It’s been seven years since Oklahoma filmmaker tackled his first project as writer/director, You People. In the time since, the world has undergone multiple U.S. presidential elections, a global pandemic, and dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and Chapman has continued to embrace his role as co-host of this podcast. Through it all, he’s remained persistent with his new original psychological thriller, To Make the World Quiet.



The filmmaker describes the film as “combining elements of urban cinema, sci-fi, horror, mystery, and drama. Think Fruitvale Station meets The Sixth Sense with a dose of Get Out.”



This week, To Make the World Quiet has entered into the final hours of crowdsourcing to ensure Chapman adequately tells the story at the budget he needs to do the idea justice. Though the deadCenter award-winning storyteller beat his IndieGoGo’s initial $15,000 in just hours, the initial push was just one small part of his larger fundraising efforts. His overall goal across fundraisers is $50,000.



To give his efforts one last push before the October 31st deadline, a contributor has offered to match every new donation sent through the IndieGoGo, dollar for dollar.



In this episode, The Cinematic Schematic host/producer Caleb Masters talks with co-host Laron Chapman about how he found the idea for the project, what he plans to do with the funds raised, and what listeners can do to help.



Tune in to hear how you can help this indie film become a reality.







Left to Right: Laron Chapman and Caleb Masters







About To Make The World Quiet



According to the IndieGoGo page, To Make the World Quiet is described as:




A psychological thriller about a young black youth who awakes disoriented in the middle of the night in an abandoned apartment complex. Holding a wilting bouquet of flowers in hand, he explores his vacant surroundings for any sign of life or explanation of his arrival to this strange location.














How to Support the Film



Donate at the IndieGoGo Page



Contributions are matched by a separate donor if pledged by October 31st, 2025.



DONATE TODAY!



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The Cinematic Schematic host and producer 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.



The movie opens in a limited theatrical release on Friday, October 10th, ahead of its global Netflix release on Friday, October 24th.



Follow GoodTrash Media and the GoodTrash Genrecast for more “Garbage Chute” reviews all awards season long.







About A House of Dynamite



According to IMDB, the film is described as:




When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.














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What’s up homies?! The Cinematic Schematic is back to kick off this year’s prestigious awards season with our review of writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s tenth narrative film, One Battle After Another.



Anderson has long been a beloved filmmaker among cinephiles, making critical and cult hits such as There Will Be Blood, Punch-Drunk Love, The Master, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights, among others.



For the first time, Anderson teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio to (very loosely) adapt the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. They aren’t alone. DiCaprio (playing “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun/Bob Ferguson) is joined by a powerhouse cast, including Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, Benicio del Toro as Sergio St. Carlos, Regina Hall as Deandra, Teyana Taylor as Perfidia Beverly Hills, and Chase Infiniti as Willa Ferguson/Charlene Calhoun.



Anderson has been beloved for decades, but he’s always kept his scope relatively focused and budgets low. One Battle After Another is doing something different. It’s attempting to tell a sprawling American epic about revolutions, broken families, and the hidden evils driving civil unrest. It’s his most expensive film to date, costing Warner Bros. Discovery somewhere between $130 million and $170 million. The director is going big for his tenth feature. It’s got drama, car chases, and bold creative swings.



Has Anderson done it again, or has the internet lost its mind with all of this hype?



Listen to our review of One Battle After Another to find out.







Meet the Revolutionaries



To review such a highly anticipated movie among film fans, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by fellow Oklahoma film critics Craig Sanger (KOKH-TV Fox 25, Critics’ Choice Association) and Daniel Bokemper (The Cinematropolis and Flick Attack).







Left to Right: Craig Sanger, Laron Chapman, Daniel Bokemper, and Caleb Masters. Viva La Revolution!







Programming Update



Time Stamp: 4:25



We’ve been away for a month, and hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman each return with news to share with the listeners.



Firstly, Laron Chapman launched the first stage of fundraising for his next film project, To Make the World Quiet, via IndieGoGo. In under 48 hours, Chapman blew his initial goal for stage 1 out of the water, but he’s still got a long way to go before he hits his $50,000 goal. More to come on this project soon!



Secondly, Caleb Masters shared the news that he is moving to Seattle, Washington, and ending the current in-studio era of the show.



Fear not! The Cinematic Schematic and work at The Cinematropolis will continue. Over the next two months, the programming will shift to “special editions,” which are lo-fi quick takes from each host. Stay subscribed for our reactions to as many of this awards season’s anticipated titles as we can riff on.







Ice-Breaker Question



Time Stamp: 15:10



To celebrate the first in-depth review of a Paul Thomas Anderson film on The Cinematic Schematic,

The Cinematic Schematic returns for one last look back at the 2025 summer movie season. In this episode, we talk about the most prominent films not yet covered, like KPop Demon Hunters, Eddington, F1, Ballerina, Elio, Happy Gilmore 2, and others. We also discuss the summer 2025 box office results according to The Hollywood Reporter, the notable filmwatcher trends to take off, and our overall verdict on this blockbuster season.







One Last Ride



KJYO-FM’s Jason Black joins Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman to review the 2025 summer movie slate.



Left to Right: Jason Black, Laron Chapman, and Caleb Masters.







A Look Back at Cinema this Summer



Each host provides a few overall reflections on the 2025 summer movie line-up and box office performance before a round-robin series of reviews.




* The rules:

* Every host picks two movies to talk about



* Once a movie is picked, it is off the board



* After each round, a random movie is picked from the wheel






What will the wheel of fate choose?







