The Cinematic Schematic

It's time to grab a cold one by the beach after pumping the iron because, in this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we're reviewing director Doug Liman's reimagining of the 1989 classic, Road House, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Be Nice With the Road House Review Guests Hosts Joining hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman for the beachside property fun, are Critics Choice Association and Oklahoma Fil...

In this special SXSW 2024 recap edition, The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters sits down with several members of the deadCenter programming team including the director of programming, Sunrise Tippeconnie, a shorts programmer, Camila Chaves Rojas, and the head of pride programming (and co-host of this podcast), Laron Chapman, to discuss their highlights from the South By Southwest (SXSW) 2024...

It's time to curl your hair and bust out your leg warmers, synth score, and cigarettes because, in this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we're reviewing director Rose Glass's sophomore outing, Love Lies Bleeding, starring Kristen Stewart. Panelist Built To Review Love Lies Bleeding Traveling back in time to the 80s alone can be dangerous. To combat the lack of weapons safety and ghastly haircut...

In October 2021, The Cinematic Schematic laid the tracks for a prophecy predicting the greatness of Dune Part Two in our review of the first film. Since then, a famine has overtaken Hollywood, due in large part to poor management from the Imperium (cough studio executives) who caused the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes of 2023. Only one group of film critic podcasters possesses the unique ability to uni...

Here are the nominees for Best Oscars Predictions Podcast The Cinematic Schematic continues our tradition of anticipating the biggest night in movies of the year (at least for Hollywood) with our 2024 Oscars predictions. Brandy McDonnell, an award-winning arts and entertainment journalist from The Oklahoman and member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, rejoins hosts Caleb Masters and Laron...

Sound the alarms because it's webbin' time! The Cinematic Schematic returns with an emergency review of the Sony Spider-Man spin-off, Madame Web, with guests Alexandra Bohannon and Chelsea Ratterman from Geek Girl Features. The Winter of Web Is Upon Us On April 1st, 2022, Sony released the iconically terrible spin-off of the Spider-Man villain Morbius, starring Jared Leto and Matt Smith. After flo...

The Cinematic Schematic podcast returns from its winter slumber with a "Dumpuary" 2024 movie review round-up featuring hosts Caleb Masters, Laron Chapman, and recurring guest, Daniel Bokemper. Has it been a memorable slow season, or have theaters delivered a series of duds? The Gems of Dumpuary 2024 The new releases have not stopped coming over the first six weeks of 2024. In today's first episode...

The Cinematic Schematic podcast hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by No Film School editor Jo Light and GoodTrash Media's Dalton Stuart to wrap up 2023 by ranking their top 5 movies of last year for The Cinematropolis. What films made the cut? Listen to their full discussion. The post The Cinematropolis Top 5 Movies of 2023 – The Cinematic Schematic appeared first on The Cinematropo...

Happy New Year, listeners! The Cinematic Schematic is kicking off this rotation around the sun by playing things differently with a 2024 sneak peek at the most anticipated movies playing in theaters later this year. We kick things off with a quick recap of the final films we watched in 2023. We then take a look back at the box office predictions we made in our first episode of last year before hed...

The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by guests Kevin Ely and Alexandra Bohannon to discuss the 2024 Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award nominations and review Sean Durkin's telling of the Von Erich wrestling family tragedies, The Iron Claw. The post The Iron Claw Review – The Cinematic Schematic appeared first on The Cinematropolis .

In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we're swept into another Studio Ghibli fantasy so imaginative that it brought Japan’s Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, out of retirement for at least the fourth time with our review of The Boy and the Heron. Become Spirited Away With These Special Guest Reviewers for The Boy and the Heron To help show Laron Chapman the way of the anime, host Caleb Masters is...

The Cinematic Schematic is back to crack open one of the most eccentric minds in popular cinema in our review of the new Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Poor Things, before its theatrical release this Friday. Could his reteaming with Emma Stone be a runaway at the 2024 Oscars? It's not prestige movie season if we don't bring in the guests best equipped to decide whether Poor Things is wildly impressive ge...

