Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Review – Escape to the Movies

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is finally here, completing the story of Jesse Pinkman and reminding everyone that Aaron Paul is available ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 12, 2019

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Schlocktober 2019: War of the Wizards – The Big Picture

This week, Schlocktober travels way, way east and way, way weird to bring back a seldom-seen 1978 Taiwanese action/adventure/witchcraft/monster/fairytale/romance, War of the Wizards, ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 10, 2019

The Big Picture

Is Joker Actually ‘About’ Anything? – The Big Picture

SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT: After divided responses from critics and media hype about “dangerous” content, Joker is a big hit at the box ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 8, 2019

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Schlocktober 2019: Dinosaurus! – The Big Picture

October means Halloween and Halloween means Schlocktober on The Big Picture. Every Thursday this month host Bob Chipman digs up spooky, silly, or ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 3, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Joker Review – Escape to the Movies

This week in Escape to the Movies, Bob Chipman reviews Joker, a movie that has nothing to say but somehow still won’t shut ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 2, 2019

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Is Joker Facing Outrage for All the Wrong Reasons? – The Big Picture

Supposedly, people are “on edge” about the release of the new movie Joker… but is this really the kind of film that sets ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 1, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Downton Abbey Review – Escape to the Movies

Film critic Bob Chipman gets all classy to review the feature film culmination of Downton Abbey, an extremely popular TV show that he’s ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 28, 2019

The Big Picture

Propaganda in Pop Culture Still Exists, and It’s in Your Favorite Movies – The Big Picture

Previously, The Big Picture spotlighted the bizarre modern history of art and entertainment as (often unwitting) propaganda tools of political war. But surely ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 26, 2019

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The History of Propaganda in Pop Culture Is Weirder Than You Think – The Big Picture

Plenty of games, movies, TV shows, comics, books, and even songs get accused of being “propaganda” for one thing or another — but ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 24, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Ad Astra Review – Escape to the Movies

Brad Pitt stars as an unflappable astronaut with galaxy-scale daddy issues in Ad Astra who must track the source of potentially world-ending cosmic energy ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 22, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Rambo: Last Blood Review – Escape to the Movies

Ten years after the last time he promised us he was finished with the character, Sylvester Stallone revives his Vietnam-era antihero John J. ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 20, 2019

The Big Picture

Rambo Isn’t Just a Superhuman Killing Machine, but It’s Easy to Forget – The Big Picture

✖ Sylvester Stallone brings his iconic John J. Rambo back to screens for what’s promised to be one last mission this weekend in ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 19, 2019

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