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THIS MOVIE EXISTS - "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" (1993) | Bob Chipman
THIS MOVIE EXISTS - "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" (1993) For a lot of the back half of 2023, right-wing media (especially on YouTube) absolutely LOST ITS MIND over the upcoming live-action remake of Disney's "SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARVES" with Rachel Zegler in the title role, designating the film as "woke" for reasons without much clarity in any one direction (or what that stigma is even supposed to "mean" more generally) Just imagine if that noise machine had been around in 1993 for THIS bizarre,...
THIS MOVIE EXISTS - "THE CRUSADES" (1935) | Bob Chipman
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THIS MOVIE EXISTS - "GINGER TRILOGY" (1971) | Bob Chipman
THIS MOVIE EXISTS - "GINGER TRILOGY" (1971) The creator of "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" and dozens of other family friendly made-for-TV features that defined The Disney Channel for teens of the early-2000s was a legend in movies of an entirely different variety decades earlier - as director and one half of the filmmaking power couple behind one of the most notorious grindhouse "sexploitation" trilogies of the 1970s: Now, learn the backstory of Don Schain and Cheri Caffaro's eye-popping saga - and...
Schlocktober 2020: Destroyer (1988) - The Big Picture
NFL legend Lyle Alzado is a serial killer with superhuman strength that even the electric chair couldn’t kill, stalking a film crew in the condemned prison he once called “home” in grimy forgotten slasher Destroyer. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, continuing Schlocktober 2020 with Destroyer. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Hubie Halloween Review - Escape to the Movies
Adam Sandler & Friends — like… a lot of his friends — take a trip to Salem Massachusetts for Hubie Halloween on Netflix, a (mostly) family-friendly horror comedy that film critic Bob Chipman says rates as a welcome return to Sandler’s 1990s Happy Madison glory days and one of the best Halloween romps in years. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Hubie Halloween.
Schlocktober 2020: The Batwoman - The Big Picture
A full half-century before The CW DC Universe, the popularity of the Batman franchise (specifically, the massive international popularity of the Adam West TV series in the 1960s) led a team of ambitious Mexican filmmakers and an Italian model-actress to bring an unofficial live-action BatWOMAN to life… as the bikini-clad heroine of a hybrid superhero/sci-fi/Mexican wrestling/spy thriller/monster movie set in the (apparently?) deeply interwoven worlds of Acapulco’s pro wrestling, reef diving,...
Ava Review - Escape to the Movies
Film critic Bob Chipman looks at Ava, a by-the-numbers assassin thriller where an absurdly overqualified cast including Jessica Chastain, Collin Farrell, Geena Davis, and John Malkovich and Common unenthusiastically act out the least interesting spy game in years. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Ava. Bob Chipman is a critic and author. Antebellum Demonstrates That a Good Twist Doesn’t Make a Good Movie Previous article
Schlocktober 2020: Tammy and the T-Rex - The Big Picture
Schlocktober returns for another year, kicking off with a legendarily ridiculous dinosaur body-swap teen romance that launched the careers of two early-2000s celebrity icons… but wasn’t available in its original form until just over a year ago: Tammy and the T-Rex. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, starting Schlocktober 2020 with Tammy and the T-Rex. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free?
Schlocktember - The Big Picture
We’re heading into fall and things are… still tough, with colder and darker months likely to make it all too easy to withdraw from an uneasy world in the unhealthy way. But it’s also making it more necessary than ever to find time for positive forms of detachment, cooling off, and — yes — escapism. The Big Picture talks about that and more in our last “normal” episode before plunging into the annual month-long Schlocktober celebration.
Enola Holmes, WandaVision, and Antebellum (Spoilers) - The Escapist Movie Podcast
This week on The Escapist Movie Podcast: Enola Holmes is as pleasant as it is predictable. A mind-bending dive into the stories that WandaVision will pull from and what it means for the future of the MCU, and ALL SPOILERS TALK for Antebellum. With your hosts Bob Chipman, Jack Packard, and Darren Mooney. The Escapist Movie Podcast is available now on Soundcloud, Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts.
Enola Holmes Review - Escape to the Movies
Millie Bobby Brown is Sherlock Holmes’ adventure-seeking younger sister, Enola Holmes, in a charming family detective mystery from Netflix that our resident critic says deserves to be the next big Young Adult hit. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Enola Holmes.
