The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For April 24th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo jungle and discuss how David Cronenberg's alternate reality EXISTENZ remains a stomach turning staple of body horror, Scott powers through all 3 hours of ROBOT aka ENTHIRAN and has a newfound love affair with Bollywood movies, Mike slogs through a couple episodes of the original POWER RANGERS television show, everyone's favourite Science Guy Bill Nye tries to stamp out fake news with BILL NYE SAVES THE WORLD, we sprinkle an appropriate amount of praise all over THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD for the Nintendo Switch, and much, much more before our featured review of THE LOST CITY OF Z from writer/director James Gray.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:36:20 - Review: The Lost City of Z (2016)

CLIPS

• eXistenZ (1999)
• The Lost City of Z (2017)

CREDITS

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• Check us out on Apple Podcasts, 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]

For May 8th, 2017, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the titillating and psychedelic allure of Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS on Starz Network, Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson totally forget to mail in their performances for TRESPASS AGAINST US, Red needs to cool his engines over the debut trailer for THE DARK TOWER, Mike casually gnaws on some leftover IZOMBIE brain matter, scathing alt comedian David Cross continues MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN on Netflix, and much, much more before our featured review of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 from writer/director James Gunn. 

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:55:20 - Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
• 1:29:45 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Dark Tower (2017)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) 

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple Podcasts, 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]

For May 24th, 2017, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the woeful disappointment of T2: TRAINSPOTTING and why Danny Boyle needed to make a 20 year anniversary movie, Zack Snyder steps down from post production duties on JUSTICE LEAGUE due to an unfortunate family tragedy, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks fire on all cylinders with BRIDGE OF SPIES aka the most Dad Movie, we fight the ever expanding evil city in BLAME! which is apparently pronounced "blam", Michael flips the radio dial to AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WAR OF THE WORLDS for a taste of the apocalypse, and much, much more before our featured review of ALIEN: COVENANT from director Ridley Scott.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:06:30 - Film News 
• 0:18:55 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:49:50 - Review: Alien: Covenant (2017)
• 1:22:25 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Justice League (2017)
• Alien: Covenant (2017) 

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Google & 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 June 5th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Michael Mann crossing into self-parody territory with the completely forgettable BLACKHAT starring Chris Hemsworth, Red breaks into an ancient pyramid in Antarctica and finds himself caught in a strange love triangle with ALIEN VS PREDATOR, the disappointing and overwrought thriller A CURE FOR WELLNESS is the closest we will ever get to Gore Verbinski's BIOSHOCK adaptation, we debate Abigail Breslin's future as a former child actor with her abysmal turn in FINAL GIRL, and much, much more before our featured review of WONDER WOMAN from director Patty Jenkins.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:07:15 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:40:35 - Review: Wonder Woman (2017)
• 1:09:45 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• A Cure for Wellness (2017)
• Wonder Woman (2017)

CREDITS

• Check us out on Apple Podcasts & Google & 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 June 19th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss William Friedkin's 80's drenched cops & robbers drama TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. featuring Grissom's ballsack, Scott endures the wrath of the latest POWER RANGERS film aka Gritty Hollywood Reboot ID# 9452734, Neill Blomkamp debuts the highly experimental short RAKKA from his Oats Studios project, Mike is thinking about opening up an eBay clothing store just like Britt Robertson in GIRLBOSS, we take a look at THE RED PILL and the controversial Men's Rights Activist movement, and much, much more before our featured review of HOT FUZZ from writer/director Edgar Wright.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:07:40 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:45:20 - Review: Hot Fuzz (2007)
• 1:14:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (2016)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)  

CREDITS

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

For June 26th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss how Terrence Malick's SONG TO SONG puts a nail in the coffin for his "experimental" period, Daniel Day-Lewis is apparently retiring from acting and he probably says this every time he finishes a movie, Phil Lord & Chris Miller get canned from the STAR WARS: HAN SOLO directing gig and Ron Howard swoops in to steer the Millenium Falcon to safe harbour, Mike takes a big bite of WHAT THE HEALTH and none of us want to eat any food ever again, and much, much more before our featured review of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT from director Michael Bay.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:10 - News
• 0:15:30 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:42:35 - Review: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• 1:07:30 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Bad Batch (2017)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)  

CREDITS

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

For July 3rd, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss why Bong Joon-ho's dazzling and uneven satirical fantasy OKJA is as subtle as a sledgehammer, we get zapped into the Vietnam War for a bloody standoff with the River God in FIREBASE from Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios, Scott has his heart melted in familiar Judd Apatow RomCom style with THE BIG SICK from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, and much, much more before our featured review of BABY DRIVER from writer/director Edgar Wright.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:06:30 - News
• 0:09:35 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:41:05 - Review: Baby Driver (2017)
• 1:15:35 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Okja (2017)
• Baby Driver (2017) 

CREDITS

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

For July 10th, 2017, Michael, Red, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE and the lingering stench of synthwave, the Swiss stop-motion animated film MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI will smash your heart and launch your spirit into the clouds, Anthony Bourdain told everyone to Fuck Baby Driver and that THE RAID is real quality, old school Nintendo crosses into a modern age of streaming as the CASTLEVANIA anime series hits Netflix, and much, much more before our featured review SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING from director Jon Watts.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:30 - What We've Been Viewing 
• 0:44:50 - Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
• 1:18:35 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Drive (2011)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 

CREDITS

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

For July 17th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the disappointing new Netflix Original series FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE featuring our boy Keegan Michael-Key, veteran stand-up comic Patton Oswalt kicks his usual amount of ass in TALKING FOR CLAPPING on Netflix, we suit up in transparent cycling spandex for the TOUR DE PHARMACY starring Andy Samberg, and much, much more before our featured review of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES from director Matt Reeves.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:06:12 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:28:20 - Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
• 0:47:50 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
• War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 

CREDITS

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

For July 25th, 2017, Graeme, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss why Gerard Butler is the only man who can save England in the cheap Die Hard knock-off LONDON HAS FALLEN, Casey Affleck puts on a spooky bed sheet for A GHOST STORY and discovers the profound enormity of time, Red chows down on a gigantic dragon heart in the delightfully twisted TALE OF TALES, a crew of video game posers battle retro arcade royalty in the godawful PIXELS starring Adam "Who gives a sh t?" Sandler, and much, much more before our featured review of DUNKIRK from writer/director Christopher Nolan.

MUSIC

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

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:30 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:36:50 - Review: Dunkirk (2017)
• 0:58:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Tale of Tales (2015)
• Dunkirk (2017) 

CREDITS

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