray
Managing Editor at JoBlo
Co-Host at The Beard and The Bald Movie Podcast
Editor and Chief of @joblocom. Film Critic @ctvnews. Proud member of @criticschoice & Rotten Tomatoes-certified.
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4 days ago |
joblo.com | Chris Bumbray
It looks like our (rather obvious) prediction that Thunderbolts (or rather The New Avengers) would win the weekend box office race was dead-on, but surprisingly, it may be a closer battle than expected. While Deadline reports that Thunderbolts may only drop about 55% week-to-week, with an estimated $35 million total, it’s got some vampires breathing down its neck. Indeed, Sinners, which has turned into a bona fide cultural phenomenon, is going with a stronger-than-expected $27 million weekend.
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6 days ago |
joblo.com | Chris Bumbray
Despite good reviews and solid word-of-mouth (an A-minus CinemaScore), Thunderbolts had a relatively weak opening for a Marvel movie. In fact, when the final box office stats came in on Sunday night, Thunderbolts ended up posting a softer-than-expected launch, with the final $74 million total actually under what Shang-Chi opened with – and that was a movie that came out during the height of the pandemic.
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6 days ago |
joblo.com | Chris Bumbray
PLOT: After the death of her mother, Quinn (Katie Douglas) relocates to a small town called Kettle Springs with her father, who’s going to become the town’s new doctor. Once there, she becomes friends with a group of teens who like to film YouTube videos featuring a serial-killing clown called “Frendo.” However, they soon realize that Frendo is a whole lot more real than they think he is. REVIEW: Clown in a Cornfield is based on a well-received series of young adult novels by Adam Cesare.
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1 week ago |
joblo.com | Chris Bumbray
THE STORY: A mad IRA bomber (Tommy Lee Jones) escapes prison and travels to Boston, where he stalks his former protégé (Jeff Bridges) who now has a new identity and is a member of the police bomb squad. THE PLAYERS: Director: Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2, Judgment Night, The Ghost & The Darkness, Lost in Space, TV’s 24). Writers: John Rice, Joe Batteer, and Jay Roach (yes, THAT Jay Roach). Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker, and Suzy Amis (Titanic).
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1 week ago |
joblo.com | Chris Bumbray
The summer of 2002 kicked off a whole new era in spy movies, but not in the way Hollywood expected. You see, three spy movies were coming out that year, and only one of them was predicted to be a hit. They were the Ben Affleck Jack Ryan flick, The Sum of All Fears, his pal Matt Damon’s The Bourne Identity, and Vin Diesel’s XXX. In fact, all three of them made money, but The Bourne Identity, a notoriously delayed and troubled production at the time, became a classic.
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Good chat with @eliasmakos on CJAD today
How will Trump's latest tariff announcement impact Quebec's film industry? @joblocom's @cbumbray joined @eliasmakos: https://t.co/H0AuF8KH1V
When I contacted Warner Bros about the hundreds of DVDs that have rotten, they insisted they would replace all affected discs. In the last few weeks I’ve received dozens of complaints from readers saying the studio hasn’t responded in any way. What gives? https://t.co/Lmy6vETRID
Catching up on 1923. Things are never easy for Spencer and Alexandra are they? One calamity after another - almost funny at this point.
