Thomas Shey
Legend
Cinematic implies genre reinforcing which does reflect Monster of the Week but it is not reflective of the sort of choices Apocalypse World puts forward through its moves. This is the problem with being far too general and lumping things together to make declarative statements about whole categories of things. Powered by the Apocalypse doesn't describe a single structure or arrangement of play - there are at least 3 diverging branches that have very different play expectations and even within a single branch the play expectations often differ significantly. It's dramatic but not cinematic.
The focus on Complication as a virtue seemed present in both Monster of the Week and Monsterhearts to my reading, and if I understood your post you indicate these are in two different branches. Did I misread here?