2020: The Year We Had No Heroes - The Big Picture
It’s official: 2020 will now become the first year in over a decade that the world hasn’t visited the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in theaters. And while many have responded to the news with “So what?” or “About time!” The Big Picture is here to argue that there’s a reason this absence is being sincerely felt by the global audience. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about the void of superhero movies and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in theaters in 2020.
Unpacking the Madness in the WandaVision Trailer - The Big Picture
Not even a global pandemic could defeat the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but it does mean that “Phase 4” is going to start out in the strangest possible place — not with a superhero battle or a punchy one-liner, but within a bizarre (and maybe a little frightening?) reality-bending TV sitcom world where a somehow-reborn Vision and the Scarlet Witch are living out the American Dream (maybe literally?) in an old-fashioned suburb that’s either too good to be real… or too real to be good.
Antebellum Review - Escape to the Movies
Janelle Monáe proves that her seemingly unlimited music, dance, and visual-arts range extends to dramatic acting, tackling multiple (literally) many-faceted roles in a genre-defying thriller that aims to combine brutal anti-revisionist historical drama, mind-shredding mystery, and politically loaded righteous-violence crowd-pleaser. Bob Chipman tells you whether Antebellum lives up to its hype. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Antebellum.
Kang the Conqueror: The Weird History of a Potential Future MCU Villain - The Big Picture
Johnathan Majors of Lovecraft Country and The Last Black Man in San Francisco has apparently joined the cast of Ant-Man 3 — and he’s rumored to be playing one of Marvel’s most powerful (and also most confusing) supervillains. Who is “Kang the Conqueror,” and why could his casting change the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in more ways than one? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Kang the Conqueror and his Marvel Comics origins. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free?
The Classic Furry Ninja Series You Didn't Know You Were Missing
You think you’ve seen everything? Even Big Picture host Bob Chipman hasn’t seen everything — though he has seen a lot of things. One such thing is a bizarre assortment of short-lived TV series about cat-headed warriors spanning 40 years of Japanese television… and you’ve never seen anything exactly like it. This is The Big Picture, talking about some Japanese furry ninja series. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Rogue Review - Escape to the Movies
Megan Fox finally gets to take the action hero leading spot for herself as leader of a mercenary squad whose mission to rescue a politician’s daughter from guerrilla terrorists in Africa finds them taking shelter in an abandoned poachers’ compound — where both the heroes and their pursuers soon discover that the area is being stalked by a vicious, hungry, and extremely angry female lion.
Do the New Oscar Diversity Standards Actually Accomplish Anything? - The Big Picture
The Academy Awards revealed its long-awaited new standards for “inclusivity and representation” for eligibility in the Best Picture category set to begin in 2024, setting off a firestorm of arguments about objectivity, tokenism, and also whether it goes far enough. But are the new Oscar standards, as written, actually intended to change anything? Or just make people feel like something is getting done? The Big Picture takes a look.
Did Mulan Really Exist? - The Big Picture
Disney’s live-action version of Mulan claims to combine elements of the 1998 animated feature with new Wuxia action-fantasy sequences and a tone overall closer to traditional Chinese tellings of the classical folk heroine’s story. But did Hua Mulan actually exist — and even if not, where and when did this story come from and why has it endured for so long? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about the reality of Hua Mulan. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free?
Mulan Review - Escape to the Movies
Mulan has finally arrived on Disney+ (plus $30), and Bob has plenty of thoughts. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Mulan.
Why Community Still Holds Up - The Big Picture
The cult-hit sitcom Community finally came to Netflix back in April, not only giving a whole new audience a chance to experience one of the previous decade’s defining works of memetic “meta-comedy” in full, but also giving fans an excuse to revisit it in depth. Does the Prime Timeline remain stable? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about why Community still holds up. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Remembering Chadwick Boseman - The Big Picture
Movie fans were stunned over the weekend by the shocking loss of actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther and 42, to cancer. The Big Picture looks at why this particular loss hit so many so hard and looks for meaning in the sadness. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, remembering Chadwick Boseman. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Bill & Ted Face the Music Review - Escape to the Movies
You can relax: Our critic says Bill & Ted Face the Music is most excellent. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Bill & Ted Face the Music.