The turkey may be cold, and the Christmas lights may be going up, but it's not too late to take one last moment to think about what we are thankful for this season. Cinema! Cinema of every flavor. In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are re-joined by deadCenter Programmer Paris Burris to provide mini-reviews for the films released throughout November in...

In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we live life by a strict code in our review of David Fincher's latest movie for Netflix, The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender. We will also kick off our awards season speculation corner, discuss the latest updates in the SAG-AFTRA strike, and rank our top three David Fincher films. Introducing Today's Special Guests to Review The Killer Exploring the...

In today's episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we are reviewing one of the most anticipated movies of the year co-written and directed by the Marvel Cinematic Universe's arch-nemesis, Martin Scorsese, covering the largely untold story of the Osage Reign of Terror, Killers of the Flower Moon. Welcome today's special guests To wrap our heads around how well the story of the heinous acts against the...

In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we return from the end-of-summer hiatus to kick off our spooky season 2023 with a review of The Exorcist: Believer. GoodTrash Media's Dustin Sells, Brock Lay, and Lit Reactor / The Cinematropolis contributor Christopher Shultz join hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman to provide in-depth thoughts on the latest David Gordon Green and Danny McBride horror...

The Cinematic Schematic returns to conclude one of the most robust summers we've had at the movies in recent memory by completing our assessment of the Barbenheimer double feature before an in-depth review discussion of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. GoodTrash Media's Arthur Gordon and What's Up, Fandom podcast host Josh Cain join hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman to end the grea...

In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman continue the Barbenheimer double feature with our review of Greta Gerwig's Barbie featuring guests Alexandra Bohannon and Paris Burris. The post Barbenheimer Part 2 – Barbie Review – The Cinematic Schematic appeared first on The Cinematropolis .

With Hollywood movies like Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Stephen Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, and even Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, documenting the horrors of World World II in pop culture over the years, we must never forget the dire impacts the war had on families around the globe. Families like the Black family. Patty was an American teenager living in the Philippines when she...

To paraphrase Lin Manuel's Hamilton, have you ever wondered what it's like to be in the building where it happened? Oklahomans can finally experience the rich history of the state capitol in The People's House: The Story of Oklahoma's Capitol. In this special interview with returning guest Bryan Beasley, we discuss how his team put together the technically impressive four-minute Oklahoma state cap...

Since the turn of the millennium, few filmmakers have shaped the state of cinema more than Christopher Nolan. For better or worse, the success of his Batman movies shaped the landscape in ways he did not intend. In this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we're reviewing his newest film with distinct parallels to his career as a creator with the historical biopic Oppenheimer. Mostly Harmless Media...

The world is changing. The use of AI is on the rise, a malevolent entity that can't be bargained with is looming in the shadows waiting for its chance to rewrite the future to its own means, and Tom Cruise appears to be the only maverick bold enough to do the unthinkable to protect his team. No, we aren't discussing last week's breaking news about the SAG-AFTRA strike. In today's episode of The Ci...

The Cinematropolis's Caleb Masters, Daniel Bokemper, and Jo Light are joined by Dalton Stuart and Alex Sanchez from GoodTrash Media for our deadCenter 2023 Recap as we sign off on Oklahoma's biggest film festival for the year. The post The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2023 Recap appeared first on The Cinematropolis .

Cinema has the power to tell the most important stories across topics. Politics, heroics, religion, and yes, sex. If it seems like American studio films have become somewhat sanitized related to the latter over the last decade, you aren't alone. Superhero films have become the dominant genre for big-budget films. As a result, even though the stars have become as chiseled as action figures, few stu...

Despite being celebrated by members of the black community in Texas for generations dating back to 1865 (two and a half years after The Emancipation Proclamation), Juneteenth was only just recognized as a federal holiday starting in 2021. Being just north of Texas, Oklahoma is no stranger to the Juneteenth holiday. In addition to putting on the Juneteenth in East celebration last week and many mor...