Sinners: The World is a Vampire

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Shirleon joins Melvin to discuss Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s massive 2025 hit. As the film continues to dominate conversation, the two discuss it’s myriad of themes, whether the film mixes its ideas together well, how they interpret the dichotomy between Smoke and Stack, and the relationship between music, creativity, power, and community. 

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 20-minutes discussing the announcement that John Krasinski will be returning for A Quiet Place Part III despite A Quiet Place: Day One turning out to be the best of those films and he wasn’t even attached to it, and whether it’s even theater worthy or a “wait-till-streaming” kind of thing. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 
• Shirleon absolutely loved Sinners in every way possible.
• Melvin didn’t love it but he did think it was good, and he spends some time exploring what he believes are the film’s 3 parts: drama, themes, and vampires.
• Contrasting coalescence and coexistence, two things Melvin observed in the film.
• Shirleon was consistently in awe of the film, noting not only the visuals but the dialogue as well.
• Thinking about “it” movies and whether movies can be “objectively good” or “objectively bad”.
• Talking about the music and THAT scene.
• Melvin, “…when you are excellent you are attractive to more than just good people. You are also attractive to evil as well.”
• Talking about the title and how some spiritual leaders have misaligned priorities.
• How Sammie exists as a “what comes next” kind of character, both literally within the story and thematically in its metatext.

Recommendations:

• Primal (2019-X) (TV Show)
• The Running Man (1987) (Movie)

Sinners is Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content and language. It features Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Sail Williams, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Jack O’Connell, Helena Hu, Yao, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Hailee Steinfeld. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Sinners is available here.

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Priest – happy new year i guess – 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! Shirleon joins Melvin to summarize Priest, a forgotten feature from 2011. Loosely based upon a Manhwa of the same name, the two explore some of the neat ideas stuck beneath this unfocused, Syfy-original-like flick. And yes, it starts with a lore dump because of course it does. Topics:Editor's Note: No Patreon Exclusive discussion! But, I do intend to trim this episode down from its original 1:22:34 length, so if you want to hear the UNCUT version, tune in on Patreon here!Priest feels like it should have come out in the early 2000s.Comparing vampire lore.Melvin feels Paul Bettany isn't a leading man, but he has criticisms over the entire casting of Priest.Discussing the vampire design.Priest can't go a few minutes without making mistakes.It's infrequent but occasionally the movie has some cool sci-fi visuals.Shirleon, "It's got good bones."Further vampire-lore conversations.When an ending promises spectacle but pulls the rug out from under you.Recommendations:The Devouring Light by Kat Ellis (2025) (Book)Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead by Taylor Lorenz (YouTube)Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers & Pins Social Links: Threads Website Instagram Letterboxd Facebook Group

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