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Cinematic Doctrine: A Movie Review Podcast Hosted by Christians — 346 episodes
Buffet Infinity - Cult of (Commercial Television) Personality
Better Off Dead - Teens Are Absurd
I Can Only Imagine - A Monumental Song, A Serviceable Movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ambitious and/or Bloated
Spider-Man: Brand New Day - w/ Daniel Braindead on Consequences and Growing Up
Sunset Boulevard - Resilience, Belonging, & the Impact of Film
The Matrix - The Mind, the Body, the Leather
Loner - Underseen and Understated
Frogman - Cryptids, Found-Footage, & Self-Destruction
Vertigo - The iPad Kid Killer
Grant Gow on "What's Theater Programming?" at the Hiway Theater
Obsession - w/ Dreadful Digest on Female Agency and Pathetic Men
Backrooms - The Liminal Space Between Character & Vibes
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish - "I will not remember this film."
Serial Experiments Lain - w/ Beneath the Tangles on Loving Lain
Tomie - Toxic Femininity Explored
My Neighbor Totoro - w/ Paryss Bryanne on Childhood Whimsy as Adults
Rear Window - The Voyeurism Episode
Exit 8 - Notice Your Neighbor
IT: Welcome to Derry - w/ Dreadful Digest on Not-Your-Dad's-Stranger-Things
Significant Other - w/ Janecka Olen on Al(ien)pine Divorce
undertone - dumbest movie of the decade?
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - On Kids Movies
The Fly (1986) - w/ Horror Hour with the Hannas on Fragile Bodies, Men, and Stomachs
Scream 7 - Kalshi, MetaAI, and Israel Controversy
Bugonia - Rich People Blame You
Misericordia - Life After Death (and also Mushrooms)
Bottle Rocket - Talking Wes Anderson
Iron Lung - Is Cosmic Horror Hope-core?
Stranger Things S5 - Canon Fanfiction
Priest - happy new year i guess
Q4 Catch-Up 2025: The Finale!
The Bishop's Wife - Cucked by an Angel
Superman (2025) - Curtains for Comic Book Movies?
Podcast Update + A Royal Christmas Mini-Game
Now You See Me - Audiences Deserve Better
Keeper - Is It Good?
Death Note: The Last Name - Satisfactory
Black Phone 2 - Truth is Scary
Weapons - Drip-Fed Filler
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It - But Tune Into It!
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Distilled Social Philosophy
The Long Walk - Class Solidarity and Foot Pain
Q3 Catch-Up 2025: Budget/Revenue Rankings Galore!
The Blair Witch Project - Melvin's Feminist Hot Take of 2025
War of the Worlds (2025) - Coworker Movie
Kelsey, Marissa, and (Not So) Shiny Happy People (S1-2)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Trolley Problem 4 the MCU
Sinners - The World is a Vampire
The Incredibles - w/ Jessica LM Jenkins on Pixar's "The Fantastic Four"
ParaNorman - How it Feels to be Weird and Lonely
Redeeming Love - A Marriage of Sacred & Secular
Village of the Damned (1960) - (Scary) Kids Are People Too!
Kelsey & the CCM Coconut Tree (Michael Tait, Sean Feucht, The Jesus Music)
Jacob's Ladder - Silent Hill Meets Slaughterhouse-Five
Q2 Catch-Up 2025: Jen & Sarah Are Out of Control!
Lilo & Stitch (2002) - w/ Whistler the Deer on Enduring Love & Ohana
Event Horizon - Science as Religion, Horror as Reality
Companion - Love, Independence, and Robots
Smart House - Dumb Podcast
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - w/ The Substance Podcast on Important American Cinema
No Game No Life: Zero Made Me 😬
Death Note (2006) - And, Like, Also the Anime
Akira - Transcendental Filmmaking
Spirited Away - Peak Miyazaki
Her - Manic Pixie Digital Girl
Snow White: A Tale of Terror - Gloriously Grimdark
Chef - The Artist, The Critic, The Passionate
Q1 Catch-Up 2025: A Fresh Start
North Shore - w/ Systematic Geekology on Surfin' 101
Exodus: Gods and Kings - Naïve & Devoid of Content
Annihilation - Reductionist Media
The Monkey - Classy Schlock and Awe
Welcome to Leith - w/ Sons of Patriarchy on the Complex Trauma of Ideological Imperialism
When Evil Lurks - The Penalty of Ignoring the Marginalized
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Legacy, Renewal, and Fish
Pride & Prejudice (1995) - w/ Marissa Burt on Patriarchy, Feminism, Shame, & Marriage
A Quiet Place: Day One - The Best Quiet Place (So Far!)
