Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

Aliens in America

If you look at all our references, what we allude to in our films and our sitcom even… they’re almost exclusively American films. ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 18, 2011

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Quit It, Gaming Edition

I had more fun than I thought I would doing last week’s “Quit It” column on recurring formulas and devices I’d like to ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 11, 2011

Box Office Games

On the Front Lines

“I realized that I would probably live past 26, and I’d never considered that.” – John Milius, 2003 Portrait of a young man ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 8, 2011

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Quit It

I’m not someone who hates clichés and formula in movies in and of themselves – things tend to get used over and over ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 4, 2011

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Hall‘s Past

At the turn of the Millennium, the writer/directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly were on top of the comedy world – with a string ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 25, 2011

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One Classy Trailer

X-Men: First Class may be the most open, unapologetic example of a major movie studio “taking a Mulligan” on a franchise in Hollywood ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 18, 2011

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When In Rome

In the beginning, Old Hollywood had a problem: It wanted to wow audiences with the spectacle of unseen sights, but the realms of ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 11, 2011

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Beyond Dead

Today (or, rather, the day this column will first appear) is February 4th, which has the distinction (if not the notoriety) of being ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 4, 2011

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And the Nominees Are…

It’s often overlooked that one of the original purposes of The Academy Awards – aka The Oscars – was public relations. The much-maligned ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 28, 2011

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Meet the New Bat-Guys

The following contains spoilers for various movies about Batman. In terms of the often rocky relationship between so-called fanboys and the filmmakers who ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 21, 2011

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Videogames vs. The Movies

Difference #1,437 between my job and yours: You only have to hear about the problem of declining movie theater revenues maybe once a ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 14, 2011

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I’m Sad Now

Last week, I looked ahead to 2011. Given the enforced joviality of The Holidays, it shook out mostly on the positive side. Well, ...

By Bob ChipmanJanuary 7, 2011

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