I'm Not Dying for Christopher Nolan & Tenet
Big Picture host Bob Chipman gets “real” for a moment to talk about movie openings, the importance of art versus public safety, and Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about the heavier aspects that surround the release of Tenet. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
DC FanDome Predictions Vs. Reality: Unpacking the Results - The Big Picture
DC FanDome played out over the weekend with a Bat-load of big reveals — did The Big Picture’s predictions call it right? What did we think of the results? Find out NOW! This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about the results of DC FanDome. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Project Power Review - Escape to the Movies
Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback take on superpowered drug dealers in New Orleans in Project Power, another “just good enough” genre mash-up from Netflix. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Project Power.
Top 10 DC FanDome Predictions - Part 2 - The Big PIcture
DC FanDome will stream next week as one of the biggest “virtual events” of the summer, with fans hoping for lots of big news about upcoming projects. Here are the final five of our top 10 predictions of what might be coming at the big show — and why! This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking his top 10 predictions for DC FanDome. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators! Bob Chipman is a critic and author.
Top 10 DC FanDome Predictions - Part I - The Big Picture
DC FanDome will stream next week as one of the biggest “virtual events” of the summer, with fans hoping for lots of big news about upcoming projects. Here are the first five of our top 10 predictions of what might be coming at the big show — and why! This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking his top 10 predictions for DC FanDome. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story Review
With the legendary Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise set for a modern revival, film critic Bob Chipman takes an early look at the new feature documentary on the game’s history, Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story, which posits that Pro Skater‘s breakout popularity was key to finally cementing professional skateboarding‘s staying power in the mainstream sports world.
Disney Moves Away from Physical Media: Why That's a Problem
Disney has reportedly suspended production of 4K Blu-ray discs, potentially signaling a broader move away from physical media to digital streaming. Is “all-content-as-service” the future? The Big Picture hopes not. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Disney, park revenue, and physical media. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Warner Bros. Burns Down the House at DC with Layoffs: Now What? - The Big Picture
Warner Bros. and parent company AT&T just “restructured” basically everyone at DC Comics previously in charge of the publisher’s stories, direction, marketing, and characters out of a job — two weeks out from the much-hyped DC FanDome virtual media event. What just happened, and what does it mean for the comics media brand that was looking to turn things around in 2020?
Black Is King Review - Escape to the Movies
Beyonce said to Disney: “I got inspired and did my own trippy arthouse remake of The Lion King — put it on the app!” and Disney said: “… Yes, queen.” Is Black Is King a genuine abstract pop-surrealist art piece or a grand example of pretentious self-indulgence? Our critic says: “Yes.” This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Black Is King.
Mulan Is Going to Disney+: What Does It Really Mean? - The Big Picture
After a full summer of multiple long-delayed blockbusters playing release date chicken as the U.S. continues to struggle managing the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney’s Mulan blinks and opts to be the first big 2020 movie to stop waiting and jump to a premium VOD via Disney+. What does that mean for everything else? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about the implications of Mulan heading to Disney+ for theaters and films yet to come. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free?
Gamera Trilogy Was a Brilliant Deconstructionist Take on Kaiju (Part 2) - The Big Picture
Gamera the flying turtle (“Friend to All Children!”) was the second biggest monster movie star in Japan — and then he disappeared, remembered mainly as a relic of everything “silly” that didn’t hold up about old-fashioned kaiju movies. This is the story of how an iconoclastic director restored his good name, turning “the other Japanese monster” into the new 1990s gold standard for the entire genre and giving Gamera back to the world.
Tread (Killdozer Documentary) Review - Escape to the Movies
A riveting new documentary, Tread, knocks down the myths around the so-called “Killdozer rampage,” a bizarre 2004 revenge spree wherein a deranged man attempted to destroy a small Colorado town using a gigantic bulldozer he’d modified into an armored weapon of war. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Tread.
Gamera Is the Other Legendary Japanese Monster You Need to Know About (Part 1) - The Big Picture
The world was due at least one more Godzilla movie this summer… but obviously that’s happening a little later. Instead, let The Big Picture help you revisit the bigger-than-you-might-expect history of Japan’s other biggest reptilian Kaiju antihero: Gamera. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Gamera. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Binge-fest 2020: Women Pushing the Boundaries
The Big Picture keeps it classy this week with a look at a trio of streamable content — two biographies and a documentary — all about unconventional women pushing the boundaries in unique and challenging fields: Radioactive, Shirley, and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Radioactive, Shirley, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, and the complex women portrayed in them. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free?
