Cinematic Doctrine
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
Episodes
315 episodes
Q4 Catch-Up 2025: The Finale!
QUARTERLY CATCH-UP: Movies & Us: Podcast, Instagram TV & Us: Podcast,
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40:29
The Bishop's Wife - Cucked by an Angel
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss The Bishop's Wife, an Oscar winning Christmas flick from 1947! What do they like? What do they dislike? It's got a lot of similarities to It's a Wonderful...
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Season 1
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Episode 254
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53:48
Superman (2025) - Curtains for Comic Book Movies?
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Shirleon joins Melvin to discuss Superman (2025), James Gunn's latest superhero feature and first of the new DC Studios flicks! The two explore what they like, what they didn't like, how there's an ...
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Episode 253
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58:30
Podcast Update + A Royal Christmas Mini-Game
UPDATE: I'm a Store Manager for a popular retail space. For obvious reasons this time of the year is extremely busy for me. Like previous years I thought I could handle my irl work and my podcast work, but that is no...
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Now You See Me - Audiences Deserve Better
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as ...
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Season 1
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Episode 252
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54:51
Keeper - Is It Good?
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss Osgood Perkins' second movie of 2025, Keeper! Has Perkins created another commercially accessible psychological-horror success, or has he returned to his undeniably d...
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Episode 251
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Death Note: The Last Name - Satisfactory
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Shirleon joins Melvin to discuss Death Note: The Last Name, a sequel to 2006's Japanese live-action adaptation, Death Note, that released 3-months later. The two look at the film as a unit ...
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Season 1
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Episode 250
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58:26
Black Phone 2 - Truth is Scary
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss Scott Derrickson's latest horror feature, Black Phone 2! The two get into what sets it apart from other franchises like A Nightmare on Elm Street, how it holds up aga...
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Season 1
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Episode 249
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1:17:19
Weapons - Drip-Fed Filler
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION:This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as $3 a m...
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Episode 248
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1:09:25
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It - But Tune Into It!
PARTY PLEASER: Shirleon joins Melvin to summarize The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It, a late-2000s direct-to-video family-friendly horror movie based on R.L. Stine's short stories! Is it possible to be scary wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 247
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1:20:06
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Distilled Social Philosophy
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Shirleon and Kathryn join Melvin to discuss George Romero's groundbreaking, culture-making horror feature Night of the Living Dead (1968)! From its rich characters to the longstanding influence of h...
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Episode 246
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The Long Walk - Class Solidarity and Foot Pain
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss The Long Walk, a film whose premise is extremely simple yet whose content is incredibly challenging. Based on a novel influenced by the woes of the Vietnam War, this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 245
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1:20:07
Q3 Catch-Up 2025: Budget/Revenue Rankings Galore!
QUARTERLY CATCH-UP:Movies & Us: Podcast, InstagramTV & Us: Podcast, Ins...
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1:02:32
The Blair Witch Project - Melvin's Feminist Hot Take of 2025
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as ...
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Season 1
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Episode 244
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1:20:50
War of the Worlds (2025) - Coworker Movie
PARTY PLEASER: Kathryn joins Melvin to summarize this year's cherry-picked so-bad-its-good movie, War of the Worlds (2025)! Featuring a cast of fairly known names (Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Devon Bostick, Clark Gregg, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 243
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1:07:07
Kelsey, Marissa, and (Not So) Shiny Happy People (S1-2)
LET'S TALK: In the Church Library: PodcastKelsey Kramer McGinnis: Instagram // Substack //
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1:51:49
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Trolley Problem 4 the MCU
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin return to the MCU to discuss The Fantastic Four: First Steps! It's been 2 years since the gang has talked about Marvel, so what's it like to discuss this latest feature? Also, d...
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Season 1
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Episode 242
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53:52
Sinners - The World is a Vampire
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as ...
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Season 1
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Episode 241
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1:20:15
The Incredibles - w/ Jessica LM Jenkins on Pixar's "The Fantastic Four"
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Jessica LM Jenkins: Podcast // Instagram // YouTube //
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Episode 240
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1:11:34
ParaNorman - How it Feels to be Weird and Lonely
REBROADCAST MOVIE DISCUSSION: In this rebroadcast episode (originally released September 28th, 2021), Melvin & Dan talk about one of Laika's several family-friendly horror-animated features, ParaNorman!
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Redeeming Love - A Marriage of Sacred & Secular
REBROADCAST MOVIE DISCUSSION: Before Dune, Daniel saw a trailer for Redeeming Love. After the trailer played, he leaned over to his friend and said, "I think that's supposed to be a sexy Christian movie.". S...
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1:35:14
Village of the Damned (1960) - (Scary) Kids Are People Too!
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION:This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as $3 a m...
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Season 1
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Episode 239
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1:00:19
Kelsey & the CCM Coconut Tree (Michael Tait, Sean Feucht, The Jesus Music)
LET'S TALK: Kelsey McGinnis: Instagram // Christianity Today // PodcastPre-Order:
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Jacob's Ladder - Silent Hill Meets Slaughterhouse-Five
MOVIE DISCUSSION: Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss an early 1990s horror feature, Jacob's Ladder! That's right, the gang heads back to the 90s to discuss another cult-classic horror feature, and the two get into all i...
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Season 1
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Episode 238
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