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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I Can Only Imagine – A Monumental Song, A Serviceable Movie – Cinematic Doctrine: A Movie Review Podcast Hosted by Christians

Send us a Question!REBROADCAST MOVIE DISCUSSION: From setting the stage with the world of CCM, to the song I Can Only Imagine's release and world domination, then finally right into the movie itself, Melvin and Daniel dive into many topics throughout this episode! (originally released August 31st, 2021) Topics: A brief history of CCM in the early 2000's which set the stage for the song I Can Only Imagine. Explaining the impact of the song I Can Only Imagine. Melvin had three not-so-positive (but not deal-breaking) observations that made it hard for him to fully enjoy the movie I Can Only Imagine. I Can Only Imagine is a 'good Christian movie' because "it just does all the things a movie should." Melvin, "I would have liked if the bulk of the movie was the reconciliation between [Bart Millard] and his dad." For Daniel, the ending is too cheesy when compared to the real life events they seem to semi-replicate. I Can Only Imagine, as a movie, isn't trying to sell you anything, and that's likely why it worked well with critics.Recommendations: John MacArthur's Acts Commentary (Volume One & Two) // Stanley Horton's Acts CommentaryDonut County Erin Morgenstern's "The Starless Sea" 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 & PinsSocial Links: ThreadsWebsiteInstagramLetterboxdFacebook Group 

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