The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For October 15th, 2015, Rob, Mike and Scott meet up in Nostromo Lounge for a mini-episode and review Ridley Scott's latest entry in his Sci-Fi Second Renaissance: the exhilarating adaptation of Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN starring Matt Damon. So gather up all the human fertilizer you can find, keep a roll of duct tape at the ready, throw on your favourite ABBA record, and let's see if we can make it across the Acidalia Planitia to the ARES IV launch site before we starve and have to go all Christian Bale.MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"Harry Gregson-Williams - "Mars" SHOW GUIDE 0:03:45 - Review: The Martian (2015)0:27:55 - *Spoiler Tag*CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For October 20th, 2015, the OG crew Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the surprisingly BitCoin-filled teen retro-comedy DOPE, the 1968 classic ROSEMARY'S BABY on potentially being the very first modern horror film, Ernest Cline's latest geek culture slathered novel ARMADA and a roller coaster ride of fan expectations, Mike's thoughts on the extremely short lived ABC sitcom MIXOLOGY, Scott drones on yet again about how Peter Berg's BATTLESHIP is an extremely competent film adaptation of something a silly as a board game, Robert Rodriquez signs on to direct the long-gestating BATTLE ANGEL ALITA for producer James Cameron, and much, much more before our featured review of the harrowing Netflix Original film BEASTS OF NO NATION from writer, director and cinematographer Cary Joji Fukunaga.REFERENCESRichard Mosse: The Impossible Image - https://vimeo.com/67115692MUSICThe AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"SHOW GUIDE0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:50:55 - News1:19:05 - Review: BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015)1:39:35 - *Spoiler Tag*CLIPSBattleship (2012)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For October 27th, 2015, 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 Viewing0:34:10 - News0:59:35 - Review: Dad Jeans: The Steve Jobs Story (2015) CLIPS Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer #3 (2015)The Animatrix (2003)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For November 9th, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge Studio and discuss the somewhat lukewarm reception to 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 big top 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 Viewing0:37:20 - News1:08:15 - Review: Spectre (2015)1:22:25 - *Spoiler Tag*CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For November 16th, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss Shia LaBeouf's latest "art" "project" #ALLMYMOVIES, 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 buggy titles like FALLOUT 4, our boy Richard Kelly brings his floating liquids kills with the quickly forgotten sci-fi film THE BOX featuring Cameron Diaz, the absolutely insane first trailer for Ron Perlman's fake moon landing comedy MOONWALKERS, 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 Viewing0:44:30 - News1:13:20 - Review: Spotlight (2015) CLIPS W/ Bob & David (2015)Moonwalkers (2015)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For November 23rd, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and revisit the surprisingly disturbing (and unsurprisingly wacky) 80's classic FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR with Vancouver's own Joey Cramer, the brand new martial arts/western mashup INTO THE BADLANDS on AMC, Peter Jackson's sincere viewpoint on the production of THE HOBBIT trilogy, 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 Viewing0:44:25 - News1:06:50 - 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'CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For December 1st, 2015, 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 bitwith a somewhat disappointing rewatch of Tarantino's TRUE ROMANCE from the immortal Tony Scott, the white washed 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 GUIDE0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:36:05 - News0:56:40 - Review: Creed (2015)1:22:53 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)The Hateful Eight (2015) Roadshow featuretteCaptain America: Civil War (2016) Trailer 1CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For December 8th, 2015, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the locally produced, undead private eye CW series iZOMBIE, 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 red band 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 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* CLIPSiZombie (2015)Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Trailer#3CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For December 15th, 2015, 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 Viewing0:28:45 - News0:58:50 - Review: Room (2015)1:18:05 - *Spoiler Tag*CLIPS End of the Tour (2015)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) Trailer #1CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For December 21st, 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 abet and is forced at Elvish knife point 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 Viewing0:40:35 - News1:08:10 - Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2015)1:35:42 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS Don Verdean (2015)Star Trek Beyond (2016) Trailer #1 CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For January 1st, 2016, Red and Scott meet in Smeagol's Haberdashery and discuss the recent news of Leonardo DiCaprio admitting that he refused the role of Anakin Skywalker in ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Sean Connery's futuristic racquetball skills are on full display in the badass 1980's sci-fi western OUTLAND, Red shares his thoughts on the inept ISIS wannabes featured in the UK comedy FOUR LIONS from director Chris Morris, Christopher Nolan announces his arrival on the 70MM hype train with a WWII story about the evacuation of DUNKIRK; currently slated for release in July 2017, we try to determine if "Cards Against Humanity" is superior to "Apples to Apples" as the gold standard for mildly offensive tabletop games, Radiohead gives us a sneak peak at a world where the SPECTRE theme song was actually decent, and much, much more before our blood spattered review of the so-called 70MM roadshow revival picture THE HATEFUL EIGHT from writer/director Quentin Tarantino. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:30:15 - News1:02:10 - Review: The Hateful Eight (2015)1:32:02 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS Rudy (1993)Anakin's Bad Acting CREDITSWe are on iTunes like a bunch of "AAA" mortgages! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For January 5th, 2016, Rob, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the Valiant Comics title X-O MANOWAR (which sounds totally bananas), the general typecasting of Melissa McCarthy and her latest Paul Feig collaboration SPY, we spend entirely too much time discussing whatever the hell "MathRock" is, Mike and Red check out GUY ON A BUFFALO while majestically chasing bears across the Oregon foothills, and much, much more before our stock market-crashing review of THE BIG SHORT from writer/director Adam McKay. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:29:20 - Review: The Big Short (2015) CLIPS Spy (2015)CREDITS We are on iTunes like a bunch of "AAA" mortgages! Subscribe now!You can reach the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @robsolete and@michaelrlynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and suggestions to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For January 11th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott welcome THE INTERVIEW star Diana Bang into our makeshift shelter of branches and pine needles as we discuss the gritty British action film '71 which is basically BLACK HAWK DOWN in Belfast, how depressing life would be as an indestructible superhero like ONE PUNCH MAN, Diana has some potential issues with SICARIO and Emily Blunt's FBI agent character, we look at the anger inducing Netflix Original crime series MAKING A MURDERER, Red reassures Scott that MEN WITH BROOMS is significantly more enjoyable than he gives it credit for, and much, muchmore before our featured review of the relentlessly beautiful (and extremely sobering) survival picture THE REVENANT from acclaimed writer/director AlejandroG. Iñárritu. www.dianabang.com MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:45:05 - Golden Globe discussion1:05:20 - News1:19:25 - Review: The Revenant (2015)1:48:45 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS Extract (2009)High Rise (2015) Official Trailer #2The Revenant (2015) Official Trailer CREDITS We are inside iTunes like a nice, warm horse gut! Click to Subscribe now.You can find the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @thedianabang and@jared_sargent and @MichaelRLynd and @ScottWillsonBCSendyour thoughts and chirps to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For January 18th, 2016, we welcome you to a very special episode! Today on the podcast, Tim, Rob, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the glitzy Nostromo Ballroom for the 1st Annual Oscar Isaac Awards. Our deliberations include the Worst Film of the Year, Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment, and 'Best Old Film of the Year' before the main event: our personal Top 10 Favourite Films of 2015. So strap on your Turbo Blaster, dump some gunpowder into that neck wound and let's and buckle up for a wild ride across the scorching desert in the Vertical Viewing War Rig!MUSICThe AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"Le Matos - "Tequila Sunrise"SHOW GUIDE0:00:00 - Surprises/Disappointments0:49:50 - Worst Film of the Year1:09:15 - Top Films: #10 - 61:48:45 - Top Films: #5 - 1CLIPSMad Max: Fury Road (2015)Ex Machina (2015)CREDITSWe are on iTunes like a bunch of gawkers!You can find the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter.Tim is not on the Internet. He hates robot movies.Follow @robsolete and @jared_sargent and @MichaelRLynd and @ScottWillsonBCSend your thoughts and chirps to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For February 1st, 2016, MikeG, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss a somewhat bored looking Mulder & Scully making their return to British Columbia with THE X-FILES Season 10 revival series, William Friedkin's classic 80's action cut TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA, the cost of James Caan's slacks in THIEF, the internet absolutely flips out after learning that Joseph Fiennes has been cast as Michael Jackson in a SKY TV movie, we bust open some of our favourite theories about Rey's family lineage and the dangers of fan service in the upcoming STAR WARS sequels, and much, much more before we set Birnam Wood aflame with our featured review of MACBETH from director Justin Kurzel. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"Michael Jackson - "The Way You Make Me Feel" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:33:55 - News1:07:10 - Review: Macbeth (2015) CLIPSMacGruber (2010)Macbeth (2015) CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For February 16, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss some theories behind the cryptic gold coins in JOHN WICK and whether or not the film takes place in an alternate universe, we attack, defend, flirt and make pancakes for enemies in the irresistibly charming old school role-playing game UNDERTALE for PC, the debut trailer for JASON BOURNE drops a suckerpunch to the head as a potential Bourne Marathon podcast begins to take shape, the internet rejoices as Elizabeth Banks is cast as the fearsome villain Rita Repulsa in the new POWER RANGERS reboot, Mike hacks his way through a forest of bamboo to catch KUNG FU PANDA 3 hiding deep in the doldrums of January, Scott gets lost in the haunted house up at CRIMSON PEAK and doesn't come away with much more than a mediocre sink-bash to the face, we get a fleeting glimpse of Krang's eyeball and sweet looking robot suit in the new TMNT: OUT OF THE SHADOWS Superbowl spot, and much, much more before we all get mixed up with Communist screenwriters in our prestige picture review of HAIL,CAESAR! from writer/directors Joel & Ethan Coen. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:42:10 - News1:08:45 - Review: Hail, Caesar! (2016)1:30:27 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPSJohn Wick (2014)Independence Day: Resurgence (Super Bowl Trailer)Hail, Caesar! (2016) CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For February 15th, 2016, Mike, Red, MikeG and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss recent news of Todd McFarlane completing a fresh new SPAWN script and the "cape"-abilities of CGI superhero costumes, we storyboard an action sequence from the TRANSFORMERS + G.I. JOE + FAST & FURIOUS shared universe crossover film trilogy, we stream a continuous trailing moment of Now with Tony Scott's woefully underrated sci-fi thriller DEJA VU starring Denzel Washington, the controversial legend of PRESS YOUR LUCK game show "cheater" Michael Larson lives on for eternity as a true Messiah for the lazy & unemployed, the lowdown comes in on ZOOLANDER No. 2 and it is quite expectedly a DOA piece of hot garbage, and much, much more before our 16th wall breaking review of the spectacular frenzy that is DEADPOOL from director Tim Miller. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:38:20 - News0:59:15 - Review: Deadpool (2016) CLIPS Zoolander 2 (2016)Top GearDeadpool (2016)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For February 24th, 2016, Mike and Scott meet in the dark forest at the edge of the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the ethical realities associated with the Academy holding a Best Stunt Coordinator category at the Oscars, DEADPOOL smashing the 4th wall out of box office records while slapping all the other X-Men films in the face, the Coen Brothers 1991 Palm d'Or winner BARTON FINK is not an obscure movie at all and it is an outright masterpiece in fact, Scott raves about the fantastic Netflix documentary CARTEL LAND which is essentially a cinematic documentary version of SICARIO, the Wookies in STAR WARS REBELS look like derpy potato sausages, and much, much more before our faith-testing review of THE VVITCH from Sundance award winning writer/director Robert Eggers.MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing 0:38:10 - News1:09:25 - Review: The VVitch (2015)1:35:30 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS Barton Fink (1991)Star Wars: Episode VIII Production AnnouncementThe VVitch (2015)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For March 1st, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss whether or not Hugh Jackman's boxing skills can live up to his fathering skills in REAL STEEL; a mutated cybernetic love child of Transformers & Rocky, the thoroughly dismal effort on display in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 2 stumbles in mid-air, Red breaks down the religious themes in the last Proyas film KNOWING starring the One True God, tsunami waves of R-rated superhero films appear in the distance as the big studios continue to drool over DEADPOOL and his insane box office success, an absolutely essential rewatch is necessary for the 1984 cult classic (and Criterion signature release) REPO MAN starring Emilio Estevez, the Griswolds and the Gremlins crash the Christmas party in the surprisingly watchable KRAMPUS, and much,much more before our featured review of the brand new historical documentary GODS OF EGYPT from director Alex Proyas. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:47:50 - News1:09:20 - Review: Gods of Egypt (2016) CLIPSRepo Man (1984)Blade Runner (1982)Gods of Egypt (2016)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com

For March 7th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss some major concerns over a somewhat polarizing debut trailer for the GHOSTBUSTERS reboot/sequel thing, your 2001 questions have been brought before the infamous monolith and HAL-9000 - all will finally be revealed with a trip into the largely forgotten sequel 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT, we share a lingering sense of bewilderment over that time Topher Grace played Eddie Brock after hearing news of Sony's new VENOM spinoff film, Scott throws out the bold declaration that Koba from DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is on par with Kylo Ren on a scale of villainous badassery, the world is one step closer to THE DARK TOWER being a reality with Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey officially joining the cast, Red ignores the absolutely unfair amount of hype piled upon NO MAN'S SKY and salivates over the psychedelic space adventures that potentially await us, dreams are shattered as Joseph Gordon-Levitt leaves the extremely long gestating SANDMAN project over creative differences, and much, much more before our featured review of the montage art project KNIGHT OF CUPS from legendary writer/director Terrence Malick. MUSICThe AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:37:45 - News1:11:05 - Review: Knight of Cups (2015) CLIPS The Voices (2015)Ghostbusters (2016) Knight of Cups (2015)CREDITSWe are on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyYou can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on TwitterFollow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLyndSend your thoughts & recommendations to verticalviewing@gmail.com