The Cinematic Schematic

    Guest Amanda Presmyk Producer of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Follow Amanda on Twitter: @amandapresmyk         Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich producer Amanda Presmyk joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about creating one of the most shocking and twisted horror movies in recent memory with writer S. Craig Zahler. In our review, Christopher Shultz described the use of violence as meaningful when he said  “this is gore for the sake of social commentary, in grand the tradition of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, Brian Yuzna’s Society, and Takashi Miike’s Audition, among other titles.” Amanda touches on how the 2018 context may have shaped the film’s ideas before detailing how the team worked with S. Craig Zahler to come up with the film’s most mind-blowing kills. She also discusses how the team at Cinestate approached this soft reboot in respect to the series creator Charles Band’s previous films. Listen to the full interview to hear more on the making of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.   Puppet

      Guest Kyle Roberts Director of The Grave       Director Kyle Roberts joins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experience working on the recent Noir superhero pilot, The Grave. Kyle discusses Oklahoma’s 1920s history with underground crime in addition to the exciting challenges he tackled with the film’s mature themes. The interview ends with big news for the future of the project. Listen to the podcast talk for the full story! The Grave Synopsis In 1920s Oklahoma City, few men are above the law. Fortunately, crusading reporter Walter Crim stands up to those who would oppress the innocent. When Crim can’t achieve his aims through the press alone, he becomes the dark avenger known as ‘The Grave’.   The Grave deadCenter Schedule – Okie Mediums  Sat, Jun 9th, 2:00 PM @ MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema Sun, Jun 10th, 1:00 PM @ MidFirst Bank Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema   Follow Reckless Abandonment  The post The Grave – A deadCenter 2018 Talk with Kyle Roberts appeared first on

    Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of The Jurassic Games     Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt rejoins The Cinematic Schematic to talk about his experiences making his most recent visual effects extravaganza, The Jurassic Games, in Oklahoma. He also discusses how to balance the fun premise, the surprising commentary that emerged from his script, and the business behind making such a high concept film. List to the interview for the full story! The Jurassic Games Synopsis “Every year, 10 of the world’s most lethal death row criminals compete for their freedom in The Jurassic Games, a TV show where contestants must survive against ferocious dinosaurs and each other. The last survivor is granted freedom, fame, and fortune.”   The Jurassic Games deadCenter Schedule ONE NIGHT ONLY — World Premiere – Friday, June 8 – 7:00 pm   Where else to find The Jurassic Games Pre-order on Amazon Like the film on Facebook The film will be available VOD on June 12th The post The Jurassic Games – A deadCen

    Guest Laron Chapman Writer / Director / Producer of You People   Guest Yousef Kazemi Executive Producer of You People   Writer/director/producer of You People and The Cinematropolis contributor, Laron Chapman, rejoins The Cinematic Schematic podcast along with executive producer Yousef Kazemi to talk about their social dramedy and Laron’s first feature film premiering at the deadCenter 2018 film festival in Oklahoma City. Laron talks about how recent events in the culture have helped shaped his film how he handled stepping into the role of director from production assistant on films like August: Osage County and Paul Dano’s upcoming film, Wildlife.  Yousef talks about how he served as an advisor and guided Laron through the process to ensure his vision was realized on the big screen. You People An intelligent, white-washed black youth adopted by a Caucasian family has a crisis of ethnic identity while growing up in white suburbia with his urban culture obsessed, white best friend.   You People deadCenter

Time Stamps 2:01 – Deadpool 2 Review 27:17 – Deadpool 2 Spoilers 53:13 – ‘Sound Trek’ with Alexandra Bohannon – The evolution of film scores in superhero blockbusters   The Cinematic Schematic closes out our May theme of Blockbusters at The Cinematropolis with a review and deep-dive discussion covering of one of the most anticipated superhero films of the summer, Deadpool 2. In the second half of the show,  Alexandra Bohannon hosts a superhero blockbuster edition of ‘Sound Trek’ by selecting some of the most important films in the history of the genre. Hold on to your chimichangas, this is going to be a fun episode!   This month’s ‘Sound Trek’ selections “Jaws Theme” – Jaws “The Batman Theme” – Batman (1989) “Up the Cathedral”– Batman (1989) “Captain America March” – Captain America: The First Avenger “An Unlikely Alliance” – Thor: The Dark World “Earth to Asgard” – Thor “Where To!” – Thor: Ragnorok “Ragnorok Main Theme” – Thor Ragnorok “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin  The post Deadpool 2 VS Summer Blockbuste

Time Stamps 2:05 – ‘Sound Trek’ with Alexandra Bohannon – The best of Spielberg directed/produced scores 56:24 – A talk with K.W. Jeter, author of the Blade Runner novel sequels. The Cinematic Schematic closes out our March theme by celebrating the road to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One with a special episode of ‘Sound Trek’ from Alexandra Bohannon selecting some of the most unique and memorable pieces from his directed or produced films. In the second half of today’s show, Caleb and Alexandra were honored to sit down with legendary science fiction and fantasy author, K.W. Jeter, at Tower Theatre to discuss how he approached writing the novel sequels to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner before delving into his relationship with the iconic author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick.  K.W. Jeter shares powerful stories of his experiences as a writer and also offers a few tips to writers who are just getting started. The third and final part of this month’s episode, an in depth review and anal

