Emerald City Video

In this episode, Russ Burlingame is joined by @MakeMineAmalgam, the man behind the #JosieQuest hashtag. This intrepid viewer sat down to watch Josie and the Pussycats, one of Russ's favorite movies and the first film ever discussed on the ECV Podcast, every day for a year. Now, he's here to talk to us about it. Sorry for the audio quality; our usual recoding methods didn't work and this is what we...

In what used to be -- and probably still should be -- two episodes, Russ and Zach talk for two hours and change about the changing face of streaming, how it's going to cost users a fortune, how coporate America doesn't care to make your movie-watching more pleasant or convenient, and why everyone maybe made too big a deal out of the whole Disney+/Marvel Cinematic Universe kerfuffle last week. You...

Russ: 3/5 Zach: 2/5 This is a little late, but Russ and Zach saw Joker. They didn't love it. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. The Emerald City Video Podcast is a periodic podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, with a rotating cast of hosts who used to work at the Emerald City Video store in East Syracuse, New York. The sto...

Rating: 5/5 (Russ)              4/5 (Zach) In this episode, Russ and Zach talk about Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, the latest opus from indie icon and geek hero Kevin Smith. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. The Emerald City Video Podcast is a periodic podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, with a rotating cast of hosts who used...

Rating: 3/5 Russ is joined by Logan Bretschneider and Dan Fecteau to talk about the new Netflix film, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. The Emerald City Video Podcast is a periodic podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, with a rotating cast of hosts who used to work at the Emerald City Video...

In a very special episode, Russ Burlingame is joined by Tucker Brennan, who has plans to revive and reinvent RST Video, the store featured in Kevin Smith's movie Clerks and plenty more.  You can check out the IndieGoGo campaign that will help him do it here:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/restore-rst-video/x/9503338#/ You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  fami...

Empathy Inc: 4/5 Stars Ready Or Not: 4.5/5 Stars In this episode, Russ and Zach talk about Empathy, Inc and Ready or Not, a pair of smart and creative genre films that deserve more attention. SPOILERS ON for Empathy, Inc, as it's hard to talk about the film without talking about the film. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're...

Rating: 5/5 It's time to talk about Satanic Panic, a low-budget horror movie that Russ and Zach both LOVED. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter  and  Facebook . We also have Instagram and V...

The Velocipastor: 4.5/5 The Banana Splits Movie: 4/5 It's been a while since we did a two-movie episode that was ACTUALLY a ton of fun. But here you go. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter...

Hello, and welcome to the Emerald City Video Podcast. This is Russ Burlingame, and tonight is going to be a little different than usual. Today saw the cancellation of KRYPTON, a TV series that ran for two seasons on SYFY and which was not just one of my personal favorite shows on TV but one of the series that has kind of shown me the most love in return. Along with Deadly Class, also cancelled thi...

Review Score: 5/5 Zach Roberts ( @zdroberts ) is back in town, so he and Russ ( @russburlingame ) join forces for a new episode of the new release wall, where they checked out Blinded By the Light at an early, "Springsteen Fan Event" screening four days before its official release on Friday. Russ braved being sick and Zach being jet-lagged after a week-long event in Switzerland to go see this movi...

Review Score: 5/5 Russ Burlingame and Shawn Carpenter from Delicious Flavor: A Psych Rewatch Podcast break down the final season of iZombie, a criminally underrated show with heart, humor...and a pinch of horror. You can read Russ's interview with showrunner Rob Thomas here. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here, ...

Review Score: 3/5 You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter  and  Facebook . We also have Instagram and Vero accounts where we share images, photos, memes, and nonsense. Be back for more by noon...

Emerald City Video hosts Russ Burlingame (ComicBook.com) and Zach D. Roberts (Around the Lens) talk Comic Con International: San Diego 2019, where Russ checked out various Warner Bros. TV projects including the end of ARROW, the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, RIVERDALE, and the final season of SUPERNATURAL. We also talk about the "Kevin Smith Reboots Hall H" panel and a little bit about Marvel's aggre...

With the end of the Syracuse New Times, we want to start repping the hometown a bit more and covering some local events. We started with one we were already planning to attend. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can als...

Review Scores:  The Dead Don't Die: 5/5 Hi-Death 1/5 Here are Russ's notes from Hi-Death, as mentioned in the episode:  Opening shot of Romero’s star. Yeah, we get plenty of others — but the OPENING SHOT. Titles looked amateur — budget or choice? And I love the music that sounds like just a 2-minute version of an old direct-to-VHS studio fanfare. Zero budget in an endearing way. The acting is WOOF...

In today's installment of the New Release Wall, Russ and Zach talk about Dark Phoenix, the latest X-Men movie, and...well, we talked a lot, so I'll shut up now and let the episode do the heavy lifting. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes wi...

Russ and Zach break down Godzilla: King of the Monsters and tee up the next NRW episode, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter  and  Facebook . We also have Instagram and...

In the latest installment of the new release wall, Russ and Zach talk about the new indie horror movie Winterskin. And while we are all about most of our indie horror movies, no matter how schlocky, this one just did not connect with us at all. You can hear why in the podcast. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,...

I know, I know -- I still haven't finished the ECV 100 installments yet. But the Class of 1999 series, which will run irregularly for the rest of the year, is something that fits in nicely with the idea of "legacy," so we're going to put those on Mondays too, at least on weeks that we don't already have an ECV 100 thing. Here, we talk about Payback, which is a great movie with a terrible director'...

Russ and Zach talk this week's biggest movie, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter  and  Facebook . We also have Instagram and Vero accounts where we share i...

In this episode, Russ Burlingame talks with Ted Sikora about his new comic, Tap Dance Killer. He is currently crowdfunding the first trade paperback on Kickstarter, which you can check out here and pre-order a copy. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast,...

Russ and Zach talk about the indie dramedy The Browsing Effect. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts)  on the ACPN  family of shows. If you like what we're doing here,  you can become a patron  of the Emerald City Video Podcast, which comes with fun perks. You can also follow us on  Twitter  and  Facebook . We also have Instagram and Vero accounts where we share images, photos,...

The latest episode of Archie Digest: A Riverdale Podcast ran a little long — actually about another 15 minutes over what you hear here, since Russ ended up trimming quite a bit of comic book talk that wandered off into the esoteric and absurd.   We’ve got quite a bit going on this week. Obviously the biggest piece is talking about “Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness,” the episode of Riverdale that ju...

HOLDING ON — When Jughead (Cole Sprouse) learns that an anonymous buyer has plans to tear down the local drive-in, he fights desperately to keep it open. Betty (Lili Reinhart) finds her friendship with Archie on the line after stumbling upon some startling information she’s uncovered about Miss Grundy’s (guest star Sarah Habel) past.   Elsewhere, Veronica (Camila Mendes) confronts her mother Hermo...