The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For March 21st, 2016, MikeG, Red, Michael and Scott meet in the Nostromo Blood Doping Centre and discuss the implications and consequences of Punisher making his highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in DAREDEVIL Season 2, the surprisingly exceptional Formula One film RUSH featuring Chris Hemsworth and a staggering performance by Daniel Brühl, Michael checks out the documentary CONAN...

For March 28th, 2016, This week on the podcast, MikeG, Red, Michael and Scott meet in the Nostromo fortress of solitude and discuss the greatest fight scene in film history in John Carpenter's sci-fi masterpiece THEY LIVE starring wrestling legend 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, Mike choppers in to TROPIC THUNDER and stumbles around the jungle wearing a panda skin coat, Scott has a surprisingly s...

For April 4th, 2016, Tim, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the blacked out Nostromo lounge and discuss the merits of negotiating ideologies with a time bomb in the 1974 micro-budget comedy sci-fi DARK STAR from John Carpenter, Peter Serafinowicz takes a break from making Boards of Canada DJ mixes to take on the role of our title hero in THE TICK TV revival, Ben Affleck revealed he has written a "st...

For April 11th, 2016, Rob, Mike, and Scott meet in the smoke filled attic of the Nostromo lounge and discuss Tom Hiddleston's new flavour of swagger as the world's greatest snitch in THE NIGHT MANAGER from John le Carré, the first official trailer for STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE has been unleashed upon the internet and the Family Tree Saga continues, reports of Colin Firth's death in KINGSMAN...

For April 16th, 2016, Red, Mike, and Scott meet at the Nostromo peace rock and discuss Seth Rogen's saturation period and his immediately forgotten mall cop comedy OBSERVE AND REPORT, the first official image of Scarlett Johansson in GHOST IN THE SHELL surfaces online amidst a whirlwind of whitewashing accusations, Mike puts his daily cartooning career on brief hold to let the elegant punishme...

For April 25th, 2016, Rob, MikeG, Garry and Scott meet in the Nostromo throne room and discuss the recent passing of music icon Prince and his 2013 single 'Breakfast Can Wait', Scott gets brain scanned into a Hollywood computer in the disappointing sci-fi drama THE CONGRESS featuring an animated version of Robin Wright, Aaron Taylor-Johnson absolutely saps the energy out of the otherwise q...

For May 2nd, 2016, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Tower penthouse and discuss the instantly forgotten (and quite acceptable) crime thriller TRIPLE 9 starring virtually everyone in Hollywood, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's mediocre accent skills are on the line again in the new trailer for SNOWDEN from Oliver Stone, the John Carpenter retrospective continues to pump out deep cuts with the lovable c...

For May 9th, 2016, Red, Mike, and Scott meet in the Nostromo airport lounge and discuss the fantastic 2h18m unbroken take of VICTORIA and how the rise of digital cinematography has led to a recent explosion of this technique, Screen Gems is moving forward with a SLENDER MAN film based on the grassroots internet urban legend, Mike finally sits down for a quick scroll through FANTASTIC 4 and can&#39...

For May 17th, 2016, Red, Adam, Mike, and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the excruciating Barkley Marathons and the concept of running a trail race that can finish without an actual winner, Canada and the U.S. get their border politics all tied up in a knot with gigantic battle robots in the fantastic graphic novel WE STAND ON GUARD by Brian K. Vaughan, Mike joins up with Nathan Drak...

For May 26th, 2016, Mike and Scott meet for a quick show in a quiet room tucked above the Nostromo Hollywood lounge and discuss various regional interpretations of the Victoria Day holiday weekend before we crack the case wide open in our featured review of THE NICE GUYS from the legendary buddy cop writer/director Shane Black. MUSIC  The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"  Earth, Wind & Fire...

For May 30th, 2016, MikeG, Red, Mike, and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the effectiveness of period language and depiction of witchcraft in THE VVITCH, Kevin Smith completely blows up our show with exciting news of his involvement in a BUCKAROO BANZAI anthology TV series (will we finally get to see "Against the World Crime League"?), the atrociously terrible gross-out comed...

For June 6th, 2016, Garry, Mike, and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the feasibility of turning soil into water in the surprisingly decent Mars mission adventure APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN starring Mark Strong and Luke Wilson, the always watchable cult favorite HOT ROD and the hilarious perils of having a shitfaced editor working in the cutting room, Scott is full on obsessed with the 2...

