The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For September 5th, 2016, Rob, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the unfortunate recent passing of comedy legend (and spoof film royalty) Gene Wilder, water is wet and STRANGER THINGS is officially returning for Season Two in 2017, Red decides to break rules #1 and #2 by talking about the FIGHT CLUB 2 graphic novel, the imaginative creators of MYST are back at it again with the brand new exploration puzzle game OBDUCTION, Scott takes a terrifying trip to into the Los Angeles modeling world and the neverending cycle of female jealousy in THE NEON DEMON from Nicolas Winding Refn, we sharpen our Kung-Fu hip-hop skills with more of THE GET DOWN on Netflix, and much, much more before our review of INCENDIES from director Denis Villeneuve.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Gene Wilder - "Pure Imagination"
• Radiohead - "You and Whose Army?"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:38:10 - News
• 1:04:15 - Review: Incendies (2010)
• 1:23:40 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Get Down (2016)
• Incendies (2010)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For September 12th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo hilltop silo and discuss the beautifully shot and surprisingly decent shark attack thriller THE SHALLOWS featuring Blake Lively doing some cringeworthy on-screen videochats, the recently cancelled ABC pirate musical comedy series GALAVANT lives on through the power of Netflix, Scott steps out on a limb to make a spirited and passionate case for Neill Blomkamp's deeply flawed sci-fi action film CHAPPIE, we learn that DUCK TALES and DARKWING DUCK are actually set in completely different universes and our worlds begin to crumble around us, Mike dusts off the old WORLD OF WARCRAFT subscription for another helping of raids in the critically acclaimed expansion pack LEGION, and much, much more before we loop timelines with our featured review of TIMECRIMES from writer/director Nacho Vigalondo.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:45:55 - News
• 1:16:20 - Review: Timecrimes (2007)
• 1:39:41 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Chappie (2015)
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
• Timecrimes (2007)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For September 19th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Steven Soderbergh's underrated and twisted drama SIDE EFFECTS as a takedown of the pharmaceutical industry / Hitchcock thriller, little orphan Ricky Baker is real bad egg in the wonderful comedy HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE from director Taika Waititi, we want to keep loving NO MAN'S SKY as the flurry of refunds rages around us and Sean Murray has gone twitter silent for over a month, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and TARZAN are part of a really strange transitionary period in Disney animation, Benicio del Toro is targeting Shane Black's PREDATOR reboot (this one really should be merged with the SICARIO sequel), Scott fires a grappling hook towards ATTACK ON TITAN: WINGS OF FREEDOM which, despite being janky as fuck, still manages some charm and addictive combat, and much, much more before our highly classified review of SNOWDEN from writer/director Oliver Stone.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:39:10 - News 1:10:55 - Review: Snowden (2016)

CLIPS

• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
• Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
• Snowden (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For September 26th, 2016, This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the triumphant return of Clive Owen as The Driver in the BMW Short Films revival THE ESCAPE from Neill Blomkamp, Scott triggers a landslide of admiration for the fantastic Norwegian disaster film THE WAVE, shit hits the fan on the set of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT as Michael Bay emblazons Nazi swastikas all over Winston Churchill's ancestral home, we open up our cybernetic minds and bask in the stunning glory of the original GHOST IN THE SHELL from 1995, some mixed feelings awaken from cryosleep in the first trailer for PASSENGERS starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, Red is giddy with deep space glee as the third and final installment of ROCHE LIMIT hits shelves, and much, much more before our featured review of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN remake from director Antoine Fuqua.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:36:25 - News
• 1:01:40 - Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

CLIPS

• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Passengers (2016)
• The Magnificent Seven (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For October 2nd, 2016, Mike and Scott meet in the offshore Nostromo lounge and discuss the absolutely captivating animated documentary TOWER centering on the tragic 1966 sniper incident at the University of Texas, we hail the synthwave gods for the miracle that is and forever shall be TURBO KID 2 from RKSS Productions, Scott has fallen madly in gleeful love with the brilliant, hilarious and mindblowing mockumentary OPERATION AVALANCHE at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Hollywood keeps it vertical as our April 2016 prediction comes to bear fruit with the announcement of Disney's live action remake of THE LION KING from Jon Favreau, Mike returns from a Gulf Island adventure to the mean streets of Harlem in the new Marvel series LUKE CAGE on Netflix, and much, much more before we pressure test our featured review of DEEPWATER HORIZON from director Peter Berg.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Le Matos - "Wasteland"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:46:35 - News
• 1:16:40 - Review: Deepwater Horizon (2016) 
• 1:43:56 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Operation Avalanche (2016) 
• Deepwater Horizon (2016) 

