The Vertical Viewing Podcast

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 r...

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...

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 p...

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: RAGNAR...

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 favo...

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 I...

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 Mo...

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 closes...

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...

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 swoo...

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 Kuma...

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...

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 mor...

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 vid...

For July 31st, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the totally insane RPG basketball game PYRE from Supergiant Games, Laura Linney airdrops into the CONGO and ends up slicing a pack of Grey Gorillas in half with a futuristic Telecommunications laser, Red has a taste of GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE from classic children's author Roald Dahl, Mike continues on...

For August 14th, 2017, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss a pair of R-rated Will Ferrell comedies: SEMI-PRO and THE OTHER GUYS before we get to our featured review of DETROIT from director Kathryn Bigelow. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)" SHOW GUIDE 0:05:55- What We've Been Viewing 0:09:20 - Review: Detroit (2017) 0:31:57 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS T...

For August 8th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Jeremy Renner sniping wolves in WIND RIVER from debut director Taylor Sheridan, the absolutely abysmal Cardboard Punk film DAVE MADE A MAZE falls well short of its quirky premise, Chadwick Boseman aka Black Panther has a MESSAGE FROM THE KING, Red finally sits down for THE RED TURTLE and MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE and...

For August 29th, 2018, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the disappointing (and allegedly whitewashed) Netflix adaptation of DEATH NOTE, Scott finally shimmers into Area X with the absolutely facemelting masterpiece ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vandermeer, TROPIC THUNDER remains the greatest comedy of the 21st Century, Ryan Reynolds and Sam Jackson limp to the Summer Box Offic...

For September 4th, 2018 , Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the complete failure that is ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW and why Disneyworld didn't pursue legal action against this guerilla style horror comedy, Mike finds himself lost in Spike TV's THE MIST aka yet another Stephen King series, the PBS American Experience documentary OKLAHOMA CITY is a harrowing reminder t...

For September 11th, 2018, Michael, Red, MikeG and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Colin Trevorrow's largely predicted exit from STAR WARS: EPISODE IX as well as how GREMLINS has no business being a Christmas movie before we get to our featured review of IT from director Andy Muschietti.  MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs (Smartphones Mix)" SHOW GUIDE 0:05:20 - What We&#...

For September 18th, 2018, Rob, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss Jude Law's buttery Scottish accent in BLACK SEA aka The Treasure of the Sunken Madre, Terrence Malick takes us into the mindblowing VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY featuring a detached Cate Blanchett, the Gallagher brothers continue to call each other potatoes in OASIS: SUPERSONIC, Red signs over his soul f...

For September 25th, 2018, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo tailor shoppe and discuss the Netflix Original 'true crime' series AMERICAN VANDAL which is essentially Making a Murderer + Superbad, Red catches up with RICK AND MORTY and joins rest of humanity, we sit through a feature length video game cutscene in KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV, and much, much more before our featured...

For October 9th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Bradbury Building and discuss the challenges of having s3x with a peach in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, Colin Farrell's watch in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER is water resistant up to 200 metres, our heads spin when we discover that a pretty decent THE EXORCIST TV series exists, THE FARTHEST proves that Voyager 1 may be the most important objec...

For October 24th, 2017, Michael, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Motel and discuss Tom Cruise's magnificent silver spiky hair in Michael Mann's epic Los Angeles crime saga COLLATERAL, the ancient spirits loom over us as we polish off AMERICAN GODS, and much, much more before our featured review of THE FLORIDA PROJECT from writer/director Sean Baker. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bom...

For November 6th, 2017, Michael, Graeme and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the clumsy balance of religious allegory and bloodthirsty violence in HACKSAW RIDGE from Mel Gibson, show co-host Rob Leickner debuts his film THE LONELY LIGHT OF HOME at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, the brilliant and touching COLUMBUS is essentially an architecture coffee table book written by Richard...