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For September 30th, 2015, Tim, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the Netflix drama BLOODLINE starring Kyle Chandler and show favourite Ben Mendelssohn, Tom Hardy potentially taking up the pointy-haired mantle of Wolverine from current champ Hugh Jackman, the unparalleled precision and detail of Stanley Kubrick's pre-production research process in the fascinating documentary STANLEY KUBRICK'S BOXES, and much, much more before our featured throwback review of THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION from director W.D. Richter. So be sure to calibrate your Oscillation Overthruster, call up The Hong Kong Cavaliers, don't ever be mean, and let's see if we can prevent an interdimensional race war before we are all wiped out by the accidental nuclear holocaust. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"Michael Boddicker - "End Credits (LongVersion)" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:20:35 - News0:41:20 - Review: Buckaroo Banzai (1984)0:58:36 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS This is the End (2013)Buckaroo Banzai (1984) CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

For October 6th, 2015, Tim, Mike and Scott meet up in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the practice of deliberately watching horrible films & TV shows while you are sick, newcomer Trevor Noah's first week at THE DAILY SHOW, Scott shares his thoughts on Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in THE LOBSTER from the surreal and twisted brain of Yorgos Lanthimos, we take a moment to commemorate the belated 20 year anniversary of the coveted masterpiece HACKERS, and much, much more before our featured review of the highly anticipated SICARIO from our boy Denis Villeneuve and the legendary Roger Deakins. So slide into your Splinter Cell sneak suit, and let's see if we can keep up with this speeding convoy of black GMC suburbans before we all get bagged up and stuffed into the walls of a suburban Arizona bungalow. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:25:20 - News0:44:15 - Review: Sicario (2015)1:06:20 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS The Lobster (2015)The Daily Show with Trevor Noah CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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* CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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. REFERENCES Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image - https://vimeo.com/67115692 MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" SHOW GUIDE 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing0:50:55 - News1:19:05 - Review: BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015)1:39:35 - *Spoiler Tag* CLIPS Battleship (2012) CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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) CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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* CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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) CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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' CREDITS We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Subscribe now!Send your thoughts and suggestions to [email protected]

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 GUIDE 0:00:00 - 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 1 CREDITS We 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 [email protected]

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* CLIPS iZombie (2015)Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Trailer#3 CREDITS We 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 [email protected]

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 #1 CREDITS We 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 [email protected]

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 CREDITS We 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 [email protected]

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 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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 GUIDE 0:00:00 - 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 [email protected]