Cinematic Doctrine: A Movie Review Podcast Hosted by Christians

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Malignant's been the talk of the town lately, and Melvin & Dan couldn't wait to finally jump on this crazy new horror flick from acclaimed director James Wan! Tune into this laughter-filled episode where the two discuss one of the wildest movies they've covered for Cinematic Doctrine ! However, tread carefully with this episode! Both of us r...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Melvin & Dan discuss the latest entry in the Candyman franchise, a series whose first film is far more artful than its horror-icon counterparts. Candyman (2021) continues its original's themes of uniquely racial struggles and readopts them for the modern age in a thoroughly complex manner, covering topics as wide as gentrification, art exploitation, B...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Melvin & Dan rushed to the movie theater to catch the latest Marvel picture, because that's what every good little movie podcast is supposed to do! From enjoying martial arts to pondering the future of Phase Four, and ending with some pipe dreams, check out this episode of Cinematic Doctrine ! Topics:  Melvin pitches to Daniel an opening for Season 1...

Send us a Question! PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION:  This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon . Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! Daniel shares his extensive thoughts on Donda , the new Kanye album, which segways well into discussing one of Christian music's most prominent songs, I Can Only Imagine , and the movie that shares...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK: In their debut episode of Let's Talk , a topical discussion format for Cinematic Doctrine , Melvin and Daniel discuss the concept of narrative canon (or, fictional continuity), whether an over-reliance on canon is necessary for enjoying a fictional property like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how nearly all of American movies and television is a part o...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION: Melvin & Dan can finally say "Yes" to the question "Have you watched The Chosen ?". Topics: The Chosen's strength lies in its source material, similar to a comic-book movie or book adaption. Daniel's felt The Chosen was overhyped for him, and he was waiting for the show to be "amazing" like he'd heard so much...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  Melvin and Daniel discuss the highly divisive new installment in the Masters of the Universe franchise. Topics:  After restarting Arrested Development (again x16+), Melvin wonders what it would be like for the Russo brothers to return to comedy.  Daniel imagines their return to the MCU for a Marvel Comedy procedural.  Introducing Masters of the Universe: Re...

Send us a Question! COMEDY SPECIAL DISCUSSION:  TW: Mental Health, Suicide Melvin and Daniel discuss deteriorating mental health, content creation, the internet, and comedy. They also discuss being honest with one another, and the difficult necessity of vulnerability.  Topics:  Daniel gets stuck in a church bathroom, enjoys his wedding anniversary, and talks about his Bo Burnham Bacon-number.  Int...

Send us a Question! PATREON TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  This TV-Show was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon . Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! Melvin does a lukewarm open, and Daniel talks about how he followed a bunch of Christian twitter accounts of people who were in the American Gospel: Christ Alone documentary only to find they're...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  Melvin and Daniel talk about spilled coffee, Space Jam: A New Legacy , and Britney Spears. Then they discuss their enjoyment of Loki , it's expert balance of tone and theme, the Christian response to fiction containing things they don't like, and implications for the Marvel multiverse in future installments. Topics: Melvin has two cold-opens: one...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Melvin and Daniel talk about what it's like to be back in the theater (officially), how Black Widow compares to the multiple Marvel Mini-series, and how Black Widow feels a bit like two movies at once that don't always work together. Topics:  Daniel, "This was my first movie back in the theaters."  Discussing the trailers seen before Black...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  Melvin and Daniel talk about Invincible , the crazy popular and occasionally ultra-violent animated superhero show on Amazon Prime. Topics:  Why we’re talking about Invincible despite the fact we were planning to talk about Bo Burnham: Inside  Introducing Invincible [7:41]  Baseline, non-spoilery reasons why Melvin and Daniel found Invincible so compelling ...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION: Daniel’s been thinking too much about streaming services and spends 15 minutes ruminating on what worries him the most, and then the two discuss The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and its complex metaphorical stand-ins. Also, they complain about the last episode because everyone has complained about the last episode. Topics: Daniel’s existential dread over st...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:   In this episode, Melvin and Daniel talk about the first Phase Four property from the MCU, WandaVision , and how grief maintains the through line of the show. Topics: Melvin got sunburn in the shade Introducing WandaVision How Daniel watched a ton of TVLand and was prepared for WandaVision WandaVision is a genuinely risky Disney Marvel project How Melvin lo...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: On our return episode of the podcast, we discuss a much-loved Pixar flick from a few years ago, as well as the reason Cinematic Doctrine was on hiatus for so long. Topics: Podcasting nonsense  Introducing ‘Inside Out’  Why Melvin picked ‘Inside Out’ and how it relates to the hiatus  How Daniel also caught ‘Inside Out’ at a pivotal time in his life  Emotions ar...