For June 13th, 2016, Tim, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss none other than FN-2187 aka John Boyega joining the cast of PACIFIC RIM 2, Tim wanders around Berlin aimlessly with some improvised criticisms of VICTORIA and its far-fetched ending, we are baffled at Commissioner Gordon's new rippling physique as JK Simmons hammers the weight room in preparation for JUSTICE LEAGU...

For June 20th, 2016, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the extremely tragic and sudden passing of Star Trek star Anton Yelchin at the young age of 27, the somewhat disturbing imagery in the E3 trailer for DEATH STRANDING from legendary game designer Hideo Kojima, Denzel Washington & Russel Crowe's absolutely absurd film VIRTUOSITY is the most 1995 sci-fi movie ever mad...

For June 27th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo 51 lounge and discuss the triumphant return of Bryan Cranston to the POWER RANGERS universe to play Zordon the all powerful (what the hell IS this movie?), the most adorable flying saucers in film history just want to fix everything in the classic 80's family film *BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, Red stumbles into a cave full of cannibalist...

For July 1st, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott are back again in the Nostromo treehouse lounge to review the absolutely wonderful SWISS ARMY MAN from writer/director Daniels aka Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert. Join us as we spend Canada Day relaxing on the beach with Harry Potter's farting ghost in search of the true meaning of friendship. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" Andy Hull &...

For July 11th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the brand new HBO crime series THE NIGHT OF starring John Turturro and the fantastic Riz Ahmed, recent comments from George Takei regarding Lieutenant Sulu's depiction as a gay character in STAR TREK BEYOND, Red books a ticket to Thailand for ONLY GOD FORGIVES, Scott crawls into the trenches for a 3 hour slog thro...

For July 18th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the extremely moody synth flavoured Spielberg experiment STRANGER THINGS recently released on Netflix, show favourite Alex Proyas absolutely blows our minds with the revelation that his Nicolas Cage picture KNOWING is a prequel to DARK CITY, Scott finally has a chance to experience William Dear's TIMERIDER: THE AD...

For July 25th, 2016, Tim, Mike and Scott meet on the Nostromo starbase and discuss the straightforward 90's style filmmaking on display in THE LEGEND OF TARZAN starring Alexander Skarsgård, harsh times await The Divergent Series finale as ASCENDANT gets pulled from 2017 theatrical distribution and will be released as a TV movie + spinoff series, Scott and Tim take a crash course in Iranian nuc...

For August 2nd, 2016, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo safehouse and discuss Noam Chomsky's terrifying new 'horror' documentary REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM as well as Don Bluth's spectacular animated masterpiece AN AMERICAN TAIL before we get to our featured reviews of THE BOURNE IDENTITY and THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM from directors Doug Liman & Paul G...

For August 8th, 2016, MikeL, Scott and MikeG meet in the Nostromo maximum security lounge and discuss Melissa Rauch's unpleasant performance as a washed up sociopathic Olympic gymnast in THE BRONZE, Scott tries to resist sinister temptations under the hot Judaean sun with LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT starring Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and the Devil, news of a new ROCKETEER reboot/sequel (from Pro...

For August 16th, 2016, Tim, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo E-Z Mart and discuss Bryan Cranston's latest Heisenberg retread THE INFILTRATOR surrounding undercover US Customs agent Robert Mazur and his money laundering scheme for Pablo Escobar, the brand new full trailer for ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY invades the internet like an AT-AT Imperial walker on the beach in Bora Bora, Scott brav...

For August 23rd, 2016, Mike and Scott meet on the Nostromo front porch and discuss the toothless and unexciting thriller IMPERIUM starring Daniel Radcliffe as an anti-terrorism agent deep undercover in a white supremacist group, Todd Phillips does his best Scorsese impression (and LORD OF WAR remake) with the new comedy WAR DOGS featuring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, Mike takes a little nibble fro...

For August 29th, 2016, Red and Scott are excited to have the wonderful and talented Diana Bang back in the Nostromo lounge to discuss the dulcet tones of Werner Herzog in the slightly lackluster new documentary LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES FROM THE CONNECTED WORLD aka 'What is this new Internet thing?', Baz Luhrman's new Netflix Original show THE GET DOWN features all the familiar Luhrmania...

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...