Entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, photojournalist Zach D. Roberts, and friends talk about movies, TV, comics, pop culture...all that crap. We used to work at a video store. Now we do this. <br/><br/><a href="https://russburlingame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">russburlingame.substack.com</a>
Emerald City Video
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Entertainment journalist Russ Burlingame, photojournalist Zach D. Roberts, and friends talk about movies, TV, comics, pop culture...all that crap. We used to work at a video store. Now we do this. <br/><br/><a href="https://russburlingame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">russburlingame.substack.com</a>
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July 26, 2026
ECV Podcast - Fall Movie Trailers
<p>You can watch the podcast here, and please subscribe to our youtube channel. </p><p>Below is a mix of trailers we talked about and meant to talk about but had to cut as the discussion (as it often does) got a bit too long. What movies are you looking forward to this fall? We recorded this last month, so we know a bunch of new ones have been announced. </p><p><p>Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p><strong>Coyote VS Acme</strong></p><p>Release date: August 28, 2026</p><p>Will Forte as Kevin Avery, a down-and-out billboard attorney who becomes Wile E. Coyote’s lawyer[7]</p><p>Lana Condor as Paige Avery, Kevin’s niece</p><p>Tone Bell as an ally of Wile E. Coyote and Kevin</p><p>John Cena as Buddy Crane, the Acme Corporation’s lawyer whose firm Kevin used to work for[7]</p><p>P. J. Byrne as Bill Pellicano, an Acme Corporation lawyer[6]</p><p>Martha Kelly as an ally of Wile E. Coyote and Kevin[9]</p><p>Luis Guzmán as the judge overseeing the trial between Wile E. Coyote and the Acme Corporation</p><p><strong>The End of Oak Street</strong></p><p>Release date: August 14</p><p>After a mysterious cosmic event uproots Oak Street from <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb">suburbia</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel">transports</a> their <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood">neighborhood</a> to a place with prehistoric creatures, a family soon discovers that their survival depends on sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.</p><p>Cast: Anne Hathaway as Denise Platt, Ewan McGregor as Greg Platt, Maisy Stella as Audrey Platt, Christian Convery as Brian Platt, Jordan Alexa Davis, P. J. Byrne, Chris Coy</p><p><strong>How to Rob a Bank</strong></p><p>RELEASE DATE: September 4</p><p>In HOW TO ROB A BANK, a crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs — and their most ambitious heist yet.</p><p>Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater, with Pete Davidson and John C. Reilly</p><p><strong>Onslaught</strong></p><p>RELEASE DATE: September 4</p><p>DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard</p><p>CAST: Adria Arjona, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Rebecca Hall, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Eric Wareheim and Dan Stevens</p><p><strong>Hope</strong></p><p>Fall release</p><p>In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.</p><p><strong>GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS</strong></p><p>Anne Hathaway’s incredible scene in Modern Love</p><p><p>Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 7, 2026
ECV News Roundup - May 2026
<p>We’re a little bit late this month rounding up last months news. Once again Ai ended up being the focus of what we chatted about this month. We really wish it wasn’t this way but some of the biggest changes in entertainment revolves around this cancer on culture. </p><p>Some of our favorite and most beloved directors and actors are pushing forward cashing in on the plague of plagiarism that is Ai. Ben Affleck, Darren Aronofsky, James Cameron, Daniel Kwan, Natasha Lyonne and Joseph Gordon-Levitt all on The Hollywood Reporter’s “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-people-ai-2026/ben-affleck-6/">AI 25: The Exclusive Group of People Shaping the Future of Hollywood</a>.” The most disappointing name that it was just added to the ever growing list of Ai collaborators (derogatory) was <a target="_blank" href="https://deadline.com/2026/06/boots-riley-martin-scorsese-doesnt-give-fck-ai-1236940508/">Martin Scorsese.</a> </p><p>The director of I LOVE BOOSTERS, said this on twitter:</p><p>I can’t imagine giving up one of the most fun part of filmmaking - the storyboarding to a computer. That’s where the fun starts. Boots isn’t alone in finding working with Ai disgusting. Kane Parsons, the director of the hit new indy film Backrooms <a target="_blank" href="https://variety.com/2026/film/news/backrooms-kane-parsons-ai-defeats-the-purpose-filmmaking-1236766375/">told The Australian,</a> “If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would. Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”</p><p>In non Ai news it looks like Disney is going to be<a target="_blank" href="https://www.mediaplaynews.com/disney-looking-to-end-standalone-hulu-app-by-end-of-the-year/"> killing Hulu to focus</a> on the Disney+ app. As a long time Hulu subscriber, I’m not overjoyed about the idea of having to search through all the kid programming to watch American Dad! but it is what it is. Hulu’s cancellation as been talked about for years now. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.mediaplaynews.com/netflix-among-companies-reportedly-eyeing-imax-acquisition/">IMAX might be putting itself up for sale </a>in the coming months and Netflix could be among the bidders. Neither Russ or myself are overjoyed at the prospect of one of the streaming studios owning a theater chain/system(not really sure what to call it). The added issue is that a single company owning the IMAX camera system will cause further problems.