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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Is Christopher Nolan’s Epic Worth the Hype?
July 22, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Is an Epic Cinematic Masterclass
July 15, 2026
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Joins Triumphantly Traumatizing 2026 Summer Horror Lineup
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Is a Maniacally Violent Movie
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‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Fly High Enough to Sell Audiences on the DCU
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‘Supergirl’ Delivers a “Good Enough” DCU Follow-Up
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‘Disclosure Day’ Brings Spielberg’s Lifelong Alien Obsession Full Circle
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The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2026 Recap
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‘Toy Story 5’ Plays the Emotional Hits in a Remixed Tune
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Sound Trek Film Composer Spotlight: Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout)

December 3, 2018

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Guest Lorne Balfe

Film/TV/Video Game Score Composer

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‘Blue Velvet’ Illustrates the Decay of the Noir Hero

November 30, 2018

Four years before David Lynch would redefine crime television with Twin Peaks, he fractured the conventions of noir into the kaleidoscope that is Blue Velvet. Though the critical successes of Eraserhead and The Elephant Man would make an auteur out of Lynch early…

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Sound Trek Film Composer Spotlight: Kevin Manthei

November 28, 2018

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Guest Kevin Manthei

Film/TV/Video Game Composer

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Suspiria Is A Definitive Trump-Era Horror Film

November 8, 2018

When covering songs, artists should try their best to both capture the spirit of the original while at the same time doing something new and unique with the material. This year, surviving ’90s band Weezer scored a hit by covering “Africa,” one of two Toto singles to rise up…

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Halloween Versus Halloween: Has HE Finally Come Home Again?

October 31, 2018

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR HALLOWEEN (1978 and 2018) ABOUND BELOW

While the Halloween franchise has its share of fans who deeply love every film in the series, there is no denying that the original 1978 movie is the best of the lot. Even non-fanatics point to Halloween as a well-made…

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Horror Sequel Fatigue: If They’re so Bad, Why Do We Keep Watching?

October 30, 2018

As of late July 2018, eight of the top ten movies at the box office were sequels. It’s as ludicrous sounding as it is lucrative. Original ideas come from indie production companies and the big studios pump out sequels, prequels, and spinoffs to guarantee profits from audiences. Four…

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Scream’s Meta-Thrills Scared 1990s Horror into a Bloody Evolution

October 26, 2018

In life, we all have rites of passage that mold, shape, and in many ways, transform the world and perspective we once knew. From birth (if we aren’t sacrificed for a demonic ritual), to puberty (if we aren’t drenched in pig’s blood at senior prom), to marriage (if we’re…

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The Halloween 2018 Special – The Cinematic Schematic #9

October 24, 2018

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Trick ‘r’ treat listeners! In this month’s edition of The Cinematic Schematic celebrating the horror movie season, we’re stepping into the suburban American town of Haddonfield, IL to review David Gordon Green’s Michal Myers revival film, Halloween. Laron Chapman and The Cinematropolis essay contributor Christopher Shultz join me…

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A Brief History Of Horror Anthology Films, The Perfect Halloween Treat

October 18, 2018

Renowned editor and short horror fiction anthologist Ellen Datlow argues that the short story is the paramount format for horror tales. She writes in the introduction to her anthology Inferno (via writer Johann Thorrson’s blog):

I think that fiction of the supernatural works better in the shorter…

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Perfect Blue Investigates the Demon of Identity

October 15, 2018

There has never been a dreamer quite like Satoshi Kon, and there has never been a nightmare quite like Perfect Blue.

Kon built his body of work on the duality of individuality and the fluidity of consciousness. Though his films never achieved an overwhelming…

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