The Cinematic Schematic returns with a roundtable review and breakdown of Marvel Studios newest film, Black Panther. Today’s panel consists of The Cinematropolis film critic and Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters, the writer/director of You People, Laron Chapman, and first-time guest Joshua Unruh from Pulp Diction Productions. In this discussion, we give our initial spoiler-free review followed by an in-depth spoiler discussion about the film’s plot, character arcs, and larger themes. Black Panther is written and directed by Ryan Coogler and is the eighteenth movie set in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, but the first to star a person of color. The film features an incredible cast including Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya, and Andy Serkis. Disney and Marvel seem to have fully committed to the film but being the eighteenth entry in this long-running series, does the change of perspective shake things up enough to stay fresh? Tune in to hear o

Valentine’s Day is a right around the corner and we’re not leaving any Twisted Big Screen Romance unturned, including this past weekend’s most recent release, Fifty Shades Freed. In this special segment of The Cinematic Schematic, Caleb is joined by You People writer/director, Laron Chapman, and first-time guest Chelsea Ratterman from Geek Girl Features to review the third and final chapter of the hit romance series, Fifty Shades Freed.   Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis on Twitter and Instagram @thecinematrop The post A Twisted Fan Romance: Fifty Shades Freed appeared first on The Cinematropolis.

TIME STAMPS 1:53 – 2018 Oscar nomination reactions 112:19 – Sound Trek with Alexandra Bohannon The latest episode of The Cinematic Schematic wraps up The Cinematropolis‘s January theme of  Prestige Films: Past and Present with a special Oscar 2018 nomination reactions conversation featuring Laron Chapman, Alexandra Bohannon, Zachary Burns and myself. We discuss several of the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay among others. In the second half of the show, Alexandra Bohannon takes back the music books in the latest edition of “Sound Trek” covering her very favorite “prestige pictures.” In this talk, she attempts to pinpoint and define the term “prestige” before breaking down tunes from Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. This month’s Sound Trek selections Jackie – “Children” Jackie – “Intro” Apocalypse Now – “Intro” Apocalypse Now – “Delta” Apocalypse Now – “Ride of the Valkyries” Titanic – “Leaving Port” Titanic – “Death of Titanic” Titanic – “The Dream / My

We continue our month of Prestige Films: Past & Present with a special edition of The Cinematic Schematic‘s “Sound Trek” dedicated to the recently announced Oscar nominations for the 2018 Best Original Score. Now that the Academy has rolled out this year’s contenders for Best Original Score, Alexandra Bohannon picks her favorite tracks from each of the nominated scores and breaks down what made them the most important of the year. Which of these scores the best stands the best chance at a win? Tune in to get our thoughts and analysis on each nomination in the Best Original Score category! Today’s Sound Trek Selections Dunkirk – “Supermarine” The Last Jedi – “The Sacred Jedi Texts” Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri – “Billboards on Fire” The Shape of Water – “A Princess Without A Voice” Phantom Thread – “For the Hungry Boy”   Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podc

As our month of Prestige Films: Past and Present continues, The Cinematroplis writing team found ourselves split over the controversial 2006 Best Picture winner, Crash. Laron Chapman recently wrote a full-fledged defense of Paul Haggis’s film, calling it “a cinematic prophecy ahead of its time.” Kevin Tudor objected to Laron’s defense and challenged him to a Cinema Showdown. This is a recording of that discussion. It’s been twelve years since the infamously awarded Crash win. Looking back, was it really a terrible movie or just ahead of its time? Check out Laron and Kevin’s debate and let us know what you think about it in the comments below. Follow The Cinematic Schematic Podcast Hear all of this and more of our past and future episodes by subscribing to The Cinematic Schematic and leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts! Like The Cinematropolis on Facebook Follow The Cinematropolis on Twitter and Instagram @thecinematrop The post CRASH – Cinema Showdown #2 appeared first on The Cinematropolis.

***Today’s episode was recorded on three completely different setups in three different locations. Audio quality between each segment may vary. Time Stamps 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 discussion from The Tower Theatre — The Cinematic Schematic closes out our December theme of “Misunderstood Movie Monsters” with a Guillermo Del Toro monster themed episode that includes a special panel discussion talking Pan’s Labyrinth, our review/analysis of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water with Laron Chapman, and the latest edition of Sound Trek from Alexandra Bohannon featuring the score from one of Japan’s most iconic monsters. This month’s “Sound Trek” takes a trip into the supernatural, the realm of Japanese sci-fi and into the alien invasion genre. Links to all of Alexandra’s selections can be found below. We close with a special

