The Vertical Viewing Podcast

Scott Willson
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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.

  1. Ep. 033 - Buckaroo Banzai

    11/03/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    1h 24m
  2. Ep. 034 - Sicario

    10/27/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    1h 35m
  3. Ep. 035 - The Martian

    06/19/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    47 min
  4. Ep. 036 - Beasts of No Nation

    06/12/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    2h 9m
  5. Ep. 037 - Steve Jobs

    04/04/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    1h 42m
  6. Ep. 039 - Spectre

    03/29/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    1h 55m
  7. Ep. 040 - Spotlight

    02/13/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    2h 5m
  8. Ep. 041 - The Night Before

    02/07/2025

    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 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 verticalviewing@gmail.com

    1h 36m
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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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  • Creator
    Scott Willson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    119
  • Rating
    Explicit
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