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| Ep. 031 - The Visit | 01 Jul 2026 | 01:41:55 | |
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 flirts with the totally appalling/strangely appealing? desire of L.A. swinger lifestyle in THE OVERNIGHT with Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman, Kevin Conroy's immortal voice soothes as the Caped Crusader in BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM, Ben Foster allegedly using performance enhancing drugs to get deeper into his realistic portrayal of Lance Armstrong in THE PROGRAM, and much, much more before our featured review of THE VISIT from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan. So bust out your freshest Freestyle rhymes, beware a bad case of the "darkies", remember to sharpen up your Yahztee skills, and let's see if we can finish editing this pseudo-documentary about Nana & Pop-pop before we all end up locked in the basement under a mountain of dirty adult diapers. MUSIC
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| Ep. 032 - Black Mass | 14 Jun 2026 | 01:25:27 | |
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 to read the graphic novel PREACHER by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon, Scott drones about the constantly rumoured AKIRA live action remake and what an appropriate course of action the American adaptation might take, we look at the touching 1969 British drama KESfrom Ken Loach, and much, much more before our featured review of Johnny Depp's latest accent-ridden, prosthetic experiment BLACK MASS from director Scott Cooper. So sharpen up those Jai-alai maneuvers, slip on your ice-blue contact lenses, remember to lock your bedroom door when having gangsters over for supper, and let's see if we can take down the Winter Hill Gang before we're all implicated in the crimes of our own informants. MUSIC
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| Ep. 033 - Buckaroo Banzai | 03 Nov 2025 | 01:24:08 | |
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
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| Ep. 034 - Sicario | 27 Oct 2025 | 01:35:03 | |
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
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| Ep. 035 - The Martian | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:47:00 | |
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
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| Ep. 036 - Beasts of No Nation | 12 Jun 2025 | 02:09:02 | |
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
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| Ep. 037 - Steve Jobs | 04 Apr 2025 | 01:41:37 | |
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
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| Ep. 039 - Spectre | 29 Mar 2025 | 01:55:01 | |
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
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| Ep. 040 - Spotlight | 13 Feb 2025 | 02:04:58 | |
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
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| Ep. 041 - The Night Before | 07 Feb 2025 | 01:36:26 | |
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
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| Ep. 042 - Creed | 31 Jan 2025 | 01:40:08 | |
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
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| Ep. 043 - Sorcerer | 10 Jan 2025 | 01:37:48 | |
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
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| Ep. 044 - Room | 03 Jan 2025 | 01:48:21 | |
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
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| Ep. 045 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 27 Dec 2024 | 02:19:41 | |
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
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| Ep. 046 - The Hateful Eight | 19 Dec 2024 | 01:58:26 | |
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
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| Ep. 047 - The Big Short | 29 Nov 2024 | 01:18:52 | |
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
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| Ep. 048 - The Revenant (SPECIAL GUEST: Diana Bang) | 22 Nov 2024 | 02:13:49 | |
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
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| Ep. 049 - Top 10 Films of 2015 | 13 Nov 2024 | 02:42:03 | |
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! MUSIC
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| Ep. 051 - Macbeth | 08 Oct 2024 | 01:59:58 | |
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
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| Ep. 052 - Hail, Caesar! | 01 Oct 2024 | 01:54:54 | |
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
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| Ep. 053 - Deadpool | 04 Sep 2024 | 01:59:23 | |
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
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| Ep. 054 - The VVitch | 28 Aug 2024 | 02:01:48 | |
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
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| Ep. 055 - Gods of Egypt | 21 Aug 2024 | 01:48:22 | |
