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    Fast X Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    May 24, 2023
    Fast X
    The Cinematic Schematic is back with our own pod family including hosts Caleb Master and Laron Chapman alongside guests Jason Black and Chad Parizman to review Fast X, the latest entry in The Fast and Furious saga.

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    Beau Is Afraid Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    May 4, 2023
    Beau Is Afraid
    The Cinematic Schematic is joined by guests OKC city councilperson, James Cooper, and The Cinematropolis contributor, Daniel Bokemper, to review Ari Aster's dark psychology comedy, Beau Is Afraid.

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    Skinamarink Executive Producer Jonathan Barkan Talks Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary – The Cinematic Schematic

    May 1, 2023
    Jonathan Barkan
    Jonathan Barkan, executive producer of Skinamarink and director of the upcoming documentary, Mental Health and Horror, joins us for a special interview covering his career in horror.

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    Renfield vs Evil Dead Rise Double Feature Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    April 27, 2023
    Evil Dead Rise
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    The Cinematic Schematic is back to pit vampires against some of the most gnarly demons in cinema as we re-open the Book of the Dead, the Necronomicon, in our double feature review of Renfield and Evil Dead Rise.

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    How Ari Aster Directs the Dance of Life and Death

    April 26, 2023
    Three films from Ari Aster -- Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid.
    Spoiler Warning: This essay includes important plot details about Ari Aster’s Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau Is Afraid.

    The first feature from Ari Aster, Hereditary, lingers like a curse. Those who have seen it…

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    Dungeons & Dragons vs Super Mario Bros. Movie Double Feature Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    April 13, 2023
    Dungeons & Dragons vs Super Mario Bros
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    In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re breaking out the D20 dice and classic controllers for another double-feature review of Dungeons & Dragons vs The Super Mario Bros. Movie. It’s time to power up because this conversation is for the gamers.

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    John Wick: Chapter 4 Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    April 6, 2023
    John Wick Chapter 4
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    In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re entering the world of assassins living underneath the high table with Keanu Reeves in our review of John Wick Chapter 4.

    From our John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum review, Alexandra Bohannon, a…

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    The Last of Us Season 1 Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    April 2, 2023
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    Remember listeners, when you’re lost in the darkness without a good video game film or TV adaptation…Look for the light! Believe in the Fireflies and join us for this special one-off podcast discussion reviewing HBO’s The Last of Us season 1.

    In today’s bonus crossover…

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    Scream VI Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    March 23, 2023
    Scream VI
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    Don’t pick up the phone, our dear listener. In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re reviewing Scream VI, the sequel to last year’s Scream franchise revival, Scream(2022), made and released just fourteen months later. Can the directing duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and

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    Cocaine Bear vs Creed III Double Feature Review – The Cinematic Schematic

    March 9, 2023
    Cocaine Bear vs Creed III
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    It’s time to lace up your gloves and bust out the bear-repellant! In this week’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic podcast we’re pitting two recent box office hits against each other in a Cocaine Bear vs Creed III showdown.

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