I Saw the TV Glow - Emotionally Devastating
Journey to Bethlehem - A Conviction of Fiction
Hot Frosty - The Hottest Movie of 2024!
The Unknown – w/ At Home with the Lectionary on Perpetual Actors
Signs - A Contrived Deus Ex Machina
Joker: Folie à Deux - w/ Movies & Us on How it Might be Good?
The Assistant - w/ Sheila Gregoire on Toxic Workplaces and How They (Don't) Manage
Ready Player One - w/ Geek Freaks on Nostalgia Overwhelming
Shadowlands - Desire, Suffering, Love
Tower of Terror - More Theme Park Silliness
Donnie Darko - w/ Liz & A Movie on Teen A(ngst)gnosticism
The Crow (1994) - w/ Daniel Braindead on Life, Death, Love, & Hate
Spawn - w/ Systematic Geekology on Nobody's 90s Nostalgia
Synchronic - Kitchen Sink Sci-Fi
Your Name. - w/ Beneath the Tangles on Shinkai's Melancholic Filmography
Frances Ha - w/ Movies & Us on Adulting
The Outsiders – w/ The Filmjoe Podcast on a Golden, Sophomoric, Teenage Reflection
Pulse - A Lonely, Traumatic, Dead Internet
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - It's Embarrassing and Weird
The Blackcoat's Daughter - The Horror of Spiritual Loneliness
Dream Scenario - w/ The Infinity Bros Podcast on Ideals, Self-Image, and Vanity
Pitch Black - The Proto Syfy Channel Original Movie
Zoetic and the CCM Coconut Tree (Jesus Revolution, The Jesus Music)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Cartoonish YA Silliness
Cube - Intriguing, Intelligent, and Well Directed
Good Burger 2 - Edible but Expired Nostalgia
The Man from Earth - Hollow, Pretentious, and Poorly Directed
Doom - w/ The Reformed Gamers on Misguided Video Game Adaptions
Holes - Yeah, It's as Good as You Remember
Unbreakable - w/ Geek Devotions on Power, Gentleness, and a Perfect Movie
When Marnie Was There - Personal Anxiety, Western Queerbaiting, and Transformative Love
Your Lie in April - w/ Faith & Fandom in the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Episode
Uzumaki - Editing, Obsession, Acceptance
Howl's Moving Castle - w/ Establishing Shot Pod on Turmoil and Kindness
Damsel - w/ Shesmadeofwords on Millie Bobby Brown, Scary Dragons, & Wanting More
Shin Godzilla - w/ Monster Island Film Vault on 3/11 and Existential Titan Horror
Animal Farm (1954) - Historically Important Well-Made Propaganda
Green Lantern - w/ Nerds & Jesus Podcast on The "Sam's Club" Tire-Buying Movie
The Stepford Wives (1975) - w/ Kelsey McGinnis On Tradwives and Asking: "Do Stepford Men Even Like Women?"
The Luck of the Irish - Our Luck Has Run Out
Dune: Part 2 - w/ Jerry Dugan Spittin' Dune Facts!
Arrival - w/ The Gospel According To Making the Most of Misery
Prince of Darkness - w/ Terrorific Lady and the Dimensions of Horror
The Mighty Ducks - The 90s Are In! (Also Dads, Hockey, and Disney Movies)
The Menu - w/ TylerBanarkReviewsMovies who's Seated for Two
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - The Death Knell of YA Adaptions
The Royal Tenenbaums - The Godfather for Liberal Art Students
On Golden Pond - Nostalgia, Perception, and Old Age
Death Note (2017) - Criminally Westernized
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) - Wow, It's Just Like 1984
Eraserhead - About Maturing, Sex, and Philadelphia
Five Nights at Freddy's - w/ The Reformed Gamers Surviving All Five Nights
Good Burger - 90s Throwback Time
The Quibi Quandary Part 3: Lost Media in Real Time
The Quibi Quandary Part 2: Melvin & Dan Explore the Quibi-Verse
The Quibi Quandary Part 1: How it Came Before it Went
The VelociPastor - w/ Ant Coughlin (a normal Pastor)
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)
Haunted Mansion (2023) - Secondhand Embarrassment
Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Saga (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie)
The Haunted Mansion - Ghost Cuckoldry? In my Haunted Mansion? It's More Likely Than You Think.