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
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| Ep. 056 - Knight of Cups | 07 Aug 2024 | 02:03:48 | |
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. MUSIC
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| Ep. 057 - 10 Cloverfield Lane | 31 Jul 2024 | 02:01:28 | |
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 Commissioner Gordon, Tim shares some theories onthe ultimate fate of Francis Underwood in HOUSE OF CARDS and who else might breakthe 4th wall, Red gets lost in the terrifying underbelly ofWESTWORLD with psychotic robo-cowboys, Scott is equally baffled by the cocaine fueled REPO MAN starring Emilio Estevez (this movie makes nosense and is totally insane), the extremely disturbing Ukrainian film THE TRIBE which is depicted entirely in sign language with no translation or subtitles, Ford patents TV screen windshields for our self-driving cars and simultaneously seals our death warrant with SkyNet, and much, much more before our Emergency Broadcast System review of 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE from debut director Dan Trachtenberg. This is not a test. MUSIC
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| Ep. 058 - The Program | 24 Jul 2024 | 01:59:03 | |
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 Chris Hemsworth and a staggering performance by Daniel Brühl, Michael checks out the documentary CONAN O'BRIEN CANT STOP and slightly tweaks his opinion of Conan thereafter, we prepare to say our tearful goodbyes to io9, Gizmodo and Kotaku as Gawker Media has been ordered to pay damages of $115 million to Hulk Hogan over a nasty sounding sex tape, Scott gets his head stretched out by Bruce Campbell's performance in ARMY OF DARKNESS which might as well be a live action Looney Tunes horror movie, we may never eat baby carrots again after seeing the horrific acts on display in the SAUSAGE PARTY Red Band Trailer from (who else?) Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen, and much, much more before our review of the Lance Armstrong biopic THE PROGRAM from director Stephen Frears. WE HAVE NEVER TESTED POSITIVE!!! MUSIC
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| Ep. 059 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 17 Jul 2024 | 02:10:32 | |
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 THUNDER and stumbles around the jungle wearing a panda skin coat, Scott has a surprisingly satisfying time unwrapping the shiny ribbons of THE GIFT from first time director Joel Edgerton, Red sharpens his side-scrolling skills with Brobocop and Indiana Brones in the latest PS+ free title BROFORCE, somewhat surprising news of Margot Robbie cast in I, TONYA as disgraced U.S. Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, Netflix continues to operate on pure nostalgia fuel with a brand new VOLTRON series coming in June, and much, much more before our review of BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE from director Zack Snyder. MUSIC
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| Ep. 060 - Midnight Special | 10 Jul 2024 | 01:49:57 | |
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 take on the role of our title hero in THE TICK TV revival, Ben Affleck revealed he has written a "standalone" BATMAN script and we try to decipher exactly how 'alone' this project will be from the DC movie universe, we go on a Nantucket sleigh ride with Ron Howard and Chris Hemsworth in the Moby-Dick inspiration IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, Tim finally sits down for a little session of STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON and comes out a satisfied customer, Red shares a look into the insanely detailed stop-motion world of PES and we consider the idea of a cooking show using only inedible items, Mike throws more shade on Leo's recent Best Actor Oscar win after seeing Reddie Edmayne just crush it in the DANISH GIRL from director Tom Hooper, and much, much more before our featured review of MIDNIGHT SPECIAL from director Jeff Nichols. Everybody put your swim goggles on for this one. MUSIC
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| Ep. 061 - Everybody Wants Some!! | 04 Jul 2024 | 02:02:18 | |
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 the internet and the Family Tree Saga continues, reports of Colin Firth's death in KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE have been greatly exaggerated, we have a long drink at the most depressing pub in the universe with HORACE AND PETE starring Louis CK, Mike continues his 70's show style visit to Ashton Kutcher's THE RANCH streaming now on Netflix, Rob showers further praise on the well regarded dramatic thriller VICTORIA featuring an extended 2h18m single take, we share a gleeful shriek of baffled excitement with the absolutely psychotic debut trailer for the Sundance hit SWISS ARMY MAN, Scott sweats out the American justice system on the hottest day of the year with the classic masterpiece 12 ANGRY MEN from 1957, and much, much more before we take a big bong rip out of EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! from writer/director Richard Linklater. Everybody go trim your handlebar moustache for this one. MUSIC
