The Vertical Viewing Podcast

By Jared Sargent & Michael Lynd & Scott Willson | Topics ranging from Star War

The latest Film and TV news and reviews. On this conversational podcast, we do away with the phrase "binge watching" and go with the much more academic sounding term "vertical viewing".... more

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December 21, 2015Ep. 045 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Vertical Viewing is back with an extra Special Edition™ episode!
Today on the podcast, MikeL, Red, MikeG and Scott meet in the Mos
Eisley Cantina and discuss Bill Burr's brand new Netflix Original
animated series F
IS FOR FAMILY, a straight up miracle of graphic novel
perfection known as SHAOLIN COWBOY from the mastermind Geoff
Darrow, we continue our journey deeper INTO THE BADLANDS while sharpening up our post
apocalyptic Kung Fu skills, Sam Rockwell slinks across the
holy land as the fraudulent relic hunter DON
VERDEAN from Napoleon Dynamite creator Jared
Hess, Paramount beams down the first official trailer
for STAR TREK BEYOND care of the furiously
fast director Justin Lin, we try to sell Red on HEARTHSTONE and why it is a more modern and
approachable card game than MAGIC: The Gathering, Mike loses a
bet and is forced at Elvish knifepoint to endure the extended
editions of all three HOBBIT films in succession, we once again spend
entirely too much time discussing GODS OF EGYPT and the whitewashed casting of tentpole
Hollywood films, and much, much more before our galaxy
smashing review of the absolute behemoth that is STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS from director J.J.
Abrams.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:40:35 - News
1:08:10 - Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
1:35:42 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
Don Verdean (2015)
Star Trek Beyond (2016) Trailer #1
Shaolin Cowboy triceratops: http://i.imgur.com/BBSLAKo.jpg

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2h 20min
December 15, 2015Ep. 044 - Room
This week on the podcast, Tim, Mike, Rob and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge and discuss the ups and downs of the recently
announced Golden Globe Nominations for 2015, season two of
the SERIAL
Podcast debuting with a fascinating look at prisoner of
war (and US ARMY deserter) Bowe Bergdahl, we get another
drama-filled season of PROJECT GREENLIGHT on HBO, Mike quietly fires up
the V8 for a rewatch of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD with the sound off, Tim shares his
thoughts on THE END OF THE TOUR and Jason Segel's portrayal of the
late David Foster Wallace, Rob showers praise upon the award
winning Amazon series TRANSPARENT featuring Jeffrey Tambor, Scott
sits pretty much at a stalemate with PAWN
SACRIFICE starring Tobey Maguire as the deeply troubled chess
prodigy Bobby Fischer, we make it no further than 20 minutes
into THE RIDICULOUS 6 from a beyond washed up Adam
Sandler, and much, much more before our featured review of the
TIFF People's Choice Award winner ROOM from director Lenny Abrahamson.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:28:45 - News
0:58:50 - Review: Room (2015)
1:18:05 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
End of the Tour (2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Trailer #1

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Tim is not on the internet, get off his lawn
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1h 49min
December 08, 2015Ep. 043 - Sorcerer
This week on the podcast, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo
Lounge and discuss the locally produced, undead private eye CW
series iZOMBIE starring Rose
McIver, the massive spoilers (0:30:26 - 0:33:55)
contained within the latest BATMAN V. SUPERMAN theatrical trailer, an
absolutely disastrous 70mm screening of THE HATEFUL EIGHT roadshow at the Crest theatre in Los
Angeles and what this means for the future of film, Joseph
Gordon-Levitt's foolhardy attempt at what barely resembles
a French accent in the Philippe Petite biopic THE WALK, we giggle with pure joy over the
redband trailer for THE
NICE GUYS from buddy cop movie master Shane Black, Scott
unexpectedly loses his footing and falls headlong into a bottomless
pit of silky smooth FALLOUT
4 mods, and much, much more before our featured review of the
cult film masterpiece SORCERER from legendary director William Friedkin.
So gather all the roughnecks just 'passing through', rig up
an explosive device using string, socks and rocks, secure your fake
Latin American identity, and let's see if we can deliver this
highly volatile nitro glycerin to Daniel Plainview before each
of our checkered criminal pasts catch up with us.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:26:05 - News
0:53:50 - Review: Sorcerer (1977)
1:15:52 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
iZombie (2015)
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Trailer
#3

