Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

I (Also) Wrote That Crap

About two months back, I offered up a combination column/ritual self-cleansing called “I Wrote That Crap,” a recap of my own less-than-successful adventures ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 18, 2013

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Gold Bugged

The lead-up to this year’s Academy Awards (aka “The Oscars”) have been marked by rule changes (there can now be “no more than ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 11, 2013

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Tortured Logic

WARNING: Contains spoilers for the film Zero Dark Thirty When I reviewed Zero Dark Thirty two weeks ago, the film had only been ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 4, 2013

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Most Boring Opinions in Geek Culture – Part II

Last week, I gave you the first 25 entries in the “Fifty Most Boring Opinions in Geek Culture.” Now, here’s the home stretch. ...

By Bob ChipmanDecember 28, 2012

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The 50 Most Boring Opinions In Geek Culture – Part I

Opinions. We all have them. Geek Culture is all about having strong feelings about things, after all. But y’know, it’s a funny thing. ...

By Bob ChipmanDecember 21, 2012

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Let’s Watch The Man Of Steel Trailer

As we have done before, so shall we do again. Here’s the very, very serious trailer for Warner Bros.’ new Superman movie, to ...

By Bob ChipmanDecember 14, 2012

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That (Also) Almost Happened

It’s been a while since we last did one of these, so … let’s do one of these. Moviemaking is a long and ...

By Bob ChipmanDecember 7, 2012

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Advice From A Fanboy: Justice League

NOTE: The following contains spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises. On January 27th 1996, pretty much nobody outside of 20th Century Fox had ...

By Bob ChipmanNovember 30, 2012

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Save the Date

I was never trained to write reviews for an international audience. My college degree, officially, describes me as having earned a B.A. in ...

By Bob ChipmanNovember 23, 2012

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I Wrote That Crap!

You will, I trust, be unsurprised to learn that many people who write or do shows about movies start out (and occasionally remain) ...

By Bob ChipmanNovember 16, 2012

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Thinkin’ Lincoln

If you’ve seen the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, you no doubt noticed that the film it was selling looked like an eerily ...

By Bob ChipmanNovember 9, 2012

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Enter The 36th Chamber

The Man With The Iron Fists, a violent tribute to the Golden Age of martial-arts films that marks the directorial (and lead acting) ...

By Bob ChipmanNovember 2, 2012

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