The Mummy (1999) - A Simpler, More Adventurous Time
Rashomon - A Trial of Lies, Sensationalism, and Humanity
Good Will Hunting - Healing Masculinity
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 - Different Game, Different Rules
Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper - Queen Cinema
Scanners - Boundary Breaking & Head Popping
Canon, Continuity, and the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis
Tickled - Grippingly Awkward, Absurdly Silly, Excellent
Barbie - No Genitals. No Problems.
Wall·E - Consumerism, Connection, Community
Smile - w/ Ant Coughlin and how Smile is Engaging, Derivative, and Irresponsible
Beckman - The Supposed Christian John Wick
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Flash
Teen Wolf - 80s Comedy Galore
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Bigger in Scope
Skinamarink, Creepypasta, & Internet Horror (Host, We're All Going to the World's Fair)
Whale Rider - Artificial Hope Is Naturally Hopeless
A Silent Voice - You Can't Say It Didn't Shoot For the Moon
Madoka Magica is Beautifully Tragica
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Legacy of Evangelion
Dragonball Evolution - A Movie You Forgot Exists
Princess Mononoke - Exploring the Universal Problem of Death
Fireproof - Weirdly Voyeuristic, Strangely Intriguing, Awkward
The Prince of Egypt - Knowledgeable, Reverential, Beautiful
The Tree of Life - w/ Eric Nevins and Growing Up in a Broken, Glory-Filled World
Ladyhawke - What Makes a Film Prime Remake Material?
The Hunger Games - Odds? In My Favor? It's More Likely Than You Think!
Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Decent, but Tired
Best & Worst of 2022 (Part 2)
Best & Worst of 2022 (Part 1)
Belle - Dysfunctional Digital Duality
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - The Multiverse Homework Problem
Drag Me to Hell - Shame, Consequence, and Body Fluids
George Washington - Heartfelt, Adolescent, Spiritual, Poetic
Daredevil - Is It As Bad As We All Remember?
Where the Scary Things Are - Delightfully Terrible in All the Right Ways
A Royal Gremlins Christmas w/ Chris Staron
Avatar: The Way of Water - w/ Jerry Dugan and Celebrating Great CGI
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - A Solid Whodunnit
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ambitious and/or Bloated
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Melvin Officially Has Marvel Exhaustion
Black Adam - Rentable
David Gordon Green's Halloween Trilogy and Changing Opinions
Hangman's Curse (Part 2) - The Official Hangman's Curse Devotional
Hangman's Curse (Part 1) - Talking Frank Peretti's First Spooky Film Adaption
Halloween Ends - Bonkers
Oculus - Decent Despite Disappointments
The Blackcoat's Daughter - The Horror of Spiritual Loneliness
The Bear (S1) - The Most Loving Show on Television
WB Discovery Repels Artists through David Zaslav's Wild Management Style
Not Okay - The Better Evan Hansen
Prey - Or, the Actual First Sequel to Predator
It's Not Just Batgirl; HBOmax May Be Canceled Too
Nope - w/ Ant Coughlin and the Consequence of Spectacle
Ms. Marvel - A Great Teen Superhero Show Nobody Watched
Jurassic World Dominion - Oof
Thor: Love and Thunder - Tripping Over Itself
Stranger Things S4 - "There really is nothing like it!"
Tickled - Grippingly Awkward, Absurdly Silly, Excellent
Stranger Things S1-3 Retrospective
So... About That Halo Show...
Top Gun: Maverick - Everyone Loves it, Including Your Dad!
Archive 81 - Analog Horror & Quality Cancelations
Moon Knight - Not Quite Weird, Not Quite Experimental
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - The Anti-No Way Home
CODA - A Disney Channel Original Best Picture Winner
Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Reaction and the Future of DC in Film
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Gotta Go Faster!!