Send us a Question! Due to a personal emergency, the Cinematic Doctrine podcast will be taking a long hiatus. We intend to come back with new content at a later date, but because of our circumstances, things will have to be put on hold for an undefined length of time . We apologize for this, and will be pausing all Patreon billing cycles until further notice. In other words, Patreon Supporters wil...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION: In a year without movies, film fans had television. In a year with television, everyone anticipated the release of The Mandalorian Season Two . I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t one of my most anticipated projects of the 2020, and I think it’s safe to say it didn’t disappoint. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We have a lot to get into with this episode,...

Send us a Question! MONTHLY MOVIE NEWS:  In this episode, Melvin, Daniel, and Carter talk about the huge Warner Bros. news that their entire movie release schedule for 2021 would launch not only in theaters but also on HBOMax the same day. That’s wild news that shakes the movie industry to its core, so they speculate on how this decision came to fruition, what it means for the future of theaters,...

Send us a Question! TRAILER TALK:  Carter and Melvin chat several upcoming Disney properties: Ms Marvel , The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Loki , and What If…?. Also, they chat about two Star Wars shows: Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Andor . Also, Melvin kept calling the show Andor , “Cassian ”. So, if you hear him talking about a show called "Cassian " , that one doesn’t exist. Andor...

Send us a Question! PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon . Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! Advertised as Pixar’s return to a release schedule of original properties, lots of people had high hopes for Onward . Then, Coronavirus ruined everything, as we’ve known it to do, and theaters shut down r...

Send us a Question! PODCAST UPDATE: Quick episode detailing the content we're producing for the end of the year (special Quibi episode, Trailer Talk , Monthly Movie News , and Patreon Supporter chosen film), as well as pointing you lovely people to our Tenet podcast episode and written post from September! Tenet Episode: https://bit.ly/TenetCinDoc  Tenet Written Review: https://bit.ly/TenetDe...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: I love Chris Staron and I love Truce Podcast , so of course I had him back on the show this Christmas season to talk about one of his favorite Christmas flicks (and that's after chatting one of his favorite musicals !). When he suggested we chat Ernest Saves Christmas , I jumped at the opportunity to revisit Jim Varney’s classic character. I don’t typical...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: October saw the release of this wild martial arts trailer about Nicolas Cage training warriors to fight aliens. That alone set Twitter aflame, and even Cinematic Doctrine’s website saw increased traffic from our write-up on the site. Jiu Jitsu looked crazy fun. People punching and kicking to stop an alien warrior invader? Sign us up! And then… we watched it. A...

Send us a Question! PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon . Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! First things first: thanks so much for your patience with this Patreon voted episode! It’s been a while since we’ve had a perfectly normal chance to produce a perfectly normal episode, and I can tell you...

Send us a Question! REBROADCAST TV-SHOW REVIEW: Enjoy this rebroadcast of an early 2020 episode on The Mandalorian Season One and how some of its criticism for being 'slow' sparked an interesting thought process on how good things are worth waiting for. The Mandalorian is Rated TV-PG . It has no detailed certificate, so here's a Melvin certificate: Sci-fi action through-out, and bri...