Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

Movies & TV

Oscars: Inanity War

This weekend Black Panther becomes the first superhero movie to compete for Best Picture at the Academy Awards ⁠— but should other heroes ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 18, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Alita: Battle Angel

James Cameron picked up the rights to make a live-action movie based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga and anime classic Battle Angel Alita back ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 15, 2019

Game OverThinker

An Active Vision

Organized labor works. Organized labor improves and saves lives. Organized labor is good for workers, good for consumers and – yes – it’s ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 14, 2019

The Big Picture

The Bigger Picture

Why we do what we do.

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 11, 2019

Escape to the Movies

The Lego Movie 2

At this point the most boring but also undeniably correct observation you can make in film criticism is that Phil Lord and Chris ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 8, 2019

Game OverThinker

Dweeb Obscurities Pipe

YouTube’s stupidest gaming controversy finally comes to a head – or does it? And did it ever really mean anything?

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 7, 2019

Movies & TV

Fisherman’s Creed

Why people are calling the box-office bomb Serenity an early contender for the worst movie of the year ⁠— but also the most ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 4, 2019

Escape to the Movies

Polar

Let’s clear this up first: Polar stars Mads Mikkelsen and is named for a cold region of the world, but it is not ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 1, 2019

Game OverThinker

Nonstop

GameStop may be in real financial trouble. Every gamer should be worried about that.

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 31, 2019

Movies & TV

Best Panther: Should Black Panther Win Best Picture?

Marvel’s Black Panther is now the first superhero movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Does it have ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 28, 2019

Escape to the Movies

The Kid Who Would Be King

Back in 2011, Joe Cornish — a British TV comedian and writer probably still best known to international audiences as “The guy who ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 25, 2019

Game OverThinker

Redemption Games

How a Donkey Kong stream earned thousands for charity and – maybe? – redeemed the ideal of video games as an engine for ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 24, 2019

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