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Ryan and Nathan were video store clerks who had their comfort jobs taken away when society transformed. Kindly pull up a chair or a car-seat or a crate or a couch and listen as these two Canadians wax about the media of yesteryear. Each batch of episodes focuses on films that have something in common which are then ranked by each of the O.K. Video Staff. A new movie every week. Watch and listen as we search for the next undiscovered gem.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 8 The Way Way Back
Nathan and Ryan splish and splash through the water slide of emotions in this week's film, The Way Way Back. They'll discuss summer jobs, nicknames, terrible people and waterparks, all while talking …
Tue 02 Sep 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 7 The Kings of Summer
Have you ever built a fort for you and your friends? Ever wanted to? These are the types of fantasies The Kings of Summer is predominantly interested in, as well as overbearing parents, loyalty to yo…
Tue 26 Aug 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 6 Adventureland
It's late August, and you know what that means. Time to visit the local, kinda sad amusement park. In Pittsburgh, that would be Adventureland. Greg Mottola made a movie about it, and I'm happy to rep…
Tue 19 Aug 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 5 Superbad
Come back in time to 2007. No smartphones, porn was behind a paywall and The Getaway: Black Monday was a video game you might be playing. Superbad ruled late August at the box office, and Ryan and N…
Tue 12 Aug 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 4 Everybody Wants Some!!
Richard Linklater is back with another Huntsville Hangout movie. Everybody Wants Some!! is the safest way to hang out with fifteen baseball players for a weekend without getting belittled or hearing…
Tue 05 Aug 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 3 Dazed and Confused
Hey man, cool of you to hang out with us during the summer of change, man. We got us a special episode today. Dazed and Confused, you seen this thing? INCREDIBLE vibes, dude. Straight up time machine…
Tue 29 Jul 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 2 Stand By Me
Thanks for Standing By Us these past few years. Very Chris Chambers of you. Ryan and Nathan continue the Summer of Change with a dive into Stand By Me, the Rob Reiner-directed, Stephen King creation…
Tue 22 Jul 2025
O.K. Video The Summer of Change 1 American Graffiti
Ryan and Nathan are finally back from an important, extended break. Thanks for your patience. It is the "Summer of Change" and Ryan and Nathan are taking a look at a defining work in the career of G…
Tue 15 Jul 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 13 Ranking
We reached the end of another batch, our 22nd! Nathan and Ryan look back over this batch of Criminally Unknown films and discuss their favourites and not-so favourites. Will their lists line up? You'…
Tue 17 Jun 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 12 Cop Land
We kicked off this batch of Criminally Unknown films with Cop, a movie focused on one cop, so it's only appropriate that we end this batch with a movie about a whole bunch of cops that have created t…
Tue 10 Jun 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 11 Deep Cover
Ryan and Nathan are heading undercover with Bill Duke's Deep Cover, the last film to feature Larry Fishburne (he went by Laurence after this). Crack Babies, diplomatic immunity, cocaine snorting, thi…
Wed 04 Jun 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown The Gingerbread Man
Run, run, run as fast as you can. You’ll never catch me, I’m the gingerbread man. Now what does that have to do with this week's film, very little. Robert Altman writes and directs this week's film, …
Tue 27 May 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 9 Lone Star
Ryan and Nathan find quite the gem in the deserts of Rio County. Lone Star is the film, John Sayles is the man, and this one is worth a watch for sure. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to email …
Wed 21 May 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 8 The River Wild
Marriage on the rocks? Try white water rafting! All you have to do to revitalize a failing marriage is take a raft down a river while being held hostage. It's proven to work at least one time. This w…
Tue 13 May 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 7 Unlawful Entry
Don't trust the fuzz. That's the lesson at the heart of Unlawful Entry, a surprisingly dark movie in our batch of 90s crime movies. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to email questions, ryan@okvi…
Wed 07 May 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown 6 ReVenge
Ryan and Nathan decide to take a look at one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite movies. Is Tony Scott's Revenge criminally unknown? Eh, kind of, but we have some significant issues with it as well. Tha…
Wed 30 Apr 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown? 5 Judgment Night
Ryan and Nathan discover what they would do if they found themselves in the position of the characters in Judgment Night, the latest crime film we investigate in our search for hidden gems of the 90s…
Tue 22 Apr 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown? 4 The Last of the Finest
Ryan and Nathan are at odds on this one. Is it a delightful rage fantasy against the Reagan administration and their scapegoating of Oliver North, or is it a Thin Blue Line-championing, tone deaf cel…
Wed 16 Apr 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown? 3 Homicide
Nathan is having a minor bout of mania in this episode and is pretty angry at "The Man", so this discussion about David Mamet's Homicide is a little pessimistic. It's a pretty lively discussion thoug…
Wed 09 Apr 2025
O.K. Video Criminally Unknown? 2 Blown Away
Ireland. A land of tradition