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‘Street Fighter’ Is a Big, Silly, Confused 90s Throwback
October 21, 2026

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‘Wildwood’ Is the Film LAIKA Was Built to Make
October 20, 2026

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‘You Can See Everything’ Is the Documentary of the Decade
October 15, 2026

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Is Admirable and Out of Touch
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    Guillermo Del Toro’s Fairytales: Monsters or Misunderstood Myths? – The Cinematic Schematic #3

    January 5, 2018
    Guillermo Del Toro
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    ***Today’s episode was recorded on three completely different setups in three different locations. Audio quality between each segment may vary.

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    2:04 – The Shape of Water Spoiler-Free Review

    21:40 – The Shape of Water Spoilers

    42:40 – “Sound Trek” featuring Godzilla 1954 and more with Alexandra Bohannon

    124:40 – Special Pan’s Labyrinth post-screening panel…

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    The Cinematropolis Staff Picks: The Top Five Films of 2017

    December 29, 2017
    Top Five Films of 2017

    We did it, everyone! We made it through another year of movies and 2017 did not disappoint. We saw some of the best blockbusters to hit the big screen in years with films like Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, War for the Planet of the Apes and…

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    The Shape of Water is Guillermo Del Toro’s Challenge For All of Us to Love “The Other”

    December 27, 2017
    The Shape of Water

    There are few directors who are as beloved by his fans and respected by his colleagues and partners in Hollywood as Guillermo Del Toro. The make-up artist turned writer/director/producer has become one of the iconic directors of our time with smaller horror-fantasies like The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth and studio…

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    The Last Jedi: The Fans Strike Back! – The Cinematic Schematic

    December 27, 2017
    The Last Jedi
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    FULL THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS AHEAD

    The Cinematic Schematic returns with another special episode featuring a brand new segment called CINEMA SHOWDOWN where a host drills a panel made up of experts with opposing opinions about a newly released film.

    The first edition of CINEMA SHOWDOWN is hosted and produced by…

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    The Last Jedi – The Cinematic Schematic Star Wars Special

    December 18, 2017
    The Last Jedi
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    2:28 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review

    20:41 – The Last Jedi Spoilers and analysis discussion

    Welcome to this special Star Wars edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, Caleb sits down with The Cinematropolis co-founders Jacob and Zachary Burns to discuss the highly…

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    Swamp Thing: When Filmmakers Misunderstand Meaningful Movie Monsters

    December 18, 2017
    Swamp Thing

    Dr. Alec Holland is a brilliant altruist with hopes of creating a serum that will feed the growing population of the world. An equally brilliant egotist, Dr. Anton Arcane, is bent on stealing the serum to extend his life into immortality. An explosion in the midst of the theft…

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    Spielberg’s The Post Declares Journalism A Hero in the Era of “Fake News”

    December 12, 2017
    The Post

    It was the summer of 1971 when the leak of top-secret US government documents occurred, sending the President of the United States and the rest of the nation into two different types of outrage. A Washington insider had decided the horrific truth was too much to hide before finally blowing…

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    Monsters or Just Misunderstood? 

    December 6, 2017
    Monsters

    When I think about Freddy Krueger, the iconic villain of Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street, I’m haunted by the gleeful grin on his face as he lures children to their doom. When I think about Frankenstein’s Monster, the first image that springs to mind is a lonely disfigured…

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    Saying Thanks to our Sacred Deer, A24 – The Cinematic Schematic #2

    November 29, 2017
    Sacred Deer
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    The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-free review with Laron Chapman- 1:51

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer spoiler-filled analysis – 8:20

    “Sound Trek” with Alexandra Bohannon- 34:14

    “The Essayist” interview with Bobby Griffith – 128:50

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    Welcome to the November 2017 edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this…

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    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Charlie, and Me

    November 22, 2017
    Wrath of Khan

    My first Star Trek experience came in a little shack in a run-down neighborhood off Northwest 10th street in Oklahoma City during the early 1980s. We visited my elderly great-grandpa, Charlie, a chain-smoking ne’er do well, who lived on Social Security payments and pain medications. I remember…

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