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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Remixes Writer/Director Martin McDonagh’s Greatest Hits
November 4, 2026
‘Wildwood’ Is a Visually Stunning, Narratively Muddled Adventure
October 28, 2026
‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback
October 21, 2026
‘Wildwood’ Is the Film LAIKA Was Built to Make
October 20, 2026
‘You Can See Everything’ Is the Documentary of the Decade
October 15, 2026
‘The Social Reckoning’ Is Admirable and Out of Touch
October 14, 2026
Is ‘Digger’ Really A Disaster?
October 12, 2026
Seattle Film Critics Society Announces 2026 Best Pacific Northwest Film Award Nominees
October 9, 2026
‘The Social Reckoning’ Trades Incisive Commentary For Woeful Optimism
October 7, 2026
‘Verity’ Is Light, Semi-Trashy Fun
October 1, 2026

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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Remixes Writer/Director Martin McDonagh’s Greatest Hits

November 4, 2026

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‘Wildwood’ Is a Visually Stunning, Narratively Muddled Adventure

October 28, 2026

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‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback

October 21, 2026

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‘Wildwood’ Is the Film LAIKA Was Built to Make

October 20, 2026

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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Remixes Writer/Director Martin McDonagh’s Greatest Hits

November 4, 2026

Caleb Masters reviews Wild Horse Nine, the new film from Writer/Director Martin McDonough. The playwright turned filmmaker returns to familiar themes of sin, redemption, and male relationships. Are John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell compelling enough to make up for the well worn territory?

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‘Wildwood’ Is a Visually Stunning, Narratively Muddled Adventure

October 28, 2026

While co-host Laron Chapman is away working on his movie, The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters is joined by special guests Sara Michelle Fetters (moviefreak.com, The Seattle Gay News), Julia Witcher (deadCenter Film Festival shorts programmer), and Josh Cain (What's Up Fandom) to review LAIKA's fantasy epic, Wildwood. Does Wildwood's story live up to its lofty ambitions?

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Cinematropolis Podcast Featured The Cinematic Schematic

‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback

October 21, 2026

The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters is joined by special guests Alex Palmer (Oklahoma Film Society, Film Producer) and Chad Parizman (Founder of Ader Communications) to settle the score. Is Street Fighter firing on all Flaming Hadoukens, or this a knock-out for the franchise? Tune in for our verdicts.

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‘Wildwood’ Is the Film LAIKA Was Built to Make

October 20, 2026

Caleb Masters reviews LAIKA's new stop-motion animated dark fantasy, Wildwood, from director Travis Knight. Is Wildwood LAIKA's magnum opus?

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‘You Can See Everything’ Is the Documentary of the Decade

October 15, 2026

Caleb Masters reviews the highly anticipated Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, co-directed by Nathan Fielder(Nathan for You, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim(Primetime, Ren Faire). Does it live up to the hype?

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Is Admirable and Out of Touch

October 14, 2026

The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by deadCenter senior features programmer, Kevin Ely, to review The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to The Social Network. Has Sorkin recaptured the 2010 lighting in a bottle?

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Is ‘Digger’ Really A Disaster?

October 12, 2026

The Cinematic Schematic returns for a bonus discussion covering the Skydance-Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros., and doing a spoiler-filled review of Tom Cruise's Digger disaster.

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Announcements

Seattle Film Critics Society Announces 2026 Best Pacific Northwest Film Award Nominees

October 9, 2026

The Seattle Film Critics Society honors Pacific Northwest filmmaking as part of their annual awards with the Best Pacific Northwest Film Award. Here are the five nominees.

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Trades Incisive Commentary For Woeful Optimism

October 7, 2026

Caleb Masters reviews Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, the companion to his 2010 collaboration with David Fincher. Does the writer have enough new to say?

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‘Verity’ Is Light, Semi-Trashy Fun

October 1, 2026

Caleb Masters reviews the latest Colleen Hoover novel adaptation, Verity. Michael Showalter directs the erotic thriller with stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. Does it deliver the sensual thrills?

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