The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For January 25th, 2017, Michael, Red, and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the twisted sexual revenge thriller ELLE from none other than Paul Verhoeven, Red gets his OG Coen Brothers fix with their debut film BLOOD SIMPLE, Scott is home schooled amongst the redwood trees by CAPTAIN FANTASTIC aka Viggo Mortensen, heart pounding suspense and white knuckle tension can't fully redeem Peter Berg's Boston Marathon bombing film PATRIOTS DAY, Mike breaks into a jacked up old blind dudes house to watch DON'T BREATHE with him, we learn how to make Hasenpfeffer the manly way, and much, much more before our featured review of SPLIT from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:34:25 - Review: Split (2017)
• 0:52:20 - ** Spoiler Tag #1 **
• 1:03:35 - ** Spoiler Tag #2 **

CLIPS

• Blood Simple (1984)
• Split (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out 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 February 7th, 2017, Michael, Red, and Scott meet inside the Nostromo wormhole and discuss news of Ben Affleck stepping down as director of the standalone BATMAN film (which is probably not long for this world), Scott endures BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK in 24 fps like a caveman and realizes there is absolutely nothing happening in this movie, found footage school shooting film THE DIRTIES builds to a truly shocking cliffhanger and Matt Johnson is clever as hell, Matthew McConaughey's wannabe Scorsese film GOLD is a perfect example of poorly executed and extremely self indulgent stunt acting, the world-spanning Netflix adventure SENSE8 continues to be an interesting and ambitious "thing", Viggo Mortensen dangerously lets it all hang out in EASTERN PROMISES aka Naked Bath House Showdown 2K7, and much, much more before our featured review of the dorm room juggernaut DONNIE DARKO from writer/director Richard Kelly.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:50 - Review: Donnie Darko (2001)

CLIPS

• The Dirties (2013)
• Donnie Darko (2001) 

CREDITS

• Check us out 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 February 13th, 2017, Michael, Red, and Scott meet at the Nostromo Continental Hotel and discuss the delightfully surprising X-Men series LEGION boasting shades of Wes Anderson and Terry Gilliam, Scott decrypts a secret Cold War message only to discover that COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT is completely ridiculous and juvenile, Michael Bay's original TRANSFORMERS remains a guilty pleasure despite Linkin Park taking a giant dump all over the movie, Red gets his cannibalistic snack on with SANTA CLARITA DIET, and much, much more before our featured review of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 from director Chad Stahelski.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:05 - Review: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
• 0:58:30 - *Spoiler Tag* 

CLIPS

• Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
• John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)  

CREDITS

• Check us out 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 February 20th, 2017, Michael, Red, and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the baffling and somewhat alienating look at love and relationships in the twisted world of THE LOBSTER starring Colin Farrell, we shower even more bloody praise upon SANTA CLARITA DIET, documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson's extremely heartfelt memoir CAMERAPERSON is a spectacular portrait of the human condition, South Korean thriller THE WAILING goes completely off the rails in the best possible way, and much, much more before our featured review of THE GREAT WALL from director Zhang Yimou.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:39:20 - Review: The Great Wall (2016)

CLIPS

• The Lobster (2015)
• The Great Wall (2016) 

CREDITS

• Check us out on 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 February 27th, 2017, Michael, Red, Graeme and Scott meet in the Nostromo Country Club lounge and discuss Ben Kingsley's unbelievable performance in SEXY BEAST as the quietly terrifying crime boss Don Logan, awards bait contender LION is a pretty fantastic advertisement for Google Maps, our heartfelt respects go out to the immortal Bill Paxton whose Game will never truly be Over, the racial dubiousness of the Ferengi in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE is still heavily in question, we remember that time David Bowie was in THE PRESTIGE as Nikola Tesla aka the founder of TeslaPunk, and much, much more before our featured review of GET OUT from writer/director Jordan Peele.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:38:25 - Review: Get Out (2017)
• 0:59:06 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Lion (2016)
• Get Out (2017) 

CREDITS

• Check us out 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 March 6th, 2017, Michael, Red, Graeme and Scott meet in the Nostromo water tower and discuss how PlayStation exclusive HORIZON: ZERO DAWN proves once and for all that robotic dinosaurs are always better than feathered ones, Scott walks into JACKIE expecting a generic and by-the-numbers biopic but came out of a haunting, eerie psychological thriller, the fantastic Netflix Original I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE delightfully leans into the Ninja stars and Find my iPhone vigilante justice, 90's comedy royalty WAYNE'S WORLD still holds up, Thomas Jane turns in an underseen performance in STANDER investigating his own bank robberies during South African apartheid, and much, much more before our featured review of LOGAN from writer/director James Mangold.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:48:15 - Review: Logan (2017)
• 1:10:45 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Jackie (2016)
• Logan (2017) 

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Play & 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 March 13th, 2017, Red, Craig and Scott meet on Nostromo Island and discuss the twisted and looped out reality of Jake Gyllenhaal's morning train commute in SOURCE CODE from Duncan Jones, Scott takes the hovercraft out for a spin in NO MAN'S SKY with the brand new Path Finder update, the absolutely insane competitive tickling documentary TICKLED defies all logic and believability, Red rides shotgun in the snowplow with Stellan Skarsgard IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE, Tom Hardy's LOCKE races down the motorway and helplessly listens to his personal / professional life spool out behind his BMW, and much, much more before our featured review of KONG: SKULL ISLAND from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:44:05 - Review: Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• 1:18:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Source Code (2011)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017) 

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Play & Stitcher
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC 
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For March 28th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo escape pod and discuss the Hong Kong crime thriller INFERNAL AFFAIRS and how THE DEPARTED became a straight up carbon copy remake, Scott hits up Milla Jovovich for a quick TL;DR of the entire Umbrella Corporation saga in RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, the barbaric and wildly futuristic world of HORIZON ZERO DAWN is a jaw-dropping creative milestone in world building and video game design, our own franchise fanboy Mike can't figure out why MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA popped out of the oven about 6 months early, and much, much more before our featured review of LIFE from director Daniel Espinosa.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:45:30 - Review: Life (2017)
• 1:01:05 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
• Life (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Play & 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 April 3rd, 2017, Michael, Red, Craig and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the 8 hour real-time driving experience of "Desert Bus" as seen in the unreleased game PENN & TELLER: SMOKE AND MIRRORS for the Sega CD, Danny Boyle's completely neglected thriller TRANCE is a trippy and fascinating train wreck that spirals off the rails, RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE has become a phenomenon that nobody can resist, Mike shares his thoughts on why NARUTO isn't really all that dope, Peter Berg's gripping war film LONE SURVIVOR unavoidably falls into recruitment video territory, and much, much more before our featured review of GHOST IN THE SHELL from director Rupert Sanders.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:39:30 - Review: Ghost in the Shell (2017)
• 1:15:55 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• RuPaul's Drag Race (2009-)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple & Google Play & 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 April 17th, 2017, This week on the podcast, Michael, Craig, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo garage and discuss the documentary biopic DE PALMA centering on the lackluster career of Brian de Palma, Charlie Sheen turns in a fantastic performance with a phenomenal goatee in the underrated THE ARRIVAL from 1996, we sink our teeth into fresh trailers for STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI and THOR: RAGNAROK, Red is jacked up because MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 has been revived on Netflix, and much, much more before our featured review of THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS from director F. Gary Gray.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:49:25 - Review: The Fate of the Furious (2017)
• 1:14:30 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
• The Fate of the Furious (2017)

CREDITS

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