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| Ep. 062 - The Jungle Book | 31 May 2024 | 02:00:15 | |
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 whitewashing accusations, Mike puts his daily cartooning career on brief hold to let the elegant punishment & beautiful masochism of DARK SOULS III wash over him, Scott borrows Snake Plissken's silent-scoped Uzi and continues his John Carpenter retrospective extravaganza with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, director Andy Serkis follows Justin Timberlake's advice and drops the "The" from JUNGLE BOOK: ORIGINS to just straight JUNGLE BOOK, the Marvel Universe folds in on itself with the first teaser trailer for DOCTOR STRANGE starring Benedict Cumberbatch, baffled looks are exchanged as James Cameron announces yet another AVATAR sequel - bringing the series to a total of five films, and much, much more before our featured review of THE JUNGLE BOOK from director Jon Favreau. Rudyard Kipling io9.Gizmodo Article: http://io9.gizmodo.com/reminder-rudyard-kipling-was-a-racist-fuck-and-the-jun-1771044121 MUSIC
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| Ep. 063 - Tale of Tales | 28 May 2024 | 01:50:55 | |
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 version of Robin Wright, Aaron Taylor-Johnson absolutely saps the energy out of the otherwise quite decent GODZILLA reboot from 2014, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has officially signed on to the JUMANJI remake and we 'eagerly' await the casting of Kevin Hart, the Ancient One in DOCTOR STRANGE gets caught under the powerful spell of the ongoing Hollywood whitewashing controversy, Jason Bourne takes a page out of the Rocky Balboa naming school as the fantastic full trailer for JASON BOURNE hits the web, and much, much more before we dig in to a fresh dragon heart with our featured review of TALE OF TALES from writer/director Matteo Garrone. MUSIC
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| Ep. 064 - High-Rise | 26 Apr 2024 | 01:58:27 | |
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 from Oliver Stone, the John Carpenter retrospective continues to pump out deep cuts with the lovable campiness of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, Red rejoices as Season 6 of GAME OF THRONES makes its triumphant return to absolutely dominate the airwaves for the next several weeks, Scott orders a new couch from Pallucci Furniture and gives a tumultuous and harrowing account of the third party delivery experience, Ben Kingsley & James McAvoy & John Boyega join the cast of a new WATERSHIP DOWN animated series for Netflix, and much, much more before our state of the art review of HIGH-RISE from director Ben Wheatley. Join us,there's almost no reason to leave. MUSIC
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| Ep. 065 - Captain America: Civil War | 22 Apr 2024 | 02:11:27 | |
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 grassroots internet urban legend, Mike finally sits down for a quick scroll through FANTASTIC 4 and can't even muster up some love for the laboratory escape sequence, the internet knows entirely too much about Kit Harington's haircut contract on GAME OF THRONES, we argue over the look of the new POWER RANGERS battle suits and manage to keep a surprising amount of hope in tact for this reboot, and much, much more before our featured review of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR from directors Joel & Anthony Russo. MUSIC
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| Ep. 066 - Uncle Buck | 05 Apr 2024 | 01:22:01 | |
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 robots in the fantastic graphic novel WE STAND ON GUARD by Brian K. Vaughan, Mike joins up with Nathan Drake for his latest white knuckle adventure in UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF'S END and tries to ignore some early pacing issues, with blood gushing from his mutilated hand, Red cowers in the corner of Jeremy Saulnier's harrowing and grisly thriller GREEN ROOM starring a terrifying Patrick Stewart, Adam checks the Craigslist prices for vintage SNES games has a rude awakening about how affordable his 'new' Super Nintendo hobby is going to be, and much, much more before our featured review of UNCLE BUCK from legendary writer/director John Hughes. MUSIC
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| Ep. 067 - The Nice Guys | 15 Mar 2024 | 01:02:30 | |
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 cop writer/director Shane Black. MUSIC
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| Ep. 068 - X-Men: Apocalypse | 12 Mar 2024 | 02:16:19 | |
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 finally get to see "Against the World Crime League"?), the atrociously terrible gross-out comedy THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY is an absolute embarrassment for all actors involved, we (literally) open our hearts over the debut episode of Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg's PREACHER series on AMC, MikeG gives FEAR THE WALKING DEAD one last shot as the zombie craze rides waning ripples of its final wave of popularity, Scott bolts a GoPro camera to his head for the first-person adventure HARDCORE HENRY featuring a bakers dozen of fantastic performances from Sharlto Copley, and much, much more before we get to our featured review of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE from scumbag director Bryan Singer. SHOW GUIDE
