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    Oscar Predictions 2022 for The 94th Academy Awards – The Cinematic Schematic

    March 23, 2022
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    In the newest episode of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman return to continue the annual Oscar predictions episode for our fourth year.

    Let’s admit it. The Academy has struggled to stay relevant in the mainstream for at least…

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    The Batman – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    March 10, 2022
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    “This isn’t the podcast you deserve, but it is the one you need right now.” – Alfred Pennyworth in some modern iteration of Batman, probably.

    The Cinematic Schematic returns in our March edition to take a dive deep into Gotham’s criminal underbelly to…

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    The Batman Investigates the Plight of a Troubled Icon

    March 9, 2022
    Robert Pattinson stars in The Batman from director Matt Reeves

    By now, we accept Batman for what he is: an idea. An idea almost inseparable from whoever carries the mantle. Bruce Wayne has been a nonchalant playboy, a vengeful orphan, a daring sleuth and even a ninja, yet all of them eventually reach…

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    Charlie Kaufman Paints Three Portraits of Love

    February 14, 2022
    Three films from the mind of Charlie Kaufman

    Three Charlie Kaufman characters rest their foreheads against a window. One feels increasingly hollow as she recites a poem she knows she didn’t write on the way to meet her boyfriend’s parents for the first time. The other replays the letter of an…

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    Scream(2022) – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    February 2, 2022
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    Hello Sidney…we’re home. In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re rejoined by recurring guests Laron Chapman, Zachary Burns, and Brock Lay to follow our Scream retrospective discussion up with a review of the newest entry in the series, Scream (2022), AKA Scream 5 AKA…

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    Scream Series (1-4) Retrospective – The Cinematic Schematic

    January 24, 2022
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    What’s your favorite scary movie podcast? The Cinematic Schematic is back for our first episode of the year to look back at Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s franchise dedicated to riffing on the most popular horror and slasher movie tropes of the day, the Scream series….

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    The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Announces 2021 Awards

    January 5, 2022
    Licorice Pizza

    The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC) announced its 16th annual slate of award winners, with Licorice Pizza the runaway winner for Best Film of 2021. The film was also recognized in the Best Actress category for Alana Haim and the Best Original Screenplay category for Paul Thomas…

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    Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections Confronts the Danger of Myth

    December 29, 2021
    Screenshot from The Matrix: Resurrections featuring Keanu Reeves as Neo.

    At the onset of The Matrix Resurrections, Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is surrounded by memories that have been diluted down to toys, figurines, and an award-winning videogame franchise. Zion. The Nebuchadnezzar. Trinity. On its surface, the myth of Neo is everywhere. But as…

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    The Matrix Resurrections – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    December 24, 2021
    Matrix Resurrections
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    The Cinematic Schematic is back to follow the white rabbit and see how close to the line between fiction and reality we can go in our review of The Matrix Resurrections. Award-winning Oklahoma filmmaker and returning guest, Laron Chapman, joins the cast of GoodTrash Media‘s Dalton…

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    Spider-Man: No Way Home – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    December 21, 2021
    No Way Home
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    Look out wallcrawler fans! Today, The Cinematic Schematic will web-sling through the multiverse and into a review conversation covering this year’s biggest film to date, Spider-Man: No Way Home, with special guests Chelsea Ratterman from Geek Girl Features and GoodTrash Media’s Arthur Gordon.

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