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For October 10th, 2016, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the accidentally leaked trailer for THE DARK TOWER, Scott continues his VIFF odyssey with the gorgeous and delicate animated film THE RED TURTLE from Studio Ghibli, the irresistible allure of HBO's spectacular drama series WESTWORLD has completely taken over our cybernetic brains, Denis Villenueve officially reveals BLADE RUNNER 2049 which may or may not be a new Synthwave band, we continue to be perplexed by the POWER RANGERS reboot as the debut trailer morphs its way onto the internet, every single element of Joel & Ethan Coen's TRUE GRIT remake is absolutely bangin on all cylinders, Red squares off with the original Daredevil ZATOICHI aka The Blind Swordsman, and much, much more before our featured review of THE BIRTH OF A NATION from director Nate Parker.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:47:35 - News
• 1:24:50 - Review: The Birth of a Nation (2016) 
• 1:57:52 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Westworld (2016) 
• Power Rangers (2017) 
• The Birth of a Nation (2016)  

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For October 17th, 2016, Michael, Red, MikeG and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Jim Jarmusch's poetic new film PATERSON starring Adam Driver as a bus driver named Paterson in the city of Paterson, the disappointing THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS does very little to advance the extremely well-worn zombie genre for us,  the excellent FRAGGLE ROCK is being remastered in HD for HBO and a whole new generation will experience the joy of meeting the Fraggles, Gorgs, and Doozers, Rockstar Games offers up a tease to a possible RED DEAD REDEMPTION sequel and the internet erupts into a dusty western tizzy, Mike slowly walks towards IT FOLLOWS only to discover an overrated and pretty forgettable horror flick, and much, much more before our featured review of THE ACCOUNTANT from director Gavin O'Connor.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Jose Gonzalez - "Far Away"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:40:25 - News
• 1:09:35 - Review: The Accountant (2016)
• 1:40:49 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Girl with all the Gifts (2016)
• The Accountant (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For October 24th, 2016, Michael and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss how director Tim Miller dropping out of DEADPOOL 2 leads to some potentially exciting replacement candidates, Louis Theroux's marvelous and eccentric documentary MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is an insane look at severing ties with a cult of intimidation, the internet squeals with glee as Nintendo swings for the fences with the SWITCH handheld-console hybrid slated for release in March of 2017, Mike has to book a VIP ticket in order to endure the weaksauce of KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES starring Zach Galifinakis and Gal Gadot, Donald Glover is your new Lando Calrissian, Wolverine gets 'Hurt' in the new LOGAN trailer courtesy of an ass whooping by Johnny Cash, and much, much more before our featured review of PONTYPOOL from director Bruce McDonald.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:41:55 - News
• 1:20:35 - Review: Pontypool (2008)
• 1:39:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• My Scientology Movie (2015)
• Logan (2017) Trailer #1
• Pontypool (2008)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For November 8th, 2016, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Terry Gilliam's monumentally influential masterpiece BRAZIL setting the gold standard for bureaucratic dystopia, we take a skinny jean stroll down an Edinburgh back alley with the first official trailer for T2: TRAINSPOTTING featuring the entire OG smack gang, Mike tries on the THE CROWN from Netflix and is greeted by a raised eyebrow from Queen Elizabeth herself, Scott checks out SONICSGATE and breaks his heart over the passion and fiscal tightrope that all Seattle Supersonics fans have been forced to tread, unfinished post-production work on THE DARK TOWER has resulted in a delayed release to a more agreeable date in Summer 2017, Red continues down a path of undying Moebius worship with THE WORLD OF EDENA from the wheel of his new Citroën, and much, much more before our featured review of DOCTOR STRANGE from director Scott Derrickson.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:55 - News
• 0:58:05 - Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
• 1:39:10 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Brazil (1985)
• T2: Trainspotting (2017)
• Doctor Strange (2016) 

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For November 11th, 2016, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Army Mess Hall for our blood soaked review of HACKSAW RIDGE from director Mel Gibson.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:07:45 - Review: Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

CLIPS

• Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

CREDITS

• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]