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| Ep. 069 - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | 23 Feb 2024 | 01:49:00 | |
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 hilarious perils of having a shitfaced editor working in the cutting room, Scott is full on obsessed with the 2011 Sundance documentary RESURRECT DEAD and discovering the true secret of the Toynbee Tiles, Mike gets caught up in a very effective rewatch of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and we contemplate the landscape of war films for the foreseeable future, taking a page from GRAVITY, the stunning VR ready experience ADR1FT is just as jaw dropping and wondrous outside of an Oculus Rift, Disney grinds the internet to a concerned halt after announcing that more than 40% of STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE will undergo extensive reshoots this summer, and much, much more before our featured review of POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING from Lonely Island directors Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone. MUSIC
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| Ep. 070 - Warcraft | 16 Feb 2024 | 01:53:57 | |
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 Gordon's new rippling physique as JK Simmons hammers the weight room in preparation for JUSTICE LEAGUE Parts 1 & 2, the absolutely stunning background landscapes in Pixar's THE GOOD DINOSAUR ironically upstage the entire plot of the main characters, Gavin Hood's gripping thriller EYE IN THE SKY turns out to be a much more effective look at drone strike politics than GOOD KILL, and much, much more before we get to our featured review of WARCRAFT from writer/director Duncan Jones. MUSIC
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| Ep. 071 - Finding Dory | 09 Feb 2024 | 02:02:23 | |
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 Washington & Russel Crowe's absolutely absurd film VIRTUOSITY is the most 1995 sci-fi movie ever made, Mike lounges in the Venice Beach sunshine and polishes off the full series run of FLAKED starring Will Arnett, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return for another "shell of a good time" with TMNT: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, and much, much more before our featured review of FINDING DORY from writer/director Andrew Stanton. MUSIC
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| Ep. 072 - Independence Day: Resurgence | 02 Feb 2024 | 02:04:33 | |
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 the classic 80's family film *BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, Red stumbles into a cave full of cannibalistic tribal warriors in the grisly horror western BONE TOMAHAWK featuring Kurt Russell's unreal beard, Scott concludes that HIGHLANDER is nothing more than sleazy trash and his quest for the next 80's gem continues, and much, much more before our featured review of INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE from the schlock master of disaster himself, director Roland Emmerich. MUSIC
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| Ep. 073 - Swiss Army Man | 05 Jan 2024 | 00:56:37 | |
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 of the true meaning of friendship. MUSIC
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| Ep. 074 - Enemy | 29 Dec 2023 | 02:10:27 | |
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 books a ticket to Thailand for ONLY GOD FORGIVES, Scott crawls into the trenches for a 3 hour slog through BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE ULTIMATE CUT only to discover the same trash we already saw, Mike has more positive hopes for the second season of MARCO POLO on Netflix, we pledge ourselves to the summer of POKEMON GO, and much, much more before our featured review of ENEMY from French-Canadian God Denis Villeneuve. MUSIC
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| Ep. 075 - Ghostbusters | 22 Dec 2023 | 02:02:57 | |
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 is a prequel to DARK CITY, Scott finally has a chance to experience William Dear's TIMERIDER: THE ADVENTURE OF LYLE SWANN to slight disappointment despite a pretty solid grandfather paradox, Red completes his Nicolas Winding Reftrospective with a viewing of THE NEON DEMON at the rowdy Rio Theatre and realizes that he may be under the spell of NWR, we discuss whether or not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (or anyone for that matter) deserves be crowned as the highest paid actor in the world, and much, much more before our featured review of GHOSTBUSTERS from director Paul Feig. MUSIC
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| Ep. 076 - Star Trek Beyond | 15 Dec 2023 | 02:18:43 | |
