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 10 Episode 1 of The Office. Daniel talks about how his theater screening for Shang-Chi was better than Black...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 86
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 its name. From setting the stage with the world of CCM, to I Can Only Imagine's release and world dominati...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 85
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 of the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis. Support on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 6 min
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 about. Despite the shows occasional problematic depiction of historical events, The Chosen reveals to us more about who Creator Dallas Jenkins an...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 84
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: Revelation (S1E1-5) [8:38] Basically, Kevin Smith and his group of friends wrote/produced MotU:R and that ...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 83
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. Introducing Bo Burnham: Inside [7:12] Inside is a snapshot of what it’s like to exist online during the 202...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 82
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 more interested in posting about masks than things related to the Bible. Then they talk about The Queen's...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 81
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 about Space Jam: A New Legacy and the other about Britney Spears. Daniel chooses the "I-Spilled-My-Coffee-While...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 80
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 Widow Introducing Black Widow [14:17] Trying to figure out the purpose of this movie apart from it simply being a Black Wi...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 79
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 Invincible masterfully employs a brilliant hook to create pervasive suspense Open, total-spoiler reasons...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 78
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 streaming services… …but Melvin feels VUDU solves that existentialism. Melvin, “What’s your fear, then...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 77
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 loved the melancholy tone and metatextual content within WandaVision The Evan Peters fan theory/controve...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 76
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 are indicators of our needs (i.e. sadness = external alert to others) How Melvin and Daniel are not worryi...
Jun 14, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 75
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 will not be charged, and we encourage fans not to join the Patreon at this time. Unfortunately, this al...
Jan 29, 2021•2 min
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, and right off the bat Derrick Whitmore from ShatterCast gets into one of his famous positive-and-neg...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 74
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, and if the general movie watcher will jump at the opportunity to visit the theater once vaccines are ...
Dec 31, 2020•58 min
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 exists. Or, at least, in 2022 it does. Patreon: http://bit.ly/CinDocPatreon Website: CinematicDoctrine.com Emai...
Dec 29, 2020•53 min
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 roughly two weeks after it’s theater debut. Soon, Disney saved the day by making it available to the ...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 73
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/TenetDemandsARewatch Patreon: http://bit.ly/CinDocPatreon Website: CinematicDoctrine.com Email: CinematicDoctrine...
Dec 15, 2020•6 min
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 typically throw this term around much, but rewatching Ernest Saves Christmas was very wholesome , and reminded m...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 72
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. And boy, Daniel and I sure have some thoughts! We’re no stranger to camp, let-alone Nicolas Cage camp...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 71
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 from our side of things that this is a huge blessing. So, we hope this episode is as enjoyable for y...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 70
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 brief mild language. It features Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, Werner Herzog, Nick Nolte, Taika Waititi, a...
Nov 18, 2020•35 min
Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: If I’m being honest, I’ve always found it strange that Sherlock Holmes is as popular as he is. Like, as a property. I guess I understand the lasting appeal. Mysteries are always a good time if you don’t have them spoiled. Maybe it’s just that I don’t remember enjoying the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes’ movies, or that my interest in the BBC Sherlock waned drastically as the series continued. Also, and I even mention this in the episode, I don’t like snar...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Send us a Question! MONTHLY MOVIE NEWS: To kick things off, Carter and I discuss the continued strain that is 2020 on movie theaters, and how AMC is looking to make some major changes regarding it’s stocks and, what I predict, will be its assets due to the direction things are headed. Carter also shares insight on how stocks function, because I only know so much about them, and how people like me should view them. Then we discuss Disney’s change from releasing Pixar’s upcoming film Soul from the...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Send us a Question! TRAILER TALK: To kick things off, Carter and I talk about Monster Hunter , and how this is not the first Capcom licensed property to hit the big screen from director Paul W.S. Anderson, nor starring Milla Jovovich. And, frankly, we don’t think it will be the last. Even so, we have a good time chatting about our… reserved thoughts on Monster Hunter , whether we even like big-monster movies to begin with, and if fans of the video game will be satisfied with what this movie has ...
Nov 03, 2020•59 min
Send us a Question! PATREON MOVIE REVIEW (SORT OF): Tune in to this unconventional episode for clarification, transparency, and an apology I owe our Patreon Supporters - and you, the listener - for not properly vetting ' Last Shift ', the movie that won the Patreon-Poll for October. Patreon: http://bit.ly/CinDocPatreon Website: CinematicDoctrine.com Email: CinematicDoctrine@Gmail.com Twitter: http://bit.ly/CineDoctrineTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/CineDoctrineInsta Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBC...
Oct 29, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Send us a Question! TV-SHOW DISCUSSION: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic there are a lot of films and tv-shows that aren’t producing right now. Not only that, just before the shutdown, a looming writer’s strike was coming in Hollywood, which meant scripted television was going to have a slump. With this in mind, most production companies embrace reality-television as a means for cheap, unscripted, and quickly produced content. This is why you can have some wild shows like The Masked Singer or I C...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Are you enjoying your October? I know I am! It’s been nice watching the leaves change their color, have a chilly breeze flow through the open windows, and eat copious amounts of candy when nobody’s looking. I’ve eaten… just… so many Crunch bars. Last week we had a great time talking with Logan Sharp of The Reformed Gamers about the South Korean zombie film, Train to Busan . This week, we’re comin’ back state-side for Sinister , another fun, accessible, and t...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Send us a Question! MOVIE DISCUSSION: Logan from The Reformed Gamers has previously joined us here at Cinematic Doctrine to talk about everybody’s favorite video game movie, Super Mario Bros. , which was an amazing experience if I do say-so myself! And while we had an absolute grand time recollecting the bizarre experience of watching such an absolute train-wreck of a film, Logan and I are excited to talk about another film that’s a different kind of train-wreck. You know, the kind that isn’t ba...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 65
