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Emerald City Video
by Russ Burlingame
The Emerald City Video Podcast brings together former employees and customers of Emerald City Video Stores in Syracuse, New York, to discuss movies old and new.
Episodes
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Taking the Physical (Media) Part 2
It's really more of a spiritual sequel... Are the kids getting into tapes because of Taylor Swift? What is “second screen” content? Will Killers of the Flower Moon ever get a physical release? Is there a need for movie takedown posts? Not critical reviews but social media that just shits on other...
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Taking the Physical (Media) Part 1
In this episode Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts chat about the drawbacks of streaming media, the fact that directors are getting angry about how their films look on streaming apps, award-winning director of The Godfather not being able to find a home for his new film and so much more. Part two…
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Let Us Continue To Be Getting Physical Even More
This episode of the ECV Podcast we hit play the news of the last month. Chatting about teens learning the difficulties of opening cd’s (at least they don’t have to deal with the old BJ’s long plastic security holders), thereally cool new Evil Dead VHS (yeah that’s right, VHS) and much much more....
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Let’s Get Physical
Originally released on October 18 on Substack. Well, this was supposed to be a short, well-planned out episode of the Emerald City Video podcast… but I guess that you all know us better than we do. We went longer than expected. This week/month we start a new series of newsy discussions on the…
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Our Favorites of 2021
The Emerald City Video Podcast is back after a long absence, and it's Russ and Zach breaking down what we watched this year, what we loved, what we...really didn't...and more. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts) on the ACPN family of shows. The Emerald City Video Podcast is a...
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5 for 5: 2001‘s Best Movies
Russ and Zach talk about their favorite movies from 2001, including Josie and the Pussycats, about which Russ has just written a book. Check it out at josiebook.com! The Emerald City Video Podcast is a periodic podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, with a rotating cast of...
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New Release Wall: The Suicide Squad
Zach D Roberts and Russ Burlingame talk about The Suicide Squad, from the brilliant and twisted mind of Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker James Gunn. they also mention a little bit at the end about Russ's new book, Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont's Josie and the...
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The Snyder Cut
It's here! They #ReleasedTheSnyderCut, and now we're here to talk about 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...
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Revisiting Justice League (2017)
Yes, it's time to go back to JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017) again, just in time for ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, the upcoming super-long version of the same movie but with better cinematography and more characters. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts) on the ACPN family of shows. The...
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It's Garry Shandling's Emerald City Video Podcast
In this episode, RUSS BURLINGAME and ZACH D ROBERTS talk about the closure of FAMILY VIDEO's brick-and-mortar stores, as well as talking about some of what they've been watching during the winter months, with honorable mentions going to Netflix's DISENCHANTMENT (they sent Zach mead!), the…
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#SaveTheVideoStore
#SaveTheVideoStore...and lots of rants. 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...
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Bill & Ted Face the Music
We're back! It won't be so long next time, we promise. 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…
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Fletch...?
Russ and Zach talk about Fletch. Kind of. 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…
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Volition
Together, Russ and Zach are looking at Volition, a movie about a guy with psychic powers who has to scramble when he sees his own death. It's pretty damn good.
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Back to Work!
Russ and Zach come back from their long hiatus to talk about...nonsense!
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New Relase Wall: Same Boat
This week, Russ and Zach talk abut Same Boat, a fun and smart romantic comedy with a science-fiction twist and a big heart. 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...
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Contagion
Russ and Zach talk about Contagion. So...yeah.
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New Release Wall: Jurassic Thunder
Russ and Zach are back to talk about Jurassic Thunder, a zombies-versus-dinosaurs movie. It's definitely better than the last one. 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...
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Zombie With a Shotgun
This week, we look at a contagion movie -- kind of? It's a zombie film that promises something and then TECHNICALLY delivers it, but it's a lot of good execution of ideas that are...just okay: Zombie With a Shotgun. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts) on the ACPN family of...
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Year of the Bastard: Transmetropolitan #1
It's the Year of the Bastard, and everybody knows it. Welcome to Year of the Bastard, one of a pair of new ECV features that will also serve as their own stand-alone spinoff podcasts so that people who want to get really granular about specific things can either listen here with all their other…
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New Release Wall: Birds of Prey
It's time for a new comic book movie, which means it's time for Russ and Zach to pull it down off the new release wall and give it a spin. What did they think of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)? We'll leave the specifics for the episode, but Russ gave it about…
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New Release Wall: Bad Boys For Life
Yeah, this one has a title that's kind of wasted on the third movie, when its huge success has already put a fourth -- a movie that could have been called Bad Boys 4 Life -- into produciton. Still, Russ and Zach mostly enjoyed it, and it was a fun thing to get around to, since Russ actually has…
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Wag the Dog
In our latest episode -- the first movie review of 2020 -- Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts take a look at Barry Levinson's classic satire Wag the Dog. Obviously, for no reason in particular. You can find us (and a number of other awesome podcasts) on the ACPN family of shows. The Emerald City...
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The Second Annual Yellow Brick Awards
Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts name our Emerald City Video Yellow Brick Awards winners for 2019. Winners are announced on the podcast and tagged via social media. If they want to receive the actual award, they can. The Yellow Brick in question is a VHS tape spray-painted gold and then labeled...
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New Release Wall - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Russ and Zach break down Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. 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…
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#JOSIEQuest
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…
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Corporate America Doesn't Care How You Want To Watch Your Movies (But Stop Whining About Disney+ and the MCU)
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...
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New Release Wall: Joker
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…
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New Release Wall: Jay & Silent Bob Reboot
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...
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New Release Wall - Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
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...
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The RST Video Podcast
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:...
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Empathy Inc/Ready or Not
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...
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New Release Wall: Satanic Panic
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…
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New Release Wall: The Velocipastor/The Banana Splits Movie
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...
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Farewell to KRYPTON -- And Thank You For A Better Tomorrow
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…
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New Release Wall: Two Springsteen Nerds Review "Blinded By the Light"
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...
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iZombie Season 5 Overview
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…
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Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood
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...
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Russ and Zach Run Down Comic Con International: San Diego 2019
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...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic - Strings Attached (Concert Review)
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,...
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New Release Wall: The Dead Don't Die/Hi-Death
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…
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New Release Wall: Dark Phoenix
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…
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New Release Wall - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (#110)
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...
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New Release Wall: Winterskin
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…
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Class of 1999: Payback
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…
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New Release Wall - John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
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…
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Spinner Rack: Tap Dance Killer
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...
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New Release Wall: The Browsing Effect
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...
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Archie Digest: A Riverdale Podcast Episode #5: Heart Of Darkness
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…
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Archie Digest: A Riverdale Podcast Episode #4 - The Last Picture Show
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Emerald City Video Podcast brings together former employees and customers of Emerald City Video Stores in Syracuse, New York, to discuss movies old and new.
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