The Cinematic Schematic

After more than seven years away, The Cinematic Schematic returns to a galaxy far, far away for our review of The Mandalorian aAfter more than seven years away, The Cinematic Schematic returns to a galaxy far, far away for our review of The Mandalorian and Grogu. This is the first time we’ve covered a mainline Star Wars project since The Last Jedi. Love or hate that movie, it divided audiences, and the follow-up, The Rise of Skywalker, left most audiences feeling cold in 2019. It’s been seven years since that film, and much has changed. Lucasfilm has spent most...

Caleb Masters provides his initialy out-of-the-theater mini-review for The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Is this the way

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Caleb Masters provides a quick mini-review of the Seattle International Film Festival Closing Night Film, The Invite, from director/star Olivia Wilde.

The festival ended with laughter, applause, and a thoughtful reflection on what love looks like after the meet-cute phase has ended.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman pit two of May 2026's biggest new releases, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mortal Kombat II, against each other.

deadCenter's Camila Chaves Rojas joins to weigh in on The Devil Wears Prada 2.

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Caleb Masters returns to NetherRealm to review director Simon McQuoid and writer Jeremy Slater's Mortal Kombat II.

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Man Eating P**** writer/director Lee Lawson and production designer Ashley Frederick talk with The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters ahead of their May 9th SIFF 2026 showtime.

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The Cinematic Schematic takes a sneak peek at the 2026 summer movie lineup, including Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, and Toy Story 5.

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Caleb Masters reviews the surprise sequel to the fondly remembered workplace dramedy, The Devil Wears Prada 2 ahead of its theatrical release on Friday, May 1st.

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In this week's episode of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman break down 'Michael' and the discourse surrounding it to render a verdict on the second biggest box office hit of 2026 so far. What does 'Michael' get right, wrong, or leave out entirely?

Tune in to get our verdicts.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masteres and Laron Chapman are joined by LUXIERE's Alexandra Bohannon, and The Cinematropolis contributor Daniel Bokemper to review writer/director Kristoffer Borgli's new film, The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

Bohannon also shares her highlights from SXSW 2026 including Edie Arnold is a Loser, Amy Scott's upcoming documentary Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool, and Normal starring Bob Odenkirk.

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Caleb Masters confronts his Nintendo fandom to review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in this bonus episode of The Cinematic Schematic.

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The Cinematic Schematic reviews the first major box office hit of 2026, Project Hail Mary. NASA's former head of social media, Stephanie L. Smith, and recent Ghostface attack survivor, Brock Lay, join hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman to dive into Andy Weir's latest big screen adaptation.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come with Chad Parizman, Christopher Shultz, and VHS & Chill founder Sean Peel.

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Three filmmakers with Oklahoma roots are taking their short film, The Thrilling Adventures of Amos Waters, to the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in Seattle, Washington this Friday night. On this episode of The Cinematic Schematic, Ella Janes(writer/director), Paris Burris (producer), and Dillon Milner (cinematographer) sit down with host Caleb Masters to talk about their experience bringing Amos Waters to life. The film plays on Friday, March 27th, 8:15 PM at SIFF Cinema Uptown. About The Thrilling Adventures of Amos Waters The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters is the story of a ten-year-old boy, Amos, filled...

Laron Chapman reviews Colleen Hoover's newest big-screen adaptation, Reminders of Him, in this bonus episode of The Cinematic Schematic.

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The Cinematropolis co-hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman return for the annual tradition to guess what movie Hollywood will name Best Picture in our 2026 Oscars predictions.

KJYO-FM, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, and The Critics’ Choice Association's Jason Black, and the deadCenter Film Festival Director of Programming, Sunrise Tippeconnie join as this year's special guests.

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Caleb Masters provides his initial review of the sci-fi space adventure Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling on The Cinematic Schematic.

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The Cinematic Schematic returns from hiatus with an in depth review of Scream 7. Hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by Oklahoma filmmaker, Chris Oz McIntosh, and How I Met Your Monster podcast co-host, Danny Salemme to render a verdict.

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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 fortune by knocking out every other family member in line.

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Laron Chapman reviews Wuthering Heights from writer/director Emerald Fennell on this special edition of The Cinematic Schematic.

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Caleb Masters provides a quick mini-review of director Gore Verbinski's first film in 10 years, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.

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Caleb Masters does a quick mini-review of Scarlet, the newest film from anime director Mamoru Hosoda ahead of its IMAX release

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In this special edition of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman share their individual, quick, off-the-cuff reactions to Sam Raimi's return to horror, Send Help.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are rejoined by TikTok critic Adam Courtliff and Jada Merrit to review the second film in the 28 Years Later trilogy, The Bone Temple.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by Daniel Bokemper for our third annual sneak peek episode to give you a list of what movies to watch in 2026.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman conclude our 2025 coverage by counting down the top 5 films of the year after discussing the biggest news of last year with GoodTrash Media's Dalton Stuart. The panel also hands our honorary (or dubious) awards to commemorate the year at the cinema.

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The Cinematic Schematic returns to Pandora! Hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are rejoined by LUXIERE's Alexandra Bohannon and Ader Communications's Chad Parizman to review James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by deadCenter Film Festival director of programming, Sunrise Tippeconnie, to discuss the recent Netflix bid for Warner Bros. and before reviewing Chloé Zhao's, Hamnet.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman review the third entry in Rian Johnson's Knives Out whodunnit series, Wake Up Dead Man.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman return to the land of Oz to review the highly anticipated Wicked: For Good.

Does it deserve the affection as a satisfying epic conclusion, or does this magical tale end on a whimper?

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Caleb Masters shares his quick reaction to WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the highly anticipated third Knives Out film from writer/director Rian Johnson, ahead of its limited one week only theatrical release.

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The Cinematic Schematic is back with another special “on the road” edition to review Now You See Me, Now You Don’t. It’s been 12 years since the social justice magician troupe, the Four Horsemen (played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco), made their big-screen debut in 2013. The “Ocean’s Eleven with magicians” heist thriller may have been a relative dud with critics, but that didn’t stop it from being a box office hit. The first film grossed $351 million worldwide and spawned a sequel, Now You See Me 2, which also performed similarly in 2016. The world has changed...

The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman provide quick immediate reactions to Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited passion project, Frankenstein.

Don't miss this special edition!

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Laron Chapman sits down to share the details for his first feature film as writer/director in seven years. He's back with a new upcoming psychological thriller, To Make the World Quiet, described as "Fruitvale Station meets The Sixth Sense with a dose of Get Out."

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The Cinematropolis's Caleb Masters joins GoodTrash Media co-hosts Arthur Gordon and Dalton Stuart for a special "Garbage Chute" review of Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite ahead of its Netflix release.

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The Cinematic Schematic returns from hiatus to kick-off the prestige move season with an in depth conversation about writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's tenth film, One Battle After Another, with special guests Craig Sanger and Daniel Bokemper.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by KJYO-FM's Jason Black for a final reflection and verdict on the 2025 summer movie season.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are rejoined by deadCenter programmer, Paris Burris, and Grind Planet double feature co-founder, Brett Grimes, to review Zach Cregger's highly anticipated sophomore film outing, Weapons.

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman close out the summer holidays with a review of the 2025 sequel/reboot to 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' with guests Danny Salemme and Kirsten Therkelson.

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The Oklahoma Film Exchange is a collective of local film lovers who aim to save Film Row's historic screening room. Listen to hear how they plan to raise $100k by August 25th.

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