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How to Make a Killing: Bonus Mini-Review

Caleb Masters provides his instant reaction to How to Make a Killing, starring Glen Powell as a blue-collar guy determined to inherit a multi-billion-dollar

February 19, 2026
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How Sean Durkin’s ‘The Iron Claw’ Wrestles With Tragedy

Here’s how to apply the Iron Claw.

First, daze your opponent. It doesn’t…

December 21, 2023
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The Iron Claw Review – The Cinematic Schematic

The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by guests Kevin Ely and Alexandra Bohannon to discuss the 2024 Critics Choice

December 20, 2023
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How Ari Aster Directs the Dance of Life and Death

Spoiler Warning: This essay includes important plot details about Ari…

April 26, 2023

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Finding Hope in the Doldrums: How The Whale Dives Into Depression

Darren Aronofsky isn’t a stranger to sadness.
December 20, 2022

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David Lowery’s A Ghost Story: The Life of a Space

We are no more eternal than our own footprints.

A spectral romance melded into a…

July 18, 2018

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A Hereditary Roundtable – The Cinematic Schematic #7

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In this month’s edition of The Cinematic Schematic, Laron Chapman returns to the…

June 27, 2018

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

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

The Killing of…

November 29, 2017