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‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Fly High Enough to Sell Audiences on the DCU
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    Nope – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    July 28, 2022
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    In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re saddling up to wrangle an unidentified flying piece of discourse consuming every inch of the internet in our review of Jordan Peele’s latest movie, Nope.

    Laron Chapman and Daniel Bokemper rejoin host Caleb Masters…

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    Thor: Love and Thunder – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    July 15, 2022
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    The Cinematic Schematic returns this week on a mission to kill god…the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most beloved god, Thor Odinson, in our review of Thor: Love and Thunder.

    First-time guest Chad Parizman, a podcast host/producer and principal/founder of Ader communications, joins…

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    Lightyear – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    July 7, 2022
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    Attention listeners, it appears we have landed on a strange movie in a bonus review of Lightyear, the movie that’s said to have inspired Andy’s love for the character of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story (1995). Is it a forgettable knock-off complete with a newly cast Buzz…

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    The Black Phone – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    June 29, 2022
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    When news broke director Scott Derrickson was leaving Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 2020 due to creative differences, the moviegoing internet and fans of the film’s predecessor were understandably concerned. Why would such a talented director who fought so hard for the first…

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    Jurassic World: Dominion – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    June 23, 2022
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    …Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should.

    Ian Malcom, Jurassic Park

    When looking back on the experience of watching Jurassic World: Dominion the words of the…

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    The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2022 Recap

    June 17, 2022
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    After more than 140 films screened, ten filmmaker podcast interviews, and more than a dozen written essays, The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2022 coverage comes to a close in today’s final festival episode of The Cinematic Schematic looking back at the highlights from the festival from the…

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    Furloughed Film Talks Returns to deadCenter – dCFF22

    June 16, 2022
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    One of the unexpected outcomes of the pandemic was the way people quickly connected across the globe via the internet. Through those remote connections, real-world relationships were built. With this year’s deadCenter returning to the entirely in-person experience, filmmakers and film lovers from across the country traveled…

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    Piggy Presents A More Nuanced Depiction Of Bullying In Horror – dCFF22

    June 16, 2022
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    Several filmmakers have successfully expanded their horror shorts into feature films. Sam Raimi did it with Within The Woods, which ultimately became The Evil Dead. Takashi Shimizu started out with In A Corner, then graduated to Ju-On: The Grudge. Before there was the franchise juggernaut Saw, there…

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    Tension and Emotions Flare in deadCenter’s Tearjerker Shorts – dCFF22

    June 15, 2022
    Khansa as Mohammad in Warsha from Dania Bdeir, featured in deadCenter 2022's Tearjerker Shorts.

    Buckle up and prepare to be moved — just keep a few tissues on standby. deadCenter’s Tearjerker Shorts lives up to its name through six provocative, eye-opening, and powerful short films.

    Dania Bdeir’s Warsha follows Mohammad…

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    Shouting Down Midnight Is An Important Rallying Cry Everyone Should Hear – dCFF22

    June 15, 2022
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    Arriving on the heels of the leaked draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Shouting Down Midnight, a documentary by Gretchen Stoeltje, tells the story of former Texas senator Wendy Davis, who in 2013 spearheaded a landmark filibuster to block…

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