After a long hiatus, The Cinematic Schematic returns for a special episode to give listeners, cinephiles and people hoping to be impressive at this Sunday night’s 92nd Academy Awards watch parties everything they need to build a semi-accurate-ish Oscar ballot. Tune in to the conversation to prepare yourself for the Oscars 2020!



Laron Chapman and I are back for our annual tradition of making the Oscar predictions that will either make your ballots shine or go down in a blaze of glory.



Following last year’s surprising (and according to your hosts, disappointing) victory for Green Book, can the Academy pivot in a different direction?



Who will win this year’s Best Picture? Will it be a historic win for Bong Joon-ho‘s surprise hit, Parasite? Or will it be the current front-runner coming off the PGA win, 1917? Perhaps it will be one of the surprise box office hits of 2019, Joker? It’s shaping up to be a race worth remembering.







For a deep dive conversation into Caleb’s conversation with Harold Storey on the 2020 Best Animated Film nominees, make sure to listen to the latest episode of the Tunes/Toons podcast.



If you’re interested in reading more about Caleb’s comments on Marvel VFX, read this article from Engaged, Black Panther is Amazing. Why Are Its CGI Models So Terrible?