The Cinematic Schematic

Caleb Masters reviews Wild Horse Nine, the new film from Writer/Director Martin McDonough.

The playwright turned filmmaker returns to familiar themes of sin, redemption, and male relationships. Are John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell compelling enough to make up for the well worn territory?

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While co-host Laron Chapman is away working on his movie, The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters is joined by special guests Sara Michelle Fetters (moviefreak.com, The Seattle Gay News), Julia Witcher (deadCenter Film Festival shorts programmer), and Josh Cain (What's Up Fandom) to review LAIKA's fantasy epic, Wildwood.

Does Wildwood's story live up to its lofty ambitions?

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The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters is joined by special guests Alex Palmer (Oklahoma Film Society, Film Producer) and Chad Parizman (Founder of Ader Communications) to settle the score.

Is Street Fighter firing on all Flaming Hadoukens, or this a knock-out for the franchise? Tune in for our verdicts.

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Caleb Masters reviews LAIKA's new stop-motion animated dark fantasy, Wildwood, from director Travis Knight.

Is Wildwood LAIKA's magnum opus?

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Caleb Masters reviews the highly anticipated Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, co-directed by Nathan Fielder(Nathan for You, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim(Primetime, Ren Faire).

Does it live up to the hype?

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The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by deadCenter senior features programmer, Kevin Ely, to review The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to The Social Network.

Has Sorkin recaptured the 2010 lighting in a bottle?

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The Cinematic Schematic returns for a bonus discussion covering the Skydance-Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros., and doing a spoiler-filled review of Tom Cruise's Digger disaster.

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Caleb Masters reviews Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, the companion to his 2010 collaboration with David Fincher. Does the writer have enough new to say?

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Caleb Masters reviews the latest Colleen Hoover novel adaptation, Verity.

Michael Showalter directs the erotic thriller with stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett.

Does it deliver the sensual thrills?

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Tom Cruise teams up with multi-Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu for a bombastic satire. Will it be an Oscar winner?

Caleb Masters reviews this cynical take on the futility of climate change and the role of satire itself.

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