Morbius - Skippable
The House - We Are Extremely Interested in This Podcast
Redeeming Love - A Marriage of Sacred & Secular CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEW
Turning Red - Heritage, Teenagers, & Puberty: Oh My!
The Batman - Peak Comic Noir
A Normie's Best & Worst of 2021
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Thanks, I Hate It
Hiatus Prayers and Computer Problems
Free Guy - Summer Blockbuster in Winter!
Spider-Man: No Way Home - Super Spider Bros.
Is Cinematic Doctrine a Christian Movie Podcast?
The Marc Webb Spider-Man Duology
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 3) - The Anti-Bojack Horseman
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 2) - Problematic, Incomplete, Dangerous
Dear Evan Hansen (Part 1) - 2021's Movie Punching Bag
The Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy
Dune (2021) - Succeeds Where Eternals Fails
Eternals - Certified Rotten
Dune Episode When, Zoomer Youth Group and Media, Eternals Certified Rotten??
Halloween Kills - Deliciously Divisive
Over the Garden Wall - A Dream-Like Fairy-Tale of Fear
Nightbooks and Family-Friendly Horror Movies
Ernest Scared Stupid - w/ Chris Staron and Halloween Hijinks
What If...? - A Chaotic Episode for a Chaotic Show
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - It's Embarrassing and Weird
ParaNorman - How it Feels to be Weird and Lonely
Malignant - Pulpy Horror Mystery with a Killer Third Act
Candyman (2021) - Black Gaslighting, Exploitation, and Gentrification
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Martial Arts and Future Hopes
I Can Only Imagine - A Monumental Song, A Serviceable Movie CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEW
Canon, Continuity, and the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis
The Chosen (S1) - Depictions of Jesus & Media Literacy CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEW
Masters of the Universe: Revelation (P1) - Critics vs. Fans, A Tale as Old as Time
Bo Burnham: Inside - A Musical Memoir about Mental Health, the Internet, and 2020
The Queen's Gambit - Peak Feminist Cinema
Loki (S1) - Self-Love and Reflection, and Cultural Observation
Black Widow - A Middling Marvel Movie
Invincible (S1) - Brilliantly Complex and Intensely Human
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Too Much Too Little
WandaVision - A (Marvel) Grief Observed
Inside Out - How Emotions Put the Podcast on Hiatus
Long Hiatus Underway
The Mandalorian (S2) - w/ ShatterCast and a Love of Star Wars
MMN: Warner Media's Industry-Changing Decision
TT: Loki, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, What If...?
Onward - The Magic of Family & Self-Sacrifice
Update and Tenet Episode
Ernest Saves Christmas - w/ Chris Staron and Slapstick Silliness
Jiu Jitsu - A Messy Martial Arts Misfire
The Santa Clause - My Wife Cheers when Tim Allen Kills Santa
The Mandalorian (S1) - How Slow-Paced Character Building Isn't "Filler", You're Just Droning
Enola Holmes - w/ film_junkie_reviews in the Gender Discussion Episode
MMN: AMC Tries to Survive, 'Soul' on Disney Plus, Speculative Distribution Changes
TT: Monster Hunter, Mank, Jiu Jitsu
God Convicted Me with 'Last Shift', and I Must Fear God Over Man
Killer Camp - Real Life "Among Us" with Real Life Consequences
Sinister - w/ film_junkie_reviews in Home Videos Hide Horrible Histories
Train to Busan - w/ The Reformed Gamers Treasuring Trains and Zombies
TT: WandaVision, Dune, The Mandalorian Season Two
Tenet - w/ film_junkie_reviews in the Predestination Episode
She Dies Tomorrow - Anxiety is Infectious, Sympathy is Key
TT: The Batman, Zack Snyder's Justice League, WW84
An American Pickle - Two Seth Rogans for the Price of One!
