Cinematic Doctrine

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Cinematic Doctrine is a mature, millennial-infused film/tv discussion podcast from Melvin Benson that features Movie Discussions (conversational episodes about specific movies), Party Pleasers (movies fully-summarized from start to finish to discern if its a 'Party Pleaser' or 'Party Pooper'), and Let's Talks (prepared film-or-Christian related topical episodes). Influenced by Acts 17 and Romans 2:4. Podcast Magazine says Cinematic Doctrine "uses the shared value of human life as a springboard into deeper conversations". // CinematicDoctrine.com


Episode Date
The Assistant - w/ Sheila Gregoire on Toxic Workplaces and How They (Don't) Manage
Nov 13, 2024
Ready Player One - w/ Geek Freaks on Nostalgia Overwhelming
Nov 06, 2024
Shadowlands - Desire, Suffering, Love
Oct 30, 2024
Tower of Terror - More Theme Park Silliness
Oct 23, 2024
Donnie Darko - w/ Liz & A Movie on Teen A(ngst)gnosticism
Oct 16, 2024
The Crow (1994) - w/ Daniel Braindead on Life, Death, Love, & Hate
Oct 09, 2024
Spawn - w/ Systematic Geekology on Nobody's 90s Nostalgia
Oct 02, 2024
Synchronic - Kitchen Sink Sci-Fi
Sep 25, 2024
Your Name. - w/ Beneath the Tangles on Shinkai's Melancholic Filmography
Sep 18, 2024
Frances Ha - w/ Movies & Us on Adulting
Sep 11, 2024
The Outsiders – w/ The Filmjoe Podcast on a Golden, Sophomoric, Teenage Reflection
Sep 04, 2024
Pulse - A Lonely, Traumatic, Dead Internet
Aug 28, 2024
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - It's Embarrassing and Weird
Aug 21, 2024
The Blackcoat's Daughter - The Horror of Spiritual Loneliness
Aug 14, 2024
Dream Scenario - w/ The Infinity Bros Podcast on Ideals, Self-Image, and Vanity
Aug 07, 2024
Pitch Black - The Proto Syfy Channel Original Movie
Jul 31, 2024
Zoetic and the CCM Coconut Tree (Jesus Revolution, The Jesus Music)
Jul 24, 2024
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Cartoonish YA Silliness
Jul 17, 2024
Cube - Intriguing, Intelligent, and Well Directed
Jul 10, 2024
Good Burger 2 - Edible but Expired Nostalgia
Jul 03, 2024
The Man from Earth - Hollow, Pretentious, and Poorly Directed
Jun 26, 2024
Doom - w/ The Reformed Gamers on Misguided Video Game Adaptions
Jun 19, 2024
Holes - Yeah, It's as Good as You Remember
Jun 12, 2024
Unbreakable - w/ Geek Devotions on Power, Gentleness, and a Perfect Movie
Jun 05, 2024
When Marnie Was There - Personal Anxiety, Western Queerbaiting, and Transformative Love
May 29, 2024
Your Lie in April - w/ Faith & Fandom in the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Episode
May 22, 2024
Uzumaki - Editing, Obsession, Acceptance
May 14, 2024
Howl's Moving Castle - w/ Establishing Shot Pod on Turmoil and Kindness
May 07, 2024
Damsel - w/ Shesmadeofwords on Millie Bobby Brown, Scary Dragons, & Wanting More
Apr 30, 2024
Shin Godzilla - w/ Monster Island Film Vault on 3/11 and Existential Titan Horror
Apr 23, 2024
Animal Farm (1954) - Historically Important Well-Made Propaganda
Apr 16, 2024
Green Lantern - w/ Nerds & Jesus Podcast on The "Sam's Club" Tire-Buying Movie
Apr 09, 2024
The Stepford Wives (1975) - w/ Kelsey Kramer McGinnis On Tradwives and Asking: "Do Stepford Men Even Like Women?"
Apr 02, 2024
The Luck of the Irish - Our Luck Has Run Out
Mar 26, 2024
Dune: Part 2 - w/ Jerry Dugan Spittin' Dune Facts!
