Bob Chipman, Author at The Escapist

Onward Review – Escape to the Movies

Film critic Bob Chipman (well, part of him…) says that Pixar‘s fantasy comedy casts an imperfect but endearing spell. This is Escape to the ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 6, 2020

The Big Picture

Unpacking The Batman’s New Batsuit and Batmobile – The Big Picture

And just like that, we’ve now got our best look yet at Robert Pattinson’s new suit for The Batman and our first look ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 5, 2020

The Big Picture

Mega Man: Upon a Star Is An Anime About… Promoting Japanese Culture? – The Big Picture

The Big Picture (with special guest vocals!) looks back on Mega Man: Upon a Star — one of the strangest relics of ’90s ...

By Bob ChipmanMarch 3, 2020

Escape to the Movies

The Invisible Man Review – Escape to the Movies

Escapist film critic Bob Chipman says Leigh Whannell‘s The Invisible Man is an uneven but ambitious and effective modern horror update with a ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 28, 2020

The Big Picture

5 Things That Actually Worked in the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie – The Big Picture

Has our resident film critic been too hard on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie? Here are at least five things he found to ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 27, 2020

The Big Picture

Fired Publishers? New Characters? 5G? What’s Happening at DC Comics!? – The Big Picture

Warner Bros. and AT&T apparently dismissed the longtime co-publisher of DC Comics, Dan DiDio, in the middle of the preparations for the long-planned ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 25, 2020

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Dragon Quest: Your Story Review – Escape to the Movies

One of the most beloved Japanese RPGs of all time is now one of the most lavishly produced animated video game movies ever ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 23, 2020

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The Call of the Wild Review – Escape to the Movies

Harrison Ford plays sidekick to a big friendly dog in this adamantly old-fashioned (and yet also oddly high-tech) adaptation of Jack London‘s way-way-way-stranger-than-you-remember-from-school ...

By Bob ChipmanFebruary 21, 2020