</p><p>The final story that we talked was a fun one and it’s about buckets. KFC got the fast food rights for Supergirl and they’re having fun with it. They’re <a target="_blank" href="https://comicbookclublive.com/2026/06/04/kfc-partners-with-supergirl-for-krypto-chicken-bucket-themed-sauces/">releasing a chicken bucket </a>that features Krypto popping out of it and a series of dipping sauces that include “Lobo’s Wild Ranch at KFC”</p><p>Not to be left out of the creative bucket fun is IMAX who released and immediately sold out of a Odyssey connected popcorn bucket that shaped around the IMAX camera. </p><p><p>Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p>Almost forgot that that Russ mentioned the insane The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special and of course HAD to share the link. </p><p></p><p><strong>Stories we didn’t talk about:</strong> </p><p><strong>Spotify and Universal Music Announce Licensing Agreements for ‘Responsible’ AI-Generated Covers and Remixes</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://variety.com/2026/music/news/spotify-universal-music-licensing-agreements-fan-made-covers-1236755951/">https://variety.com/2026/music/news/spotify-universal-music-licensing-agreements-fan-made-covers-1236755951/</a></p><p>Dark horse unionizes</p><p>What is Bayhem - </p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 17, 2026
ECV Podcast: Josie and the Pussycats 5 for 5
<p><p>Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p>Long time listeners of the pod might remember when Russ and I would go see a movie usually at the big screen and then give five film recommendations that you might like if you like that one. This was something we ended up doing a lot with new releases at the video store. Say the new release was out of stock but you really wanted to see something that was a subversive comedy (Pecker), or a mafia film (Miller’s Crossing), or blockbuster shoot’em up (The Way of the Gun) - well we had alternative recommendations. </p><p>This is that, in podcast form. To reboot that premise we decided to go back to an old favorite, one that Russ wrote a book about, Josie and the Pussycats. You can of course buy <strong>BEST MOVIE EVER</strong> book at <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/48VE6aC">Amazon</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-movie-ever-russ-burlingame/1140177148">B&N</a> and if you’d like it signed, directly from the author himself at <a target="_blank" href="https://emeraldcityvideo.gumroad.com/">JosieBook.com</a>. </p><p>Without further ado - here’s the show notes for our 5 for 5 on Josie and the Pussycats.</p><p><strong>Saved!</strong></p><p>When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk</a></p><p>Directed by Brian Dannelly</p><p>Cast: Jenna Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit</p><p>Get the film: <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3PgsVTc">https://amzn.to/3PgsVTc</a></p><p><strong>10 Things I Hate About You</strong></p><p>A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.</p><p>Directed by Gil Junger</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk</a></p><p>Directed by Michael Lehmann</p><p>Cast: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gabrielle Union</p><p>Get the film: Amazon: <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4d28gvb">https://amzn.to/4d28gvb</a>, </p><p><strong>That Thing You Do!</strong></p><p>A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk</a></p><p>Written/Directed by Tom Hanks</p><p>Cast: Liv Tyler, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Charlize Theron, Giovanni Ribisi</p><p>Get the film: <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4u2kj1w">https://amzn.to/4u2kj1w</a></p><p><strong>Hudson Hawk</strong></p><p>A cat burglar is forced to steal Leonardo works of art for a world domination plot.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102070/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102070/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk</a></p><p>Cast: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell. Richard E Grant, Sandra Bernhard</p><p>Get the film: <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4eE8SZ8">https://amzn.to/4eE8SZ8</a></p><p><strong>Bamboozled</strong></p><p>A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215545/reference/?ref_=fn_t_1">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215545/reference/?ref_=fn_t_1</a></p><p>Directed by: Spike Lee</p><p>Cast: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Michael Rappaport, Jada Pinkett Smith</p><p>Get the film: Amazon: <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/42L2Sa1">https://amzn.to/42L2Sa1</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.criterion.com/films/29007-bamboozled">Criterion</a></p><p></p><p><strong>And one extra we didn’t talk about:</strong></p><p><strong>Cecil B Demented</strong></p><p>An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173716/reference/?ref_=fn_t_1">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173716/reference/?ref_=fn_t_1</a></p><p>Written/Directed by John Waters</p><p>Cast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Michael Shannon, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier</p><p>Get the film: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/cecil-b-demented-region-free?srsltid=AfmBOoq2i6YeExcN6QfIUK3Zx_LYtwYq1seANp0ai5UeGqq97j7IX10i">Orbit</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://diabolikdvd.com/product/cecil-b-demented-umbrella-le-slipcover-blu-ray-all-region-preorder/">DiabolikDVD</a> </p><p><p>Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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