Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

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Big Bad Beetleborgs Might Be the Weirdest ’90s Japanese Show Rework – The Big Picture

Of all the strange concoctions TV producers came up with in the ’90s by reworking old Japanese TV shows into (sort of) different ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 21, 2020

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The Old Guard Review – Escape to the Movies

Charlize Theron is an immortal mercenary with an axe to grind in The Old Guard, a brutally violent sci-fi/fantasy/espionage thriller from the director of ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 17, 2020

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A Look at Every Video Game TV Adaptation in the Works – The Big Picture

The Big Picture looks at the big batch of every TV series inspired by video games currently in development, including adaptations of new, ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 16, 2020

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Tenet Is Ready to Go, but When Will the Theaters Be Ready to Show It? – The Big Picture

Christopher Nolan‘s mysterious Tenet is supposed to reopen American movie theaters in a month — or maybe it isn’t. Will it really be ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 14, 2020

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Greyhound Review – Escape to the Movies

Tom Hanks writes himself into World War II and sells everyone’s grandparents an Apple TV+ subscription with the DAD-liest naval warfare movie since ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 10, 2020

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Warrior Nun Wasn’t the First Superpowered Nun – The Big Picture

Laugh all you want at the title, premise, and… other aspects of Netflix’s new “Are they kidding? Does it matter?” black-ops Catholic Buffy-a-like ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 9, 2020

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Hamilton Is Even More Important Now Than Before – The Big Picture

The recorded-live feature stream of Hamilton was a smash for Disney+, but the Broadway hit’s revolutionary twist on American mythology came with a ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 7, 2020

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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Review – Escape to the Movies

In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are disaster-prone Icelandic musicians representing their country at the ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 3, 2020

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Beavis and Butt-Head Is Back… Again: Will It Work This Time? – The Big Picture

Comedy Central and Mike Judge are set to give Beavis and Butt-Head another all-new/all(?)-different reboot next year, but can a ’90s cartoon legend ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 2, 2020

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Police Academy: The Deep-ish Dive into an Unlikely Cop Movie Hit – The Big Picture

The Big Picture looks as deeply as it can into Police Academy — which is, admittedly… not very deep. This is The Big ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 30, 2020

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My Spy Review – Escape to the Movies

Dave Bautista‘s action movie star career goes where Arnold Schwarzenegger has gone before. And also Vin Diesel. And also Chuck Norris. Jackie Chan. ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 26, 2020

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Dirty Harry Wasn’t Exactly the Movie You Might Think – The Big Picture

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry was the beginning of movie cops’ evolution from general peacekeeping good guys to dark embodiments of cultural paranoia ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 25, 2020

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