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1h 38min
December 01, 2015Ep. 042 - Creed
This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge and discuss the fantastic (and
legitimately appalling) true life story of THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT starring Billy
Crudup, a really explodey first trailer for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, Scott sweats a little bit
with a somewhat disappointing rewatch of Tarantino's TRUE
ROMANCE from the immortal Tony Scott, the whitewashed
casting of GODS OF EGYPT and Alex Proyas busting out the
most bizarre apology of the year, Mike and Red check out the
new Netflix Original series JESSICA JONES featuring Krysten Ritter, Kevin
Bacon is back for a brand new TREMORS TV series and all is right in the
world, we try to get some crystal clear 70mm perspective on
THE HATEFUL EIGHT Ultra Panavision roadshow, and much,
much more before our featured review of the ROCKY spinoff film CREED from director Ryan Coogler.
So give your two weeks notice at that lucrative securities firm,
rub some vaseline across your gushing eyebrow, pop a badass
dirtbike wheelie through the neighborhood, and let's see if we can
emerge from our father's shadow with a victory before our
legendary heritage goes public.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:36:05 - News
0:56:40 - Review: Creed (2015)
1:22:53 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015) Roadshow featurette
Captain America: Civil War (2016) Trailer 1

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1h 41min
November 26, 2015Aftershow - How to Review a Movie
Today on the show, Mike, Red and Scott meet up in the Nostromo
Lounge and discuss film review scales like a bunch of total
amateurs. What type of critical scale, if any, should be used when
rating films for review? Does it simply come down to whether or not
you liked the movie?
So settle into your seat on the mezzanine, give a shout out to
Siskel & Ebert, and let's see what happens when we pull out the
trusty old red marker to assign some letter grades.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Losers on Mars (David)"

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33min
November 23, 2015Ep. 041 - The Night Before
This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge and revist the surprisingly disturbing (and
unsurprisingly wacky) 80's classic FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR with Vancouver's own Joey
Cramer, the sheer nostalgic joy on display in the action packed
STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT for the PC, PS4 and
XBONE, the brand new martial arts/western mashup INTO THE BADLANDS on AMC, Peter Jackson's
sincere viewpoint on the production of THE HOBBIT trilogy, Red slices and dices his way
through the fantastic ASSASSIN'S CREED II, we look at Silva's motivations in
SKYFALL with the "added backstory" provided in the
already forgotten SPECTRE, Mike gives SIGNS a rewatch through the prism of Demon
goggles, and much, much more before our featured review of
THE NIGHT BEFORE from director Jonathan
Levine.
So gather up your little care package of cocaine, molly and
mushrooms, take some love advice from a shitfaced Hannah Montana,
throw on your black Santa sweater and let's see if we can make it
to the Nutcracka Ball before we all blow chunks in the centre
aisle of a Midnight Mass.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:44:25 - News
1:06:50 - Review: The Night Before (2015)
1:21:20 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
'The Problem with the Battle of the Five Armies'

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1h 37min
November 16, 2015Ep. 040 - Spotlight
This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge and discuss Shia LaBeouf's latest "art"
"project" #ALLMYMOVIES which involved the actor
livestreaming his reactions to all 29 of his own films,
the brand new Netflix Original sketch comedy series W/
BOB & DAVID starring MR. SHOW alumni Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, why
Bethesda Game Studios consistently gets a pass for publishing
broken-ass buggy titles just like FALLOUT
4, our boy Richard Kelly brings us his floating liquid
skills with the bizarre (and quickly forgotten) sci-fi film
THE BOX featuring Cameron Diaz, Scott admits that
he is a complete failure at life due to never watching ARMY OF DARKNESS, the absolutely insane first
trailer for Ron Perlman's fake moon landing comedy MOONWALKERS featuring a 'fake' Stanley
Kubrick, we scratch our heads over THE MARTIAN qualifying as Best Comedy or Musical at
the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, and much, much more before our
featured review of SPOTLIGHT from writer/director Thomas McCarthy
So start digging through those dusty old public records, carve
your investigative sword through one of the most Catholic
cities in America, and let's see if we can take this scandal
all the way up to the Vatican before the Boston Herald beats us
to publication.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:44:30 - News
1:13:20 - Review: Spotlight (2015)
CLIPS
W/ Bob & David (2015)
Moonwalkers (2015)