The Outpost Review - Escape to the Movies
Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, and Caleb Landry Jones star in The Outpost, a moving, no-nonsense fact-based military action drama, as soldiers defending a remote U.S. base in Afghanistan from a brutal Taliban siege during the Battle of Kamdesh based on the nonfiction best-seller by Jake Tapper. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about The Outpost. Bob Chipman is a critic and author. Friendly Fire Is a Fetch Quest That Snowballs into a (Free) Adventure Previous article
The Pseudo-Lost Beetleborgs Season That Never Happened - The Big Picture
Nineties kids remember Big Bad Beetleborgs as one of the craziest action shows Saban Entertainment imported (parts of, anyway) from Japan — but you should see the one they didn’t try to bring over! Let’s take a look at B-Robo Kabutack. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about B-Robo Kabutack. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Big Bad Beetleborgs Might Be the Weirdest '90s Japanese Show Rework
Of all the strange concoctions TV producers came up with in the ’90s by reworking old Japanese TV shows into (sort of) different American ones, Big Bad Beetleborgs may have been the most bizarre. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Big Bad Beetleborgs. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
The Old Guard Review - Escape to the Movies
Charlize Theron is an immortal mercenary with an axe to grind in The Old Guard, a brutally violent sci-fi/fantasy/espionage thriller from the director of Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights (no, really!). This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about The Old Guard.
A Look at Every Video Game TV Adaptation in the Works - The Big Picture
The Big Picture looks at the big batch of every TV series inspired by video games currently in development, including adaptations of new, classic, and… very obscure titles from all over the medium! The Cuphead Show!, Dragon’s Dogma — even Twisted Metal. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about upcoming video game TV adaptations. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Tenet Is Ready to Go, but When Will the Theaters Be Ready to Show It? - The Big Picture
Christopher Nolan‘s mysterious Tenet is supposed to reopen American movie theaters in a month — or maybe it isn’t. Will it really be (or feel?) safe enough to go back to the movies anytime soon — and are we even asking those questions in the right way? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Tenet and the approach to reopening theaters. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
Greyhound Review - Escape to the Movies
VIDEO Tom Hanks writes himself into World War II and sells everyone’s grandparents an Apple TV+ subscription with the DAD-liest naval warfare movie since Master and Commander, Greyhound, a lean and detail-oriented “battleships versus U-boats” thriller that’s all boat, no bloat. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Greyhound.
Warrior Nun Wasn't the First Superpowered Nun
Laugh all you want at the title, premise, and… other aspects of Netflix’s new “Are they kidding? Does it matter?” black-ops Catholic Buffy-a-like — believe it or not, Warrior Nun is not the first time TV producers have bet big on a superheroine in a habit. The first and most famous attempt helped launch the career of one of Hollywood’s most beloved Academy Award-winning actresses… in one of the strangest series ever to air, The Flying Nun.
Hamilton Is Even More Important Now Than Before - The Big Picture
The recorded-live feature stream of Hamilton was a smash for Disney+, but the Broadway hit’s revolutionary twist on American mythology came with a whole new unplanned context as it played out against the backdrop of chaos and controversy in real-life media. The Big Picture looks at how the patriotic hip hop musical makes counterargument in one of the angriest moments in recent memory (while also being a hell of a show).
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Review - Escape to the Movies
In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are disaster-prone Icelandic musicians representing their country at the over-the-top global music competition in a silly summer comedy from Netflix. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.
Beavis and Butt-Head Is Back... Again: Will It Work This Time?
Comedy Central and Mike Judge are set to give Beavis and Butt-Head another all-new/all(?)-different reboot next year, but can a ’90s cartoon legend that already failed to relaunch a decade earlier really live outside of a world that no longer exists? This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Beavis and Butt-Head. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators! Bob Chipman is a critic and author.
Police Academy: The Deep-ish Dive into an Unlikely Cop Movie Hit - The Big Picture
The Big Picture looks as deeply as it can into Police Academy — which is, admittedly… not very deep. This is The Big Picture with Bob Chipman, talking about Police Academy, mostly just the first one. Want to watch The Big Picture ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators!
My Spy Review - Escape to the Movies
Dave Bautista‘s action movie star career goes where Arnold Schwarzenegger has gone before. And also Vin Diesel. And also Chuck Norris. Jackie Chan. The Rock… twice. Hulk Hogan (several times!). For better or worse, here’s My Spy. This is Escape to the Movies with Bob Chipman, talking about My Spy.
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