Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

Reviews

Objective Lesson

“Objectivity” is the bane of my existence. Mostly, it’s because “objectivity” is one of those concepts that’s impossible to define because the pure ...

By Bob ChipmanAugust 3, 2012

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Knightfail

Note: Contains major significant spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises. It feels almost gauche at this point to put out something that even ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 27, 2012

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Re-Bat

NOTE: The following article does not contain spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises. I’m endeavoring to tread as lightly as I possibly can ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 20, 2012

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Conundrum

NOTE: The following article contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man. There are a lot of problems with The Amazing Spider-Man, but among the ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 13, 2012

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Spider-Teased

NOTE: The following article contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man. The “sequel tease” is, by now, as obligatory to superhero movies as masks ...

By Bob ChipmanJuly 6, 2012

Reviews

Under the Radar

I’m not the sort of critic who gets all bent out of shape when summer rolls around and it’s time to “suffer” through ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 29, 2012

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Near Miss

The problem with being Pixar, in a nutshell, is that people will always expect you to be Pixar – meaning, that you are ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 22, 2012

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What It Is

Probably the most overused and abused backhanded compliment in entertainment criticism is “it’s good for what it is,” typically used as a synonym ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 15, 2012

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Should The Avengers Be at the Oscars?

The Avengers is, thus far, the pop-culture “it” story of 2012. If you want proof of that, I’m still writing articles about it ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 8, 2012

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Hype-er Time

It used to be, the big difference separating movie critics, film journalists and whatever the hell it is I do from the movie-going ...

By Bob ChipmanJune 1, 2012

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Earth’s Whitey-est Heroes

The Avengers includes a man in an invincible suit of armor, a lady assassin, an archer, a super-soldier, the Viking God of Thunder ...

By Bob ChipmanMay 25, 2012

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Brand X

The new film Battleship shares its title with a famous board game, but other than that they have no actual connection. It’s not ...

By Bob ChipmanMay 18, 2012

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