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2h 5min
November 09, 2015Ep. 039 - Spectre
This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge Studio and discuss the somewhat lukewarm
reception for the extremely long awaited trailer for the "live
action" WARCRAFT film from Duncan Jones, the brand
new Netflix Original comedy series MASTER OF NONE from writer/star Aziz Ansari and the
obvious comparison to Louis CK's series LOUIE, the Canadian Premiere of THE TREE
INSIDE from our very own co-host Rob Leickner
and Michelle
Kim winning the Audience Choice Award at the Vancouver
Asian Film Festival, Scott shares his thoughts about working on the
film and the extremely satisfying process of seeing your work
appear on the big screen with a real audience, Mike swings by
the bigtop tent under the doomed Georgia Viaduct for a little bit
of CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: KOOZA action, Shane Carruth
answers Red's prayers and cuts himself out of the insanely
star-studded cast of THE
MODERN OCEAN, and much, much more before our featured
review of SPECTRE from sophomore Bond director Sam Mendes.
So fire up your micro-drill torture chair, ask
the Quartermaster to temporarily disable your SmartBlood™
connection, do your best impression of a shadowy organisation, and
let's see if we can take down Dr. Evil and Mr. Bigglesworth before
we all get jumbled up in the falsetto tentacles of Sam
Smith.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:37:20 - News
1:08:15 - Review: Spectre (2015)
1:22:25 - *Spoiler Tag*
CLIPS
Master of None (2015)
Warcraft (2015) - Trailer #1

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1h 56min
November 04, 2015Ep. 038 - Going to America
This week on the podcast, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the
Nostromo Lounge and discuss the first official trailer for
Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg's anticipated AMC series PREACHER, the brand new STAR
TREK TV series in development for the CBS All Access streaming
service, Val Kilmer's RED PLANET being the significantly more
enjoyable Mars mission film from 2000, the
fascinating NOVA documentary "CyberWar Threat" and
the clandestine American-Israeli digital weapon known as
Stuxnet, a Double Black Diamond viewing of THE MASTER from our boy Paul Thomas Anderson, Scott is
scolded for never getting around to dressing up in fishnet
stockings for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, we get
blindsided by legendary animator Don Bluth's announcement of a
DRAGON'S LAIR feature film on Kickstarter, Red
conveniently finds himself at the crossroads of every single
American cultural milestone with a throwback to FORREST GUMP, and much, much more before Mike shares
his thoughts on Vin Diesel's latest Dungeons & Dragons
campaign THE LAST WITCH HUNTER from director Breck Eisner.
I am Groot, WE are Groot.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:47:40 - News
1:19:55 - Review: The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
1:31:35 - Review: America (1776)
Dragon's Lair Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbluth/dragons-lair-the-movie
CLIPS
The Master (2012)
Preacher (2015)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

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1h 59min
October 27, 2015Ep. 037 - Steve Jobs
This week on the podcast, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo
Lounge and discuss the planet smashing, internet
stopping final trailer for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, we declare that
we won't overanalyze a movie trailer and then go ahead and
overanalyze a movie trailer, Scott tries to hit the abort
button on the downright horrendous catastrophe of a film
MISSION TO MARS starring Gary Sinise and Tim
Robbins, Mike ventures deeper into the overwhelmingly massive
world of game of the year contender THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT, we look at the recent
announcement of the $9.99/month deluxe subscription service
YouTube Red, cancellation of the beloved
Discovery Channel series MYTHBUSTERS after running 14 seasons, the absolutely
mindblowing short films BEYOND and THE SECOND RENAISSANCE as part
of the stunning MATRIX companion piece THE
ANIMATRIX, and much, much more before our featured review
of Michael Fassbender as STEVE JOBS from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director
Danny Boyle.
So switch off all the Exit signs in the
auditorium, be sure to wash your feet in the toilet
bowl, give a shout out to the original Apple II team, and
let's see if we can finally turn a computer into a
painting before we all get our asses voted off the Board
of Directors.
MUSIC
The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
SHOW GUIDE
0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
0:34:10 - News
0:59:35 - Review: Dad Jeans: The Steve Jobs
Story (2015)
CLIPS
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer #3 (2015)
The Animatrix (2003)

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1h 42min

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