The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For November 6th, 2017, Michael, Graeme and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the clumsy balance of religious allegory and bloodthirsty violence in HACKSAW RIDGE from Mel Gibson, show co-host Rob Leickner debuts his film THE LONELY LIGHT OF HOME at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, the brilliant and touching COLUMBUS is essentially an architecture coffee table book written by Richard Linklater, we dive deeper into the looped rabbit hole of RESOLUTION from THE ENDLESS directors Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson, Michael dares to throw shade at the Netflix juggernaut STRANGER THINGS Season 2, and much, much more before our featured review of THOR: RAGNAROK from director Taika Waititi.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:45 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:38:10 - Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• 0:59:13 - *Spoiler tag*

CLIPS

• Columbus (2017)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

CREDITS

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• Or maybe follow @MichaelRLynd
• Find all of our episodes at verticalviewing.com
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For November 20th, 2018, MikeG, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the late Gordon Downie's concept album/graphic novel SECRET PATH depicting the tragedy of Chanie Wenjack, Jeff Bridges' spectacular sagging gut in HELL OR HIGH WATER is a thing of beauty, THE DISASTER ARTIST is James Franco's hilarious and adorable love letter to THE ROOM and Tommy Wiseau, Scott jumps out of the passenger door in the middle of LADY BIRD starring Saorise Ronan, and much, much more before our featured review of JUSTICE LEAGUE from director Zack Snyder.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:07:30 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:20 - Review: Justice League (2017)
• 1:11:45 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Disaster Artist (2017)
• Justice League (2017) 

CREDITS

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• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Follow us @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For November 27th, 2018, Michael, Rick, Dan and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss a massive slate of incredible goodies like the insane rap battle experience BODIED from Joseph Kahn, Denzel rocks a mean tooth gap as ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. from Dan Gilroy, we give some love to poor little GEOSTORM after getting totally barbecued by critics, Scott turns into nostalgic jelly for FIELD OF DREAMS with that late 80s sparkling brass/harp/chime film score, we get a sneak preview of Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER featuring some kinky fish love, and much, much more before our featured review of THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI from writer/director Martin McDonagh.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:08:20 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:39:10 - Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
• 1:00:10 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Bodied (2018)
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 

CREDITS

• Follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe follow @MichaelRLynd
• Why not follow @DanNicholls 
• Check out @rickchung on Twitter
• Find all of our episodes at verticalviewing.com
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For December 4th, 2018, Michael, Red & Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss: the mind blowing real-time rendering of the ADAM short film series from Neill Blomkamp and Oats Studios, the luxurious narrative of MUDBOUND feels like an entire season of a TV series packed into a feature film, Myke has some COLOSSAL issues with Jason Sudeikis and basically the entire movie as a whole, and much, much more before we get deeeeep into our featured review of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN from writer/directors Joel & Ethan Coen. 

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:25 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:23:45 - Review: No Country for Old Men (2007)

CLIPS

• Colossal (2016)
• No Country For Old Men (2007)

CREDITS

• Follow @jared_sargent 
• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Follow us @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For December 12th, 2018, Michael & Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the unmitigated disaster of ZOOLANDER 2, Hugh Jackman's new musical THE GREATEST SHOWMAN waves some impressive song & dance numbers in your face hoping you'll forget P.T. Barnum was a total scumbag, one of us thinks STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS only works on the first viewing, the criminally underrated Action/Sci-Fi thriller SPECTRAL is secretly a pulp masterpiece, Myke catches a cosmic ride on the Voyager probe with THE FARTHEST, and much, much more before our featured review of LOVE ACTUALLY from writer/director Richard Curtis.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:04:50 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:28:25 - Review: Love Actually (2003)

CLIPS

• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• Love Actually (2003)

CREDITS

• follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Follow us @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For December 18th, 2017, it's our 150th episode everybody!!! This week on a very Special Edition™ of the podcast, Red, Michael and Scott welcome Rick Chung back into the Nostromo Lounge to declare that the funniest comedy of 2017 can only be GIRLS TRIP, Netflix Original THE CROWN is apparently the most expensive show ever made, Rick proves that THE HOLIDAY is even more excruciating than LOVE ACTUALLY, the surprisingly fun sequel BEYOND SKYLINE takes us from trashy invasion film to alien martial arts, and much, much more before our featured review of STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI from writer/director Rian Johnson.

