Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

What’s the Problem With Hit-Girl?

This article includes spoilers for both the movie and the comic book Kick-Ass. The things that are supposed to set us off as ...

By Bob ChipmanApril 23, 2010

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Forgotten Heroes (Who Kicked Ass)

Kick-Ass, this week’s movie under consideration, is one part spoof and one part celebration of superhero movies. The fact that it exists at ...

By Bob ChipmanApril 16, 2010

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The End of Reality (Good Riddance!)

I devoted this week’s Escape to The Movies to Marvel Films’ grand, still-in-progress Avengers experiment: Not only the first superhero team up live-action ...

By Bob ChipmanApril 9, 2010

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Stuff Bob Likes

There are certain things you’ll almost never get a film critic to admit to, chief among them being that Robert Altman was overrated. ...

By Bob ChipmanApril 2, 2010

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It’s Time To Forgive George Lucas

There’s a documentary making the pre-release and festival-circuit rounds now called “The People vs. George Lucas.” No, really. Check it out. I haven’t ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 26, 2010

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Interview With the “Wimpy” Man

Even in an age of “new media” – where a viral clip of a home video shot 15 years ago can turn a ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 19, 2010

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Another Round

Next Wednesday is March 17th, a.k.a. St. Patrick’s Day. In its native country, Ireland, it’s both a religious holiday commemorating the life of ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 12, 2010

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Burton’s Busts

Tim Burton might be one of the first “new” (as in “became famous after you were born”) filmmakers to be recognized by my ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 5, 2010

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Five Great Movies About Videogames

The conventional wisdom is that videogame movies – that is to say, movies based on videogames – suck. Conventional wisdom is, thus far, ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 26, 2010

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Trope-a-Dope

Prologue Once upon a time, a young man found himself in a peculiar position: Summoned before a group of space aliens, (which would’ve ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 19, 2010

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Strange Love

Two days from the publication of this piece will be Valentine’s Day, the one day out of the year where one can openly ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 12, 2010

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Freeze Frames

Adam Green is the director of Hatchet. I spoke to him about his career, the horror genre and his talked-about new film Frozen ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 5, 2010

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