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 Caleb Haldane from Red Six to Golden Corral. Haldane was not a fan of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and has a few questions for people who loved the movie. In his review of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars movie, Haldane called the film “a disappoint that was practically trolling the audience.” On the other side of the table is Caleb Masters and other fans of the movie. In his Cinematic Schematic review of The Last Jedi, Masters called the film “the best Star Wars movie we’ve seen since The Empire Strikes Back.” Joining the Calebs are comic book enthusiast and podcaster extraordinaire Vinton Bayne from Common Room Radio’s Excelsior podcast and filmmaker/ co-host of The Cinematic Schematic‘s film score analysis segment

Time Stamps 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 anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the follow-up to 2015’s The Force Awakens from writer/director Rian Johnson and has already been a box-office smash success by raking in over $220 million domestically during its opening weekend and $450 million worldwide. It’s been a huge win for Disney, but fans seem less united behind the movie. Is it just another retread of older Star Wars material or does it deliver a fresh experience for long-time viewers? In the official Cinematropolis podcast review, we open by discussing our thoughts on The Force Awakens before giving our review and recommendation of The Last Jedi. We then move into a more thorough break do

Time Stamps 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 — Welcome to the November 2017 edition of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis! In this episode, each segment will focus on film experiences we are thankful for this holiday season. The show opens with this month’s “Silver Screen Soliloquies” where Laron Chapman and I celebrate A24 in our spoiler-free review of Yorgos Lanthimos‘s new film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. After giving our initial reactions, we dig into a spoiler-filled analysis of the film’s dark and weighty themes.  In this month’s second segment “Sound Trek,” Alexandra Bohannon picks out the film scores she’s most thankful for this year. Alexandra and I take a look at the rise in the popularity of synth scores since 2014 and how the bombing of Hiroshima impacted one of the

Welcome to the debut episode of The Cinematic Schematic, the official podcast of The Cinematropolis. Each month, The Cinematic Schematic will deliver a multi-segment show covering different aspects of our monthly theme. As the title of the episode “Do Podcasts Dream of Electric Sheep,” hints, October 2017’s theme was robots, androids and AI in cinema. To kick off the podcast, I join Laron Chapman for our film review and analysis segment, Silver Screen Soliloquies, to discuss Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049. Will the new film live up to its predecessor and how exactly does it follow-up on the ideas of the original? In the second segment, Alexandra Bohannon picks some of the finest film scores fitting into the theme for her first edition of Sound Trek. Her selections include songs from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Moon, and Ex Machina. This month’s episode closes with a special interview with Rudderless and The Scent of Rain and Lightning writer/producer, Casey Twenter. Casey talks about his experienc

The Cinematropolis co-founders and co-curators Jacob and Zachary Burns join The Cinematropolis Radio to talk about their first documentary, Fleeting Light. A few words about Fleeting Light from the official synopsis: A group of blind and visually impaired individuals prove that art is accessible to everyone when they are given the opportunity to take a photography class that will result in a gallery art show featuring their work. The film explores those who participated in the course, focusing not on the difficulties they experience because of their vision impairments, but what they do in spite of them. In this talk, Jacob and Zachary discuss the origin of this film and how they took on the unique challenges of making a documentary based on the photography class for the visually impaired  Zachary was teaching for New View Oklahoma. They describe the overwhelming support of New View Oklahoma and bringing Planet Thunder’s very own spin to their first foray into documentary filmmaking. Learn more about Fleeting

              The Cinematropolis Radio continues our special deadCenter 2017 interview series with a roundtable talk featuring writer/director Mickey Reece and the stars of his film Alien, Jacob Snovel and Cate Jones. About Mickey Reece’s Alien: Mickey Reece’s Alien is a film conveyed through sensual black and white photography, brooding musical compositions and wry humor. It is a rumination on spirituality, space and divine existentialism inspired by the later years of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s tumultuous marriage. In our discussion, we talk about the inspirations for Mickey’s unique take on the later years of the Presley marriage. Jacob and Cate describe their different character research processes and, to wrap up the conversation, Mickey talks about his approach to interpreting and portraying the history and mythology of Elvis.   Follow Fall Films Entertainment on Twitter @FallFilmsEnt Like Fall Films Entertainment on Facebook    Mickey Reece’s Alien deadCenter Schedule World Premiere – Friday, June 9,

    Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of Gremlin     Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt joins Cinematropolis Radio to talk about his experiences creating marketable indie films before blowing the lid off the making of his deadCenter 2017 film, Gremlin. Gremlin: “Two years after the murder of his 10-year-old son, Adam Thatcher (Adam Hampton) receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a terrible secret, a creature that will brutally kill everyone he cares about one by one. The only way to release himself from the curse is to give the box to someone he loves, continuing the never-ending circulation of this ancient evil.” After finding success with his debut film, Army of Frankensteins, Bellgardt decided to further sharpen his filmmaking skills by developing his next film, Gremlin. In our talk, he discusses the transition from his first film to Gremlin and using the power of internet trolls to his advantage. Bellgardt also shares his behind-the-scenes experiences on Gremlin and offe