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    ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Is Christopher Nolan’s Epic Worth the Hype?

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    The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Announces 2021 Awards

    January 5, 2022
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    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
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    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
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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
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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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    Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Foretells the Bane of Hope

    December 20, 2021
    Nightmare Alley

    In the Oscar-winning director, Guillermo del Toro’s new film, Nightmare Alley, as an out-of-practice mentalist, Pete (David Strathairn), warns of the emotional damage his craft can wreak, his forceful protégé, Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), begs just one question — what’s wrong with a…

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    Nightmare Alley – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    December 16, 2021
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    Step right up to The Cinematic Schematic! Is it more cinema or unruly beast? In this week’s episode, we’re rejoined by The Cinematropolis contributor, Daniel Bokemper, to do a spoiler-free review of Guillermo Del Toro’s newest film, Nightmare Alley, before diving into an in-depth spoiler…

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    The Matrix Trilogy Retrospective – The Cinematic Schematic

    December 15, 2021
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    Eighteen years after the release of the last film in The Matrix franchise, we are just a week away from the unexpected series return with the fourth entry, The Matrix Resurrections. In this special supersized edition of The Cinematic Schematic, we take a look back at…

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    November 2021 Movie Review Round-Up – The Cinematic Schematic

    December 2, 2021
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    Before beginning the final stretch into the holiday season, The Cinematic Schematic is taking a moment to be thankful for all of the movies that came out this past November with a special November 2021 movie review round-up. In this special episode, we’re rejoined by the…

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    Introducing HELL HATH NO FURY, a Dark Comedy about a Murderous Relationship

    November 9, 2021
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    Planet Thunder Productions is at it again! On today’s special edition of The Cinematic Schematic, Jacob and Zachary Burns rejoin the show to discuss the Indie Go-Go fundraising opportunity for their new film, Hell Hath No Fury. Fury resurrects one of Jacob Burns’ earlier scripts…

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    The French Dispatch – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    November 4, 2021
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    It’s time to step back into the old Wes Andersonian time machine to explore a fondly remembered era for journalists and print magazines. In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re joined by I Can’t Unsee That Movie‘s Jeff Huston to review Wes Anderson’s new…

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