Emerald City Video is a podcast hosted by former employees of the Emerald City Video stores in Syracuse, NY.
Episodes
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Terry Gilliam took almost thirty years to bring The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the screen. So was it worth the weight? Russ and Zach weigh in. After that, there's a talk about Hellboy, which was surprisingly good!
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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
This was a long time coming, and you'll get some details on why inside.
But it's two new release wall episode, recorded a few weeks apart. First, Reign of the Supermen, an animated movie based on the hit comic book storyline of the same name.
Next? Cold Pursuit, otherwise known as Liam Neeson's grim and gritty "Mr. Plow" adaptation.
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts name our Emerald City Video Yellow Brick Awards winners for 2018.
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 with their project and mailed out in a rental case.
Below, you can find a full list of nominees:
Best Picture
Black Panther
Sorry to Bother You
Upgrade
Widows
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Mandy
Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
Christian Bale, Vice
Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You
Best Actress
Tessa Thompson, Creed II
Viola Davis, Widows
Best Supporting Actor
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Steven Yeun, Sorry to Bother You
Sylvester Stallone, Creed II
Dolph Lundgren, Creed II
Best Supporting Actress
Letitia Wright, Black Panther
Tessa Thompson, Sorry to Bother You
Erin Moriarty, Monster Party
Best Ensemble Cast
Black Panther
Annihilation
Widows
Mandy
Sorry to Bother You
Best Casting
Black Panther
Sorry to Bother You
Monster Party
Into the Spider-Verse
The Domestics
Widows
Mandy
Eighth Grade
Hotel Artemis
Best Score
Creed II
Into the Spider-Verse
Black Panther
Upgrade
Best Use of Popular Music
Spider-Verse
Black Panther
Best Cinematography
Creed II
Annihilation
Sorry to Bother You
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Domestics
Black Panther
Infinity War
Best VFX
Aquaman
Infinity War
Best Stunts
Upgrade
Monster Party
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Creed II
Best Director
Boots Riley
Ryan Coogler
Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti Jr., Rodney Rothman (Spider-Verse)
Best Screenplay
Into the Spider-Verse
Mandy
Sorry to Bother You
Best Franchise Film
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Black Panther
Aquaman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Venom
Best Guilty Pleasure Film
Rampage
Upgrade
Monster Party
Jurassic Games
Best Movie Hero
Myles Truitt, Kin
Kate Bosworth, Domestics
Hailee Steinfeld, Bumblebee
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
Blue, Jurassic World
Best Movie Villain
Julian McMahon, Party Monster
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Abdul Yaheen, Aquaman
Katie Burgess, The Jurassic Games
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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
With Aquaman on pace to handily take the Christmas box office weekend, Russ and Zach checked the movie out in an early screening...and paired it up with a conversation about what, exactly, makes a Christmas movie.
Die Hard? Batman Returns? Better Off Dead? Where do you draw the line?
Well, listen 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, 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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
It's time to talk about some new movies!
Well, new-ish. Russ and Zach have both been busy traveling for work, and it's time for them to catch up on some things. Both of them got together to see Creed II, and then right after that, Zach took some time with Widows. Check 'em out 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, 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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
You would think, based on reviews and the harping of comic book fans, that Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts would not have been big fans of Venom.
Well, listen in and find out...!
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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Russ and Zach make a trip to the cinema for Sorry To Bother You, the first feature film from Boots Riley, who pretty clearly stands out as a Talent You Should Be Watching.
We talk a lot about film theory, about the importance of indepdendent cinema, and other theoretical and quasi-academic stuff that we don't get into with most of the big blockbusters and schlock horror movies we watch.
But fear not: we find a way to tie it back to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
For those of you relatively new to the show, the New Release Wall episodes differ from other episodes in one important way: we are talking about a new-in-theaters or BRAND-new-to-video movie, which typically means we do no (or at least minimal) spoilers and there is no second film discussed in the episode. This time around, though, there are a few particular films (O Lucky Man and Idiocracy, for instance) that come up again and again.
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 on the fifth day, and please -- always remember to rewind your videocassettes.
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
It's Jason Statham Week! Join Russ and Zach as we break down The Meg and Death Race.
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Saturday May 05, 2018