Cinematic Doctrine: A Movie Review Podcast Hosted by Christians

Send us a Question! PATREON PARTY PLEASER: 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!  Frank Peretti's Hangman's Curse was the first of his books to finally reach the silver screen, and Melanie Dejesus from Melvin's church joins him and Daniel on this first of two episodes wher...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Remember that wild Halloween Kills episode from last year? Melvin & Dan are ready to rock your world with a roaring sequel episode on Halloween Ends , a finale so bonkers it blows our minds!  Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 34-minutes talking about Werewolf by Night , the borderline TV-MA Marvel special on Disney Plus! (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)  Melvin and Daniel t...

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!  If you've seen The Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor or Midnight Mass , you've seen director Mike Flanagan's work! However, for this episode we're traveling back to 2013 to discuss on...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Melvin & Dan talk about one of Mel's favorite movies, The Blackcoat's Daughter , perhaps the most painstakingly slow burning, brooding mood slashers ever made. Also, Melvin gets really honest about why he loves The Blackcoat's Daughter so much. Topics:   Melvin has wanted Daniel to watch The Blackcoat's Daughter since they started the...

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 & Dan put on some no-slips and get to work talking about The Bear ! Corner! Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 37-minutes of various topics: She-Hulk Episode 1 Twitter response, Warner Bros. can...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK:  Earlier this month we reported the cancelation of Batgirl , Scoob! 2 , and much more. These projects, both nearly complete, got the unceremonious axe, but they would be far from the first. Since then, several other projects have been either canceled or removed outright from HBOmax despite being originals to the streaming service. This leads Melvin and Daniel d...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Hulu continues to put out bangers, and Melvin & Dan discuss Not Okay , one of its latest successes! Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Discussing They/Them , the controversial and questionable slasher set at a gay conversion camp, as well as some new Ezra Miller/Flash/Warner Brothers news. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)  When Melvin first learned about Not Okay 's des...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Melvin & Dan talk about the latest Predator movie, Prey , that probably should have been in theaters, right? Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 50-minutes talking about the benefits to physical media over streaming, and the exciting world of special features w/ examples. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Immediate disappointment that Prey was not in theaters. Jacob Knight on...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK:  On Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022, the news broke that Batgirl , an upcoming DC film featuring the continued return of Michael Keaton's Batman as an old, weathered, matured Bruce Wayne training a young Barbara Gordon, was canceled. But that's not all; the film was nearly complete, virtually gold by the time the axe came down. Along with its death came the...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Melvin & Dan are joined by Anthony Coughlin, one of several pastors of Risen Christ Fellowship. The three discuss the latest Jordan Peele pic, what they perceive it's about, and how it's not quite a horror movie, even if it's occasionally horrific! Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 45-minutes talking about movies, specific ones or types, that we...

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!  Disney released two shows at once rather than one at a time! Weird!! Patreon Supporters picked Ms. Marvel over Obi-Wan Kenobi . Not weird!  Topics: (PATREON EXLUSIVE) 40-minutes talking about the in...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Melvin deliberately told Daniel not to see Jurassic World Dominion . Daniel saw it anyway. Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 27-minutes of talking about the disastrous choice for the Snyder-verse to initially invest in Ezra Miller, Amber Heard, and Jared Leto for its future. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Talking about how inconvenient Jurassic World Dominion was to our live...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Like all good movie podcasts, we have to talk about Thor: Love and Thunder . Even if it is terrible. Topics: (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 46-minutes talking about TV-Shows: Ms. Marvel , the upcoming Echo show (feat. Daredevil), and brief discussion on Umbrella Academy (S3) (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Pitching a Gwenpool show for Disney Marvel. Did we laugh even one time during...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  Did you finish Stranger Things S4 yet? Melvin and Daniel have. Tune in to hear them chat about that crazy new season, volumes 1 and 2, and their predictions for S5! And yes, we go full spoilers right from the start. Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 50-minutes of Melvin talking about his live-changing first-time watching the WWE, and a brief aside about Rick War...

Send us a Question! PATREON PARTY PLEASER:  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! In this episode you'll hear us discuss one of the single-most bizarre stories to come from the documentary world. Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon the strange world of Competitive Endurance Tickl...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK:  Are you watching Stranger Things ? Well, Melvin sure has been. He's been losing sleep over it! But, only in the best way possible. Tune in to hear Melvin and Daniel discuss Seasons 1-3 of Stranger Things in preparation for the upcoming finale of Season 4! We get into the massive cultural impact Season 1 held when it first released, the black sheep of the...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK: Melvin and Dan travel back in time and adventure through Halo's early popularity, the constant behind-the-scenes talks about a Halo movie, the subsequent dark phase of Halo after Bungie moves on, and how Halo continues to struggle to reach its original sky-high success. A previous, two-generation console selling franchise can't even begin to garner in...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Tom Cruise rehabilitates that Oprah interview we all remember by flying really fast. Tune in to hear more! Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 39-minutes talking about Morbius being re-released to zero fanfare, and an article from Vice about Marvel movies being content rather than art. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Top Gun: Maverick received extremely good buzz prior to relea...

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 and Dan are joined by Melvin's sister Shirleon to discuss that successful Netflix horror series Archive 81 that also got canceled despite being a sizable hit. Insane!  Topics: (PATREON EX...

Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION:  Melvin and Dan dive into that new Marvel thing featuring Oscar Isaac and Oscar Isaac and also Oscar Isaac. Wow! Topics:  (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 30-minutes talking about Netflix stock, loss of subscribers, and reasons behind Netflix's currently poor situation. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) For Daniel, the current baseline of Marvel content is that it's not that...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  As Melvin left the theater, he called it: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is going to be controversial. And, as Daniel confirms, it sure is! Topics:   (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 30-minutes talking about the Avatar: The Way of Water trailer. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Before getting into the specifics, Melvin shares how he felt the movie progressively becomes be...

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!  CODA beat Don't Look Up for Best Picture, and for many people that's all that matters. But, in reality, when compared to so many other films that released in 2021, is CODA truly the Best Pictu...

Send us a Question! LET'S TALK:  Our first teaser for Thor: Love and Thunder released yesterday morning, so Melvin and Daniel spend some time dishing about the future of the Norse hero! Afterward, they discuss the Warner Bros. Discovery merger and what has everyone talking: what's going to happen to DC? Support the show Support on Patreon for Unique Perks!   Early access to uncut episode...

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Sonic's speeding back into theaters, and this time we're in agreement: Sonic the Hedgehog 2's kind of great!  Topics: Daniel reflects on how he was in the minority with Sonic the Hedgehog , but that's old news because Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is pretty good! Our theater crowds were 75% kids, 20% adults, and 10% video game nerds and podcasters....

Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION:  Don't see Morbius. It's pretty boring. Tune into our episode instead! Did we mention its shorter than the runtime?  Topics: Melvin explains his theory about why the trailers contain a plethora of Spider-Man easter eggs that aren't in the movie. Daniel explains some history behind the making of Morbius , and how the character has been trying to...