Special Guest







Jason Black



KJYO-FM, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, and The Critics’ Choice Association



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Things are getting Barbaric on this week’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic. A group of the whitest kids you know (plus Laron Chapman) is here to review Zach Cregger‘s Weapons. The hotly anticipated horror follow-up to the director’s smash-hit debut, Barbarian, has arrived, and audiences and critics have been blown away.



Cregger’s sophomore outing follows the story of a suburban Midwest town traumatized by the disappearance of an entire classroom full of children. All but one child in Justine Gandy’s(Julia Garner) classroom left their homes at exactly 2:17 a.m. in the middle of the night, with no sign of where they went or why.



What evil lies beneath the surface of Maybrook, PA? What’s the hidden meaning behind the title?



Check out our review and analysis to discover our take.



This Week’s Detectives



Hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman are joined by a pair of guests uniquely equipped to dig into the many mysteries inside Zach Cregger’s Weapons. Grind Planet co-founder Brett Grimes and deadCenter Film Festival programmer Paris Burris join the show to review, dissect, and debate the film’s biggest revelations.



Left to right: Paris Burris, Laron Chapman, Brett Grimes, and Caleb Masters







Special Guests







Paris Burris



deadCenter Shorts Programmer and Founder of OKC’s Femme Film











Brett Grimes



Co-Founder of GrindPlanet







About Zach Cregger’s Weapons



According to IMDB, Weapons is described as:




When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.














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The end of summer has arrived, which means all of The Cinematic Schematic‘s worst deeds from the season have come back to haunt us for a review of I Know What You Did Last Summer.



It’s been almost 30 years since the original film adaptation of Lois Duncan’s novel traumatized teens with a hook man. The original film was a box office hit, scaring up enough cash to fast-track the critically panned sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer in 1998. Assuming everyone skipped the 2006 direct-to-video, I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, this is the first time audiences have been to Southport, North Carolina since the 90s.



This time, the original film’s survivors, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., are back with an all-new cast of potential victims, including Chase Sui Wonders as Ava Brucks, Madelyn Cline as Danica Richards, Jonah Hauer-King as Milo Griffin, Tyriq Withers as Teddy Spencer, and Sarah Pidgeon as Stevie Ward.



We’ve seen reboots, legacyquels, and remakes of just about every horror franchise that’s ever made a profit—from Halloween to Scream, The Exorcist, and Saw. What makes the I Don’t Know What You Did Last Summer series worth bringing back?



Check out our full podcast conversation to get our reviews and perspectives.







This Week’s Victims



It’s dangerous to fight the hooked man alone. That’s why hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman brought two fellow horror heads, Danny Salemme from the How I Met Your Monster podcast, and GoodTrash Media horror correspondent, Kirsten Therkelson, to the table.







Left to Right: Caleb Masters, Kirsten Therkelson, Laron Chapman, and Danny Salemme.







Ice-Breaker Question: We’re on a boat!



Time Stamp: 4:11



To break the ice, the panel has to make some tough choices when answering the following:



You are stuck on a boat with two iconic movie slashers. Who do you pick and why?







Spoiler-Free Review:



Time Stamp: 11:45



In our spoiler-free review, we talk about:




* Our experience with the famed ’90s slasher franchise



* Overall impressions of I Know What You Did Last Summer(2025)



* How this legacyquel compares to the 1997 original and its follow-ups, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer(1998), and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer.



* Letter grade verdicts



* Alternate media recommendations



* Our rankings of the entire franchise








Spoiler-Filled Analysis Discussion:



Time Stamp: 1:27:29

A group of Oklahoma film lovers has joined forces to form The Oklahoma Film Exchange. Their mission is to preserve cinema, celebrate culture, and build community in Oklahoma. Their first goal: save the Oklahoma Film Row Theatre located inside the historic Paramount Building, located at 701 W Sheridan Avenue in Oklahoma City. The IndieGoGo Fundraiser is now live until August 25th.



Three members of The Oklahoma Film Exchange join The Cinematic Schematic host Caleb Masters to talk about their plan to save the historic community space.



The Film Row screening room, located on the first floor of the former Paramount Film Exchange, is considered the last of its kind. Film Exchanges are an important part of U.S history. They historically existed across the U.S. to handle and distribute film reels. Oklahoma City played a key role in this film distribution, leading to the creation of Film Row. Of 37 film exchanges in the country, Film Row is the last known exchange operating as a venue for movie screenings.



Previously owned by Rodeo Cinema, the future of the screening room is in jeopardy. The current lease for the screening room will lapse on August 31st, 2025. The space will be decommissioned if the Oklahoma Film Exchange fundraiser is unsuccessful.



Learn how you can support by heading to The Oklahoma Film Exchange website or the IndieGoGo fundraiser page.



As a bonus, Sean Peel talks about his night watching Megalopolis in the Texas Theatre with Francis Ford Coppola.







About the Oklahoma Film Exchange and Film Row Theatre



According to the official website, the Oklahoma Film Exchange is:



Oklahoma Film Exchange was formed by members of the Oklahoma City film and arts scene to preserve cinema, celebrate culture, and build community. Our goal as an organization is to preserve the Film Row screening room as an accessible and inclusive space for film lovers and the performing arts alike.













Special Guests







Dalton Stuart



OFX Operations and Programming











Cam Hunter



OFX Operations and Social Media











Sean Peel



Founder of VHS & Chill



OFX Programming







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