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((Use mdy dates|date=April 2023))
((short description|Film review website))
((Multiple issues|
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((Infobox website
| name             = The Joblo Movie Network
| logo             = JoBlo.com logo.svg
| url              = ((Official website|https://joblo.com/))
| type             = [[Film review]]
| language         = English
| owner            = Berge Garabedian
| author           = Berge Garabedian
| launch_date      = ((start date and age|1998))
| current_status   = Active
))
'''JoBlo.com''' is an anchor website of the '''JoBlo Movie Network''' focused on news, [[Film criticism|film reviews]], and [[Trailer (promotion)|movie trailers]]. The network has [[YouTube]] channels that focus on trailers, movie clips, celebrity interviews, original content, and [[film distribution]].<ref>((cite news |last1=Gilliand |first1=Blu |date=August 8, 2002 |title=JoBlo a full-blown film lover's delight |page=9 |work=[[Montgomery Advertiser]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261243179/ |access-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401050941/https://www.newspapers.com/image/261243179/ |url-status=live ))</ref>

==History==
In 1998, Berge "JoBlo" Garabedian founded JoBlo.com as a hobby to keep his writing skills sharp. His film reviews generally critiqued movies from the perspective of an average movie-goer. The site eventually hired other critics to write reviews. Garabedian wrote more than 1,400 reviews as the site's main critic, until health problems forced him to withdraw in 2007. The website’s name is a play on "[[Joe Blow]]", and registered users of the website were known as [[Joe Shmoe|"schmoes"]]. The site also features news about movies, [[movie trailers]], movie previews, and celebrity interviews.

In 2001, the site started holding an annual awards presentation for films chosen by the sites' visitors, and its final winners. These became known as "The Golden Schmoes".<ref>((cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/time-to-vote-for-joblos-golden-schmoes/|title=Time to Vote for JoBlo's Golden Schmoes!|first=Scott|last=Weinberg|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=February 24, 2006|access-date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526002935/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/time-to-vote-for-joblos-golden-schmoes/|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite web|url= https://goldenschmoes.joblo.com/about-us/ |title= What Are the Golden Schmoes? |work= JoBlo.com |access-date= October 27, 2023 |archive-date= October 27, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231027023155/https://goldenschmoes.joblo.com/about-us/ |url-status=live))</ref>

In 2007, Garabedian was invited to take part in the "Masters of the Web" panel at the SDCC alongside other popular movie fansites like ComingSoon.net, Dark Horizons, CHUD, Ain't It Cool News, and Collider.<ref name=":0">((cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Full 2007 San Diego Comic-Con Schedule Announced |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/496601/full-2007-san-diego-comic-con-schedule-announced/ |access-date= |website= |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530182413/https://www.slashfilm.com/496601/full-2007-san-diego-comic-con-schedule-announced/ |url-status=live ))</ref>

In February 2009, JoBlo.com started a weekly podcast called ''The Good, The Bad, and The JoBlo Movie Podcast''. Guests have included [[Bobcat Goldthwait]], [[Duncan Jones]], and [[Clifton Collins, Jr.]]

In 2009, JoBlo.com launched the movie community section called MovieFanCentral, which at its peak, had over 100,000 subscribers. The community was shut down in early 2018.<ref name=":0" />

In 2010, Garabedian was interviewed for the documentary film, ''The People vs George Lucas''. That year, he created JoBlo Movie Productions to executive-produce several of his own films, including 2015's ''The Shelter'' and two documentaries, ''Arcade Dreams'' and ''1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever''.

In 2019, JoBlo.com's Editor-in-Chief Chris Bumbray began doing weekly movie reviews on the CTV NEWS channel.<ref>((Cite web |title=Search Results |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/search-results/search-ctv-news-7.137?q=chris+bumbray |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=www.ctvnews.ca |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530183915/https://www.ctvnews.ca/search-results/search-ctv-news-7.137?q=chris+bumbray |url-status=live ))</ref>

==Reception==
In 2006, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called JoBlo one of its 25 favorite online entertainment sites.<ref>((cite magazine |last1=Kohn |first1=Eric |last2=Mangalindan |first2=J.P. |date=June 14, 2006 |title=Bookmark This Page! |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204068,00.html |access-date=March 11, 2010 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209021337/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204068,00.html |archivedate=February 9, 2007))</ref> In 2007, [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine called Garabedian one of the "new tastemakers" in Hollywood.<ref>((Cite magazine |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca Winters |date=April 19, 2007 |title=Movies: Boys Who Like Toys |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1612687,00.html |access-date=June 2, 2022 |issn=0040-781X))</ref> In 2001, ''[[USA Today]]'' called JoBlo.com one of the "Web's hottest fansites".<ref>((Cite web |title=Web abuzz with apes, a mummy and Spidey |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-03-06-web-abuzz.htm |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530182413/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-03-06-web-abuzz.htm |url-status=live ))</ref> In 2004, ''Variety'' said that "Websites like JoBlo.com and Ain't-It-Cool-News, which were once 'renegades', are now courted heavily by publicists"<ref>((Cite web |last=Fritz |first=Ben |date=August 1, 2004 |title=Geek chic |url=https://variety.com/2004/digital/features/geek-chic-1117908501/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530182418/https://variety.com/2004/digital/features/geek-chic-1117908501/ |url-status=live ))</ref> and that JoBlo was considered an "E-frathouse; strident in its opinions but less reliant on the rumor mill".<ref>((Cite web |last=Rushfield |first=Richard |date=March 15, 2005 |title=Web masters |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/news/web-masters-1117919442/ |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530182413/https://variety.com/2005/legit/news/web-masters-1117919442/ |url-status=live ))</ref> ''Maclean’s'' September 29, 2014, issue called JoBlo one of the "YouTube stars" who was "making the most of it".

Writer/director [[Kevin Smith]] wrote the foreword to Garabedian’s 2002 book, ''JoBlo.com presents the 50 Coolest Movies of All-Time,''<ref>((cite book |last=Garabedian |first=Berge |title=JoBlo.com Presents... The 50 Coolest Movies of All Time |publisher=Quiet Storm Books |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-9714296-6-6 ))</ref> in which Smith compared the film critic to a "good blowjob".

==See also==
* [[AICN]]
* [[Dark Horizons]]
* [[/Film|/Film (Slashfilm)]]
* [[The Movie Insider]]
* [[Box Office Mojo]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((official website|https://JoBlo.com/))

[[Category:Canadian film websites]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1998]]

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