Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

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Top 10 DC FanDome Predictions – Part I – The Big Picture

DC FanDome will stream next week as one of the biggest “virtual events” of the summer, with fans hoping for lots of big ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 18, 2020

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Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story Review – Escape to the Movies

With the legendary Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise set for a modern revival, film critic Bob Chipman takes an early look at the ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 14, 2020

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Disney Moves Away from Physical Media: Why That’s a Problem – The Big Picture

Disney has reportedly suspended production of 4K Blu-ray discs, potentially signaling a broader move away from physical media to digital streaming. Is “all-content-as-service” ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 13, 2020

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Warner Bros. Burns Down the House at DC with Layoffs: Now What? – The Big Picture

Warner Bros. and parent company AT&T just “restructured” basically everyone at DC Comics previously in charge of the publisher’s stories, direction, marketing, and ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 11, 2020

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Black Is King Review – Escape to the Movies

Beyonce said to Disney: “I got inspired and did my own trippy arthouse remake of The Lion King — put it on the ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 7, 2020

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Mulan Is Going to Disney+: What Does It Really Mean? – The Big Picture

After a full summer of multiple long-delayed blockbusters playing release date chicken as the U.S. continues to struggle managing the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney’s ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 6, 2020

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Gamera Trilogy Was a Brilliant Deconstructionist Take on Kaiju (Part 2) – The Big Picture

Gamera the flying turtle (“Friend to All Children!”) was the second biggest monster movie star in Japan — and then he disappeared, remembered ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 4, 2020

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Tread (Killdozer Documentary) Review – Escape to the Movies

A riveting new documentary, Tread, knocks down the myths around the so-called “Killdozer rampage,” a bizarre 2004 revenge spree wherein a deranged man attempted ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 31, 2020

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Gamera Is the Other Legendary Japanese Monster You Need to Know About (Part 1) – The Big Picture

The world was due at least one more Godzilla movie this summer… but obviously that’s happening a little later. Instead, let The Big ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 30, 2020

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Binge-fest 2020: Women Pushing the Boundaries

The Big Picture keeps it classy this week with a look at a trio of streamable content — two biographies and a documentary ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 28, 2020

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The Outpost Review – Escape to the Movies

Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, and Caleb Landry Jones star in The Outpost, a moving, no-nonsense fact-based military action drama, as soldiers defending a remote ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 24, 2020

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The Pseudo-Lost Beetleborgs Season That Never Happened – The Big Picture

Nineties kids remember Big Bad Beetleborgs as one of the craziest action shows Saban Entertainment imported (parts of, anyway) from Japan — but ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 23, 2020

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