Mar 19, 2024
Arrival - w/ The Gospel According To Making the Most of Misery
Mar 12, 2024
Prince of Darkness - w/ Terrorific Lady and the Dimensions of Horror
Mar 05, 2024
The Mighty Ducks - The 90s Are In! (Also Dads, Hockey, and Disney Movies)
Feb 27, 2024
The Menu - w/ TylerBanarkReviewsMovies who's Seated for Two
Feb 20, 2024
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - The Death Knell of YA Adaptions
Feb 13, 2024
The Royal Tenenbaums - The Godfather for Liberal Art Students
Feb 06, 2024
On Golden Pond - Nostalgia, Perception, and Old Age
Jan 30, 2024
Death Note (2017) - Criminally Westernized
Dec 26, 2023
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) - Wow, It's Just Like 1984
Dec 20, 2023
Eraserhead - About Maturing, Sex, and Philadelphia
Dec 12, 2023
Five Nights at Freddy's - w/ The Reformed Gamers Surviving All Five Nights
Dec 05, 2023
Good Burger - 90s Throwback Time
Nov 28, 2023
The Quibi Quandary Part 3: Lost Media in Real Time
Nov 21, 2023
The Quibi Quandary Part 2: Melvin & Dan Explore the Quibi-Verse
Nov 14, 2023
The Quibi Quandary Part 1: How it Came Before it Went
Nov 07, 2023
The VelociPastor - w/ Ant Coughlin (a normal Pastor)
Oct 31, 2023
Haunted Mansion (2015) - A Church Retreat at the Haunted Mansion (We Are Contractually Obligated to Say This Has No Correlation With The Walt Disney Corporation Or It's Affiliates and Partners)
Oct 24, 2023
Haunted Mansion (2023) - Secondhand Embarrassment
Oct 17, 2023
Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Saga (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie)
Oct 10, 2023
The Haunted Mansion - Ghost Cuckoldry? In my Haunted Mansion? It's More Likely Than You Think.
Oct 03, 2023
The Mummy (1999) - A Simpler, More Adventurous Time
Sep 26, 2023
Rashomon - A Trial of Lies, Sensationalism, and Humanity
Sep 19, 2023
Good Will Hunting - Healing Masculinity
Sep 12, 2023
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 - Different Game, Different Rules
Sep 05, 2023
Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper - Queen Cinema
Aug 29, 2023
Scanners - Boundary Breaking & Head Popping
Aug 22, 2023
Canon, Continuity, and the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis
Aug 15, 2023
Tickled - Grippingly Awkward, Absurdly Silly, Excellent
Aug 08, 2023
Barbie - No Genitals. No Problems.
Aug 01, 2023
Wall·E - Consumerism, Connection, Community
Jul 25, 2023
Smile - w/ Ant Coughlin and how Smile is Engaging, Derivative, and Irresponsible
Jul 18, 2023
Beckman - The Supposed Christian John Wick
Jul 11, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Flash
Jul 04, 2023
Teen Wolf - 80s Comedy Galore
Jun 27, 2023
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Bigger in Scope
Jun 20, 2023
Skinamarink, Creepypasta, and the Culmination of Internet Horror
Jun 13, 2023
Whale Rider - Artificial Hope Is Naturally Hopeless
Jun 06, 2023
A Silent Voice - You Can't Say It Didn't Shoot For the Moon
May 30, 2023
Madoka Magica is Beautifully Tragica
May 23, 2023
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Legacy of Evangelion
May 16, 2023
Dragonball Evolution - A Movie You Forgot Exists
May 09, 2023
Princess Mononoke - Exploring the Universal Problem of Death
May 02, 2023
Fireproof - Weirdly Voyeuristic, Strangely Intriguing, Awkward
Apr 25, 2023
The Prince of Egypt - Knowledgeable, Reverential, Beautiful
Apr 18, 2023
The Tree of Life - w/ Eric Nevins and Growing Up in a Broken, Glory-Filled World
Apr 11, 2023
Ladyhawke - What Makes a Film Prime Remake Material?
Apr 04, 2023
The Hunger Games - Odds? In My Favor? It's More Likely Than You Think!
Mar 28, 2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Decent, but Tired
Mar 21, 2023
Best & Worst of 2022 (Part 2)
Mar 14, 2023
Best & Worst of 2022 (Part 1)
Mar 07, 2023
Belle - Dysfunctional Digital Duality
Feb 28, 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - The Multiverse Homework Problem
Feb 21, 2023
Drag Me to Hell - Shame, Consequence, and Body Fluids
Feb 14, 2023
George Washington - Heartfelt, Adolescent, Spiritual, Poetic
Feb 07, 2023
Daredevil - Is It As Bad As We All Remember?
Feb 01, 2023
Where the Scary Things Are - Delightfully Terrible in All the Right Ways
Dec 27, 2022
A Royal Gremlins Christmas w/ Chris Staron
Dec 24, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water - w/ Jerry Dugan and Celebrating Great CGI
Dec 20, 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - A Solid Whodunnit
Dec 13, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ambitious and/or Bloated
Nov 16, 2022
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Melvin Officially Has Marvel Exhaustion
Nov 08, 2022
Black Adam - Rentable
Nov 01, 2022
David Gordon Green's Halloween Trilogy and Changing Opinions
Oct 31, 2022
Hangman's Curse (Part 2) - The Official Hangman's Curse Devotional
Oct 27, 2022
Hangman's Curse (Part 1) - Talking Frank Peretti's First Spooky Film Adaption
Oct 25, 2022
Halloween Ends - Bonkers
Oct 18, 2022
Oculus - Decent Despite Disappointments
Sep 27, 2022
The Blackcoat's Daughter - The Horror of Spiritual Loneliness
Sep 20, 2022
The Bear (S1) - The Most Loving Show on Television
Aug 30, 2022
WB Discovery Repels Artists through David Zaslav's Wild Management Style
Aug 23, 2022
Not Okay - The Better Evan Hansen
Aug 16, 2022
Prey - Or, the Actual First Sequel to Predator
Aug 09, 2022
It's Not Just Batgirl; HBOmax May Be Canceled Too
Aug 04, 2022
Nope - w/ Ant Coughlin and the Consequence of Spectacle
Aug 02, 2022
Ms. Marvel - A Great Teen Superhero Show Nobody Watched
Jul 26, 2022
Jurassic World Dominion - Oof
Jul 19, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder - Tripping Over Itself
Jul 12, 2022
Stranger Things S4 - "There really is nothing like it!"
Jul 05, 2022
Tickled - Grippingly Awkward, Absurdly Silly, Excellent
Jun 28, 2022
Stranger Things S1-3 Retrospective
Jun 21, 2022
So... About That Halo Show...
Jun 14, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick - Everyone Loves it, Including Your Dad!
Jun 07, 2022
Archive 81 - Analog Horror & Quality Cancelations
May 31, 2022
Moon Knight - Not Quite Weird, Not Quite Experimental
May 24, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - The Anti-No Way Home
May 10, 2022
CODA - A Disney Channel Original Best Picture Winner
May 03, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Reaction and the Future of DC in Film
Apr 19, 2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Gotta Go Faster!!
Apr 12, 2022
Morbius - Skippable
Apr 05, 2022
The House - We Are Extremely Interested in This Podcast
Mar 29, 2022
Redeeming Love - A Marriage of Sacred & Secular
Mar 22, 2022
Turning Red - Heritage, Teenagers, & Puberty: Oh My!
Mar 15, 2022
The Batman - Peak Comic Noir
Mar 08, 2022
A Normie's Best & Worst of 2021
Mar 01, 2022
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Thanks, I Hate It
Feb 23, 2022
Hiatus Prayers and Computer Problems
Feb 21, 2022
Free Guy - Summer Blockbuster in Winter!
Dec 28, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home - Super Spider Bros.
Dec 21, 2021
Is Cinematic Doctrine a Christian Movie Podcast?
Dec 14, 2021
The Marc Webb Spider-Man Duology
Dec 07, 2021
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 3) - The Anti-Bojack Horseman
Dec 02, 2021
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 2) - Problematic, Incomplete, Dangerous
Dec 01, 2021
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 1) - 2021's Movie Punching Bag
Nov 30, 2021
The Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy
Nov 23, 2021
Dune (2021) - Succeeds Where Eternals Fails
Nov 16, 2021
Eternals - Certified Rotten
Nov 10, 2021
Dune Episode When, Zoomer Youth Group and Media, Eternals Certified Rotten??
Nov 02, 2021
Halloween Kills - Deliciously Divisive
Oct 29, 2021
Over the Garden Wall - A Dream-Like Fairy-Tale of Fear
Oct 26, 2021
Nightbooks and Family-Friendly Horror Movies
Oct 22, 2021
Ernest Scared Stupid - w/ Chris Staron and Halloween Hijinks
Oct 19, 2021
What If...? - A Chaotic Episode for a Chaotic Show
Oct 12, 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - It's Embarrassing and Weird
Oct 05, 2021
ParaNorman - How it Feels to be Weird and Lonely
Sep 28, 2021
Malignant - Pulpy Horror Mystery with a Killer Third Act
Sep 21, 2021
Candyman (2021) - Black Gaslighting, Exploitation, and Gentrification
Sep 14, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Martial Arts and Future Hopes
Sep 07, 2021
I Can Only Imagine - A Monumental Song, A Serviceable Movie
Aug 31, 2021
Canon, Continuity, and the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis
Aug 24, 2021
The Chosen (S1) - Depictions of Jesus & Media Literacy
Aug 17, 2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation (P1) - Critics vs. Fans, A Tale as Old as Time
Aug 10, 2021
Bo Burnham: Inside - A Musical Memoir about Mental Health, the Internet, and 2020
Aug 03, 2021
The Queen's Gambit - Peak Feminist Cinema
Jul 27, 2021
Loki (S1) - Self-Love and Reflection, and Cultural Observation
Jul 20, 2021
Black Widow - A Middling Marvel Movie
Jul 12, 2021
Invincible (S1) - Brilliantly Complex and Intensely Human
Jul 05, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Too Much Too Little
Jun 28, 2021
WandaVision - A (Marvel) Grief Observed
Jun 21, 2021
Inside Out - How Emotions Put the Podcast on Hiatus
Jun 14, 2021
Long Hiatus Underway
Jan 29, 2021
The Mandalorian (S2) - w/ ShatterCast and a Love of Star Wars
Jan 07, 2021
MMN: Warner Media's Industry-Changing Decision
Dec 31, 2020
TT: Loki, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, What If...?
Dec 29, 2020
Onward - The Magic of Family & Self-Sacrifice
Dec 24, 2020
Update and Tenet Episode
Dec 15, 2020
Ernest Saves Christmas - w/ Chris Staron and Slapstick Silliness
Dec 10, 2020
Jiu Jitsu - A Messy Martial Arts Misfire
Dec 02, 2020
The Santa Clause - My Wife Cheers when Tim Allen Kills Santa
Nov 25, 2020
The Mandalorian (S1) - How Slow-Paced Character Building Isn't "Filler", You're Just Droning
Nov 18, 2020
Enola Holmes - w/ film_junkie_reviews in the Gender Discussion Episode
Nov 13, 2020
MMN: AMC Tries to Survive, 'Soul' on Disney Plus, Speculative Distribution Changes
Nov 06, 2020
TT: Monster Hunter, Mank, Jiu Jitsu
Nov 03, 2020
God Convicted Me with 'Last Shift', and I Must Fear God Over Man
Oct 29, 2020
Killer Camp - Real Life "Among Us" with Real Life Consequences
Oct 23, 2020
Sinister - w/ film_junkie_reviews in Home Videos Hide Horrible Histories
Oct 15, 2020
Train to Busan - w/ The Reformed Gamers Treasuring Trains and Zombies
Oct 07, 2020
TT: WandaVision, Dune, The Mandalorian Season Two
Oct 04, 2020
Tenet - w/ film_junkie_reviews in the Predestination Episode
Sep 30, 2020
She Dies Tomorrow - Anxiety is Infectious, Sympathy is Key
Sep 16, 2020
TT: The Batman, Zack Snyder's Justice League, WW84
Sep 09, 2020
An American Pickle - Two Seth Rogans for the Price of One!
Aug 27, 2020
A Ghost Story - On Time, Grief, and Interpreting Media
Aug 21, 2020
Stargirl - Discussing Adaptions and Christ's Joy in Kindness
Aug 17, 2020
MMN: Ambler Theater Interview, Supporting Local Venues, Tenet Codependency
Aug 04, 2020
Hamilton - w/ Chris Staron in Total Geek Out
Jul 29, 2020
The Avengers - w/ ShatterCast in a Phase One Finale and Retrospective
Jul 24, 2020
Captain America: The First Avenger - Half Pure, Half Schlock
Jul 15, 2020
Thor - w/ Brad Bates and Asking if the Past Defines Us
Jul 08, 2020
MMN: VOD, Masks in Theaters, Gone with the Wind
Jul 04, 2020
TT: The King's Man, Bill & Ted 3, Connected
Jul 01, 2020
Quarantine Binge: What We've Been Watching
Jun 29, 2020
American Gospel: Christ Alone - Challenging, Empowering, Overwhelming
Jun 23, 2020
Iron Man 2 - w/ Caleb Young and Enjoying Things that Stink
Jun 16, 2020
The Incredible Hulk - A Strange Anomaly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jun 10, 2020
Iron Man - w/ Caleb Young and Revisiting an Old Friend
Jun 05, 2020
Tigertail - w/ film_junkie_reviews on Overcoming Pride and the Immigrant Experience
May 30, 2020
Samson - How My Wife Got Me To Watch This Despite Us Knowing Better
May 17, 2020
I Am Legend - w/ film_junkie_reviews on Will Smith, Zombies, and Community
Apr 13, 2020
To All the Boys I've Loved Before - The Teen Drama/Dating/Romance Episode
Mar 24, 2020
Super Mario Bros. - w/ The Reformed Gamers and Reliving Trauma
Mar 17, 2020
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - Accessible and Amazing
Mar 13, 2020
MMN: Bob Iger & Disney Plus, Coronavirus and the Looming Writers Strike, Quibi
Mar 11, 2020
TT: Fast and Furious 9, Candyman, The Green Knight
Mar 06, 2020
Contagion - Strangely Predictive (and Not Because of the Coronavirus)
Feb 27, 2020
Sonic the Hedgehog - A Messy Franchise, a Messy Film
Feb 20, 2020
Birds of Prey - and the Fantabulous Discussion of One Christian Podcast
Feb 14, 2020
MMN: The Bizarre Legacy of the Golden Globes and How They're a Sham
Feb 06, 2020
TT: A Quiet Place Part 2, Tenet, Morbius
Feb 04, 2020
First Reformed - Hope and Despair
Feb 01, 2020
A Hidden Life - Conscientious Objection and the Christian Walk
Jan 24, 2020
The Mandalorian (S1) - How Slow-Paced Character Building Isn't "Filler", You're Just Droning
Jan 17, 2020
MMN: Star Wars Production Rumors, Thoughts on The First Temptation of Christ
Jan 09, 2020
TT: Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, Mulan
Jan 03, 2020
A Quiet Place - Efficient Mom Horror
Dec 31, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Let's Talk About Idol Worship
Dec 27, 2019
MMN: Feige Responds to Scorsese, James Dean Recast, Disney+
Dec 05, 2019
TT: Sonic the Hedgehog, Soul, Bad Boys for Life
Dec 02, 2019
Black Christmas (1974) - A Response to the Sexual Revolution
Nov 28, 2019
Lady and the Tramp (2019) - Uncanny Valley for Dogs
Nov 21, 2019
The King (2019) - Royalty and Responsibility
Nov 13, 2019
The Book of Eli - A Product of General Revelation
Nov 07, 2019
MMN: Joker Aftermath, Martin Scorsese on Marvel, and Kevin Feige's Promotion
Nov 04, 2019
TT: The Rise of Skywalker, Dolittle, Birds of Prey
Nov 01, 2019
28 Days Later - Genre Defining, if Not a Little Flawed
Nov 01, 2019
Joker - Dangerously Cathartic
Oct 17, 2019
Halloweentown - I Can't Believe This Episode is 20 Minutes
Oct 04, 2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (S1) - Exceptional Creativity and Confidence
Sep 26, 2019
The Dark Crystal - A Charming, Ancient Tale
Sep 19, 2019
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - Accessible and Amazing
Sep 13, 2019
IT Chapter Two - A Boring, Repetitive Snooze-Fest
Sep 12, 2019
IT (2017) - A Satisfying Adaption of an Ambitious Novel
Sep 11, 2019
Cloverfield - One Big Giant Mystery
Sep 04, 2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - For the Times They Are a-Changin'
Aug 29, 2019
The Boys (S1) - A Revealing Picture of Western Culture
Aug 18, 2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Fun, Preteen Horror
Aug 14, 2019
The Farewell - The Heavy Weight of Lying
Aug 07, 2019
The Art of Self-Defense - Toxic Masculinity and the Importance of Community
Jul 31, 2019
Manchester by the Sea - Quick Audiences and Dysfunctional Families
Jul 25, 2019
Let the Right One In - An Intimate Innocence
Jul 18, 2019
OT: The Steep 'Learning Curve' of Panos Cosmatos
Jul 16, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home - A Safe Epilogue to Phase Three
Jul 10, 2019
Yesterday - A Day in the Life Without The Beatles
Jul 03, 2019
The Happening - You Almost Can't Believe It Happened
Jun 27, 2019
Rocketman - Love Lost is Hard to Find
Jun 20, 2019
Mandy - Furious, Starless Love
Jun 13, 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Fun, Dumb, and Ironic
Jun 06, 2019
Brightburn - A Failed Attempt at Everything (Except Passion)
May 30, 2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Murderously Dream-like
May 24, 2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu - Unironically Postmodern
May 15, 2019
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - A Love Letter to New Media
May 08, 2019
Avengers: Endgame - The Grand Finale to 21 Feature-Length Commercials
May 01, 2019
Pet Sematary (2019) - Sluggishly Mediocre, Highly Forgettable, Disappointing
Apr 25, 2019
Hellboy (2019) - Worst Film of the Year (and Possibly the Decade)
Apr 17, 2019
Shazam! - A Meta Superhero Film (And Another Good DC Movie!)
Apr 11, 2019
Colossal - A Small Tale About Big Problems
Apr 03, 2019
Us - A Parable of Division
Mar 27, 2019
It Follows - How to Engage 'Extreme Content' as a Christian
Mar 20, 2019