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2026 deadCenter Film Festival: Everything You Need to Know
June 3, 2026
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Not Quite the Way
May 27, 2026
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Brings the TV Experience to IMAX
May 21, 2026
‘The Invite’ Is Olivia Wilde’s Best Film Yet – SIFF26
May 20, 2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 + Mortal Kombat II Double Feature
May 13, 2026
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Redeems a Long Line of Fatalities – Mini-Review
May 6, 2026
‘Man Eating P****’ Prepares to Mesmerize SIFF 2026
May 5, 2026
The 2026 Summer Movie Preview: Is Blockbuster Season Finally Back?
May 4, 2026
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Harmless Fun
April 29, 2026
‘Michael’ Builds the Myth by Erasing the Man
April 29, 2026

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2026 deadCenter Film Festival: Everything You Need to Know

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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Not Quite the Way

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 + Mortal Kombat II Double Feature

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‘Michael’ Builds the Myth by Erasing the Man

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2026 deadCenter Film Festival: Everything You Need to Know

June 3, 2026

It's deadCenter season! What should you watch? To give you the lowdown on everything you need to know, Caleb Masters is rejoined by co-host Laron Chapman (wearing his deadCenter Head of Pride Programming hat), and special guests Paris Burris (Shorts Programmer), Kevin Ely (Sr. Features Programmer), and Julia Witcher (Shorts Programmer) in her debut podcast appearance.

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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Not Quite the Way

May 27, 2026

The Cinematic Schematic hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman review the first Star Wars movie in seven years from director Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian and Grogu, with special guests Jo Light and Lanie James.

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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Brings the TV Experience to IMAX

May 21, 2026

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

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‘The Invite’ Is Olivia Wilde’s Best Film Yet – SIFF26

May 20, 2026

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 Devil Wears Prada 2 + Mortal Kombat II Double Feature

May 13, 2026

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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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Redeems a Long Line of Fatalities – Mini-Review

May 6, 2026

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****’ Prepares to Mesmerize SIFF 2026

May 5, 2026

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 2026 Summer Movie Preview: Is Blockbuster Season Finally Back?

May 4, 2026

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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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Harmless Fun

April 29, 2026

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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‘Michael’ Builds the Myth by Erasing the Man

April 29, 2026

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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