Thank you to Rick Chung for joining us once again! Find more of him online at:

http://www.rickchung.com/

http://yvarcade.com/

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:06:38 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:22:45 - Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• 0:57:40 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Girls Trip (2017)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Podcasts
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Check out @rickchung on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent 
• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For December 25th, 2017, on a special Holiday Edition of the podcast, Rick & Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Margot Robbie's twisted and sympathetic portrayal of Tonya Harding in I, TONYA, Max Landis and David Ayer have created a monster with BRIGHT now streaming on Netflix, remnants of Kevin Spacey linger in ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD featuring a strong replacement performance from Christopher Plummer, 'Honey, I Shrunk Matt Damon' aka DOWNSIZING is a full-on bait & switch, Steven Spielberg's THE POST is a front runner to win Best Picture and a potential middle finger to the Trump Administration, and much, much more before our featured review of THE SHAPE OF WATER from writer/director Guillermo del Toro.

Thank you to Rick Chung for joining us! Find more of him online at:

http://www.rickchung.com/

http://yvarcade.com/

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:07:35 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:38:45 - Review: The Shape of Water (2017)
• 1:03:20 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• All the Money in the World (2017)
• The Shape of Water (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Podcasts
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Check out @rickchung on Twitter
• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For January 4th, 2018, Michael, Red & Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Season 4 of BLACK MIRROR featuring the Trekked-out crew of the USS Callister, we peek into the POTTERSVILLE universe where Michael Shannon is a horrendous actor forced to wear a bigfoot suit, Red decides to undergo the shrinking process for Alexander Payne's DOWNSIZING, the arctic tundra comes alive with relics of the Silent Film era in DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME, and much, much more before our featured review of BRIGHT from director David Ayer.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"
• SHOW GUIDE
• 0:08:05 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:15 - Review: Bright (2017)

CLIPS

• Pottersville (2017)
• Bright (2017)

CREDITS

• Follow @jared_sargent 
• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Follow us @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For January 9th, 2018, Michael, Red & Scott meet in the glitzy Nostromo Ballroom for the 3rd Annual Oscar Isaac Awards!

Our deliberations include the Worst Film of the Year, Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment, Best Old Film of the Year and a brand new category: Best Style.

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:05 - Best Style
• 0:31:10 - Biggest Surprise
• 0:43:40 - Biggest Disappointment
• 1:05:15 - Worst Film of the Year
• 1:16:50 - Best Old Film of the Year

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Buckaroo Banzai" (Loose Cut)
• Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - "Mesa"
• Jed Kurzel - "The Covenant"
• Dean Evans - "The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2"

CREDITS

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• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Follow us @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For January 16th, 2018, on a very special edition of the podcast, Red, Michael & Scott welcome Rick Chung back into the Nostromo Ballroom to review the very best films of 2017. Stay tuned as we count down our personal Top 10 Films of the year!

Thank you to Rick Chung for joining us once again. Find more of him online at:

http://www.rickchung.com/

http://yvarcade.com/

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:04:45 - Top 10 Films of the Year: #10 - 6
• 0:52:25 - Top 10 Films of the Year: #5 - 1

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)"
• Michael Giacchino - "A Tide in the Affairs of Apes"
• Lorne Balfe - "Celebrate"
• Dean Evans - "The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2"

CREDITS

• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Check out @rickchung on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent 
• Or follow @ScottWillsonBC 
• Or maybe even follow @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]