Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

Let’s Watch The Iron Man 3 Trailer

Iron Man 3, the first movie to take place in the post-Avengers Marvel Universe, dropped its first trailer this week. Let’s go through ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 26, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Let’s Remake Star Wars

Every other day, a new remake gets announced, and while the life cycles of intellectual properties continue to get shorter (or maybe just ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 19, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Test Your Might: Round 2

Last February, I ran a piece called “Test Your Might,” the subject being movies from the “watch at your own risk” edge of ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 12, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Old Dog

I think Tim Burton was probably the first (and certainly most obvious) exposure for a lot of Generation X and Y moviegoers to ...

By Bob ChipmanOctober 5, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

The Tao of Ted

Contrary to what The Internet would have you believe, going into a movie unbiased is not the same thing as going into a ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 28, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Moviebob’s Re-Tales

I feel like trying something a little bit different this week. On-topic, but a little bit more … personal, I guess would be ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 21, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

And Who, Disguised as Clark Kent

Given my niche in film the world of film criticism, it was inevitable that The Man of Steel was going to be one ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 14, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Happy Birthday, Mr. Wayne

This past Wednesday, a major anniversary for one of geek culture’s most cherished (and important) modern institutions passed basically without any kind of ...

By Bob ChipmanSeptember 7, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Remembering Tony Scott – Part II

This week, MovieBob continues his recap of the late Tony Scott’s filmography. The FanThey can’t all be winners. Impressively photographed and interestingly-performed but ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 31, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Remembering Tony Scott – Part I

This past Sunday, the film world lost a legendary figure when director Tony Scott shockingly committed suicide in a leap from the Vincent ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 24, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Puppet Masters

“We set out to do a ‘poor man’s version’ of Salem [Massachusetts], but we came to realize Salem is sort of already … ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 17, 2012

MovieBob - Intermission

Avengers: The Down Side Of Up

When putting together last week’s Escape to The Movies, I became suddenly aware that it had been overall a kind of not terribly ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 10, 2012

Posts navigation