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The Vertical Viewing Podcast
by Scott Willson
The latest Film and TV news and reviews. On this conversational podcast, there's no binge watching, there is only vertical viewing.
Episodes
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Ep. 029 - Turbo Kid
For September 1st, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the windswept Nostromo Lounge and discuss potential ways to improve the extremely antiquated nature of Pig Latin, our long awaited first look at Michael Fassbender in the ASSASSIN'S CREED feature film, Red breaks into Pablo Escobar's secret...
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Ep. 031 - The Visit
For September 15th, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss Ronda Rousey's acting chops and how she will fare with a lead role in the upcoming ROAD HOUSE reboot, Mike attempts to explain why the instant bomb DUMB & DUMBER TO is legitimately an unwatchable film, Scott...
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Ep. 032 - Black Mass
For September 22nd, 2015, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Lounge and discuss the recent news of PACIFIC RIM 2 getting delayed indefinitely, an instantly forgotten (and admirably flawed) summer box office flop called TOMORROWLAND, Red channels the stern word of God and commands everyone…
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Ep. 033 - Buckaroo Banzai
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...
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Ep. 034 - Sicario
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...
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Ep. 035 - The Martian
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...
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Ep. 036 - Beasts of No Nation
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…
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Ep. 037 - Steve Jobs
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…
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Ep. 039 - Spectre
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...
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Ep. 040 - Spotlight
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...
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Ep. 041 - The Night Before
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...
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Ep. 042 - Creed
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...
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Ep. 043 - Sorcerer
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...
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Ep. 044 - Room
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…
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Ep. 045 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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…
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Ep. 046 - The Hateful Eight
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...
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Ep. 047 - The Big Short
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...
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Ep. 048 - The Revenant (SPECIAL GUEST: Diana Bang)
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…
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Ep. 049 - Top 10 Films of 2015
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…
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Ep. 051 - Macbeth
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…
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Ep. 052 - Hail, Caesar!
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...
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Ep. 053 - Deadpool
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…
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Ep. 054 - The VVitch
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...
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Ep. 055 - Gods of Egypt
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…
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Ep. 056 - Knight of Cups
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…
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Ep. 057 - 10 Cloverfield Lane
This week on the podcast, Tim, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo Fallout Shelter and discuss the criminally underrated Dirk Pitt adventure SAHARA starring Michael McConaughey and VVP royalty Steve Zahn, the recent announcement of JK Simmons taking his talents down to JUSTICELEAGUE as...
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Ep. 058 - The Program
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...
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Ep. 059 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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...
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Ep. 060 - Midnight Special
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...
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Ep. 061 - Everybody Wants Some!!
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...
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Ep. 062 - The Jungle Book
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...
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Ep. 063 - Tale of Tales
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...
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Ep. 064 - High-Rise
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…
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Ep. 065 - Captain America: Civil War
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...
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Ep. 066 - Uncle Buck
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…
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Ep. 067 - The Nice Guys
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...
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Ep. 068 - X-Men: Apocalypse
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...
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Ep. 069 - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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…
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Ep. 070 - Warcraft
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...
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Ep. 071 - Finding Dory
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...
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Ep. 072 - Independence Day: Resurgence
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...
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Ep. 073 - Swiss Army Man
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…
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Ep. 074 - Enemy
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…
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Ep. 075 - Ghostbusters
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…
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Ep. 076 - Star Trek Beyond
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…
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Ep. 077 - Jason Bourne
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…
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Ep. 078 - Suicide Squad
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...
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Ep. 079 - Sausage Party
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...
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Ep. 080 - Hell or High Water
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...
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Ep. 081 - Kubo and the Two Strings (GUEST: Diana Bang)
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…
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The latest Film and TV news and reviews. On this conversational podcast, there's no binge watching, there is only vertical viewing.
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The Vertical Viewing Podcast is created and hosted by Scott Willson.
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