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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
July 15, 2026
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Is a Maniacally Violent Movie
July 9, 2026
‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Fly High Enough to Sell Audiences on the DCU
July 1, 2026
‘Supergirl’ Delivers a “Good Enough” DCU Follow-Up
June 25, 2026
‘Disclosure Day’ Brings Spielberg’s Lifelong Alien Obsession Full Circle
June 24, 2026
The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2026 Recap
June 19, 2026
‘Toy Story 5’ Plays the Emotional Hits in a Remixed Tune
June 18, 2026
‘Mallory’s Ghost’ Is an Imaginative and Accessible Meditation on Creativity — dCFF26
June 13, 2026

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The Grave – A deadCenter 2018 Talk with Kyle Roberts

June 8, 2018

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Director of The Grave

Director Kyle Roberts joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experience working on the recent Noir superhero pilot, The Grave. Kyle discusses Oklahoma’s 1920s history with underground crime in addition to the exciting challenges he tackled with the…

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‘Ghost World’ Illustrates the Plight of the Millennial Outcast

June 7, 2018

Sometimes, coming of age feels like an endless stroll around a cul-de-sac. The analogy is all the more terrifying when actualized. All June long at The Cinematropolis, we will look at coming of age stories that have shaped the world we live in today.

Last year, Greta Gerwig’s

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The Jurassic Games – A deadCenter 2018 Talk with Ryan Bellgardt

June 7, 2018

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Writer / Director / Producer of The Jurassic Games

Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt rejoins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experiences making his most recent visual effects extravaganza, The Jurassic Games, in Oklahoma. He also discusses how to balance the fun premise, the…

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You People: A deadCenter 2018 talk with writer/director Laron Chapman

June 6, 2018

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Writer / Director / Producer of You People

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Executive Producer of You People

Writer/director/producer of You People and The Cinematropolis contributor, Laron Chapman, rejoins The Cinematic Schematic podcast along with executive producer Yousef Kazemi to talk about their social…

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What to Watch at the deadCenter 2018 Film Festival

June 4, 2018

deadCenter Film Festival, the premiere spot for independent film in Oklahoma, is set for June 7^ththrough June 10^ththis year. With every year that Oklahoma City grows, deadCenter gets even bigger and better with 2018 looking to be a continuation of the previous years’ success. deadCenter is the epicenter of…

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Solo’s Film Score is the Most Interesting Thing Happening in the Movie

June 4, 2018

The most interesting thing that happens in Solo is a two second music cue you may have missed in the first third in the movie. I’m serious. Despite that very spoilery surprise cameo at the end of the film, this tiny…

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Deadpool 2 VS Summer Blockbusters – The Cinematic Schematic #6

May 31, 2018

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2:01 – Deadpool 2 Review

27:17 – Deadpool 2 Spoilers

53:13 – ‘Sound Trek’ with Alexandra Bohannon – The evolution of film scores in superhero blockbusters

The Cinematic Schematic closes out our May theme of Blockbusters at The Cinematropolis with a review and deep-dive discussion covering of one of the most anticipated…

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‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’ Demonstrates the Plague of Ambition

May 21, 2018

One of the few reprieves from the human condition is laughter. In 1963, Stanley Kramer’s comedic cinematic debut, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, made waves as one of the first ensemble films of its magnitude. As experimental as it was epic, the film was one of the…

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The Original Ghostbusters Is the Quintessential Blockbuster

May 16, 2018

The term “blockbuster” is a bit of a dirty word among cinema purists. It’s hard to argue that films of this genre (and yes, blockbuster is now definitely a genre all its own) are nothing more than cash-rakers, shaped by studio executives, marketed and merchandised to ridiculous nadirs,…

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The Perversion of Progress in ‘Akira’

May 14, 2018

In the closing moments of Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, a woodcutter and a priest reconcile as the duo tends to an infant amid the rubble of a dilapidated city. Sunlight pierces a passing storm, illuminating the figures’ resolve towards optimism and progress. With his film, Kurosawa contends for the necessity of…

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