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 and will be released as a TV movie + spinoff series, Scott and Tim take a crash course in Iranian nuclear centrifuges and face the extremely powerful Stuxnet virus in Alex Gibney's fascinating documentary ZERO DAYS, Woody Allen's latest effort CAFE SOCIETY turns out to be a forgettable outing despite some likable character moments and charming relationship dialogue, we realize that the recent reveal of THE WOODS actually being a secret BLAIR WITCH sequel is just a simple case of 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE retcon syndrome, and much, much more before our fast & furious review of STAR TREK BEYOND from director Justin Lin. MUSIC
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| Ep. 077 - Jason Bourne | 08 Dec 2023 | 02:33:44 | |
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 and THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM from directors Doug Liman & Paul Greengrass. Also, we crack open the latest batch of classified documents with a review of the brand new entry in the Treadstone Saga: JASON BOURNE. MUSIC
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| Ep. 078 - Suicide Squad | 03 Dec 2023 | 02:05:13 | |
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 starring Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and the Devil, news of a new ROCKETEER reboot/sequel (from Producer and NBA star Blake Griffin?) featuring an African-American title character, Mike gets transferred to the Sanford countryside to check up on the spectacular action comedy HOT FUZZ from master Edgar Wright, we prepare for another potential Last Samurai situation with the first trailer for Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL featuring Matt Damon vs. giant monsters in ancient China, and much, much more before our featured review of SUICIDE SQUAD from writer/director David Ayer. MUSIC
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| Ep. 079 - Sausage Party | 13 Nov 2023 | 01:40:56 | |
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 WARS STORY invades the internet like an AT-AT Imperial walker on the beach in Bora Bora, Scott bravely endures Jodie Foster's abysmal and cringeworthy dramatic thriller MONEY MONSTER featuring George Clooney as a fiery stock trading TV host caught in a lame hostage situation, the 15 quintillion worlds of NO MAN'S SKY finally shimmer into view, we shed a frustrated tear at the significant lack of fajita platters sizzling past our noses in restaurants these days, and much, much more before our featured review of SAUSAGE PARTY from writers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. MUSIC
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| Ep. 080 - Hell or High Water | 10 Nov 2023 | 02:05:36 | |
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 remake) with the new comedy WAR DOGS featuring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, Mike takes a little nibble from each of the sample plates at International Food Day with Michael Moore's latest political documentary WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, we debate the current state of method acting in Hollywood as Jared Leto joins the cast of BLADE RUNNER 2 in a "significant" role, and much, much more before our featured review of HELL OR HIGH WATER from director David MacKenzie. MUSIC
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| Ep. 081 - Kubo and the Two Strings (GUEST: Diana Bang) | 13 Oct 2023 | 01:50:29 | |
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 thing?', Baz Luhrman's new Netflix Original show THE GET DOWN features all the familiar Luhrmanian visual / musical tricks, Scott is clinically obsessed with Playdead Studios latest release INSIDE and needs no further convincing that it is one of the greatest experiences in the history of video games, the horrific quest to find Hitler's perfect clone gets a bit messy in the surprisingly decent science fiction thriller THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL starring Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele, Red enjoys his birthday gift in the form of tickets to THE BOOK OF MORMON produced by the one and only Trey Parker & Matt Stone, and much, much more before our frame by frame review of KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS from LAIKA studios and director Travis Knight. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs" MUSIC
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| Ep. 082 - Incendies | 06 Oct 2023 | 01:55:31 | |
For September 5th, 2016, Rob, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the unfortunate recent passing of comedy legend (and spoof film royalty) Gene Wilder, water is wet and STRANGER THINGS is officially returning for Season Two in 2017, Red decides to break rules #1 and #2 by talking about the FIGHT CLUB 2 graphic novel, the imaginative creators of MYST are back at it again with the brand new exploration puzzle game OBDUCTION, Scott takes a terrifying trip to into the Los Angeles modeling world and the neverending cycle of female jealousy in THE NEON DEMON from Nicolas Winding Refn, we sharpen our Kung-Fu hip-hop skills with more of THE GET DOWN on Netflix, and much, much more before our review of INCENDIES from director Denis Villeneuve. MUSIC
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