A Ghost Story - On Time, Grief, and Interpreting Media
Stargirl - Discussing Adaptions and Christ's Joy in Kindness
MMN: Ambler Theater Interview, Supporting Local Venues, Tenet Codependency
Hamilton - w/ Chris Staron in Total Geek Out
The Avengers - w/ ShatterCast in a Phase One Finale and Retrospective
Captain America: The First Avenger - Half Pure, Half Schlock
Thor - w/ Brad Bates and Asking if the Past Defines Us
MMN: VOD, Masks in Theaters, Gone with the Wind
TT: The King's Man, Bill & Ted 3, Connected
Quarantine Binge: What We've Been Watching
American Gospel: Christ Alone - Challenging, Empowering, Overwhelming CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEW
Iron Man 2 - w/ Caleb Young and Enjoying Things that Stink
The Incredible Hulk - A Strange Anomaly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Iron Man - w/ Caleb Young and Revisiting an Old Friend
Tigertail - w/ film_junkie_reviews on Overcoming Pride and the Immigrant Experience
Samson - How My Wife Got Me To Watch This Despite Us Knowing Better CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEW
I Am Legend - w/ film_junkie_reviews on Will Smith, Zombies, and Community
To All the Boys I've Loved Before - The Teen Drama/Dating/Romance Episode
Super Mario Bros. - w/ The Reformed Gamers and Reliving Trauma
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - Accessible and Amazing
MMN: Bob Iger & Disney Plus, Coronavirus and the Looming Writers Strike, Quibi
TT: Fast and Furious 9, Candyman, The Green Knight
Contagion - Strangely Predictive (and Not Because of the Coronavirus)
Sonic the Hedgehog - A Messy Franchise, a Messy Film
Birds of Prey - and the Fantabulous Discussion of One Christian Podcast
MMN: The Bizarre Legacy of the Golden Globes and How They're a Sham
TT: A Quiet Place Part 2, Tenet, Morbius
First Reformed - Hope and Despair
A Hidden Life - Conscientious Objection and the Christian Walk
The Mandalorian (S1) - How Slow-Paced Character Building Isn't "Filler", You're Just Droning
MMN: Star Wars Production Rumors, Thoughts on The First Temptation of Christ
TT: Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984, Mulan
A Quiet Place - Efficient Mom Horror
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Let's Talk About Idol Worship
MMN: Feige Responds to Scorsese, James Dean Recast, Disney+
TT: Sonic the Hedgehog, Soul, Bad Boys for Life
Black Christmas (1974) - A Response to the Sexual Revolution
Lady and the Tramp (2019) - Uncanny Valley for Dogs
The King (2019) - Royalty and Responsibility
The Book of Eli - A Product of General Revelation
MMN: Joker Aftermath, Martin Scorsese on Marvel, and Kevin Feige's Promotion
TT: The Rise of Skywalker, Dolittle, Birds of Prey
28 Days Later - Genre Defining, if Not a Little Flawed
Joker - Dangerously Cathartic
Halloweentown - I Can't Believe This Episode is 20 Minutes
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (S1) - Exceptional Creativity and Confidence
The Dark Crystal - A Charming, Ancient Tale
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - Accessible and Amazing
IT Chapter Two - A Boring, Repetitive Snooze-Fest
IT (2017) - A Satisfying Adaption of an Ambitious Novel
Cloverfield - One Big Giant Mystery
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - For the Times They Are a-Changin'
The Boys (S1) - A Revealing Picture of Western Culture
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Fun, Preteen Horror
The Farewell - The Heavy Weight of Lying
The Art of Self-Defense - Toxic Masculinity and the Importance of Community
Manchester by the Sea - Quick Audiences and Dysfunctional Families
Let the Right One In - An Intimate Innocence
OT: The Steep 'Learning Curve' of Panos Cosmatos
Spider-Man: Far From Home - A Safe Epilogue to Phase Three
Yesterday - A Day in the Life Without The Beatles
The Happening - You Almost Can't Believe It Happened
Rocketman - Love Lost is Hard to Find
Mandy - Furious, Starless Love
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Fun, Dumb, and Ironic
Brightburn - A Failed Attempt at Everything (Except Passion)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Murderously Dream-like
Pokémon Detective Pikachu - Unironically Postmodern
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - A Love Letter to New Media
Avengers: Endgame - The Grand Finale to 21 Feature-Length Commercials
Pet Sematary (2019) - Sluggishly Mediocre, Highly Forgettable, Disappointing
Hellboy (2019) - Worst Film of the Year (and Possibly the Decade)
Shazam! - A Meta Superhero Film (And Another Good DC Movie!)
Colossal - A Small Tale About Big Problems
Us - A Parable of Division
It Follows - How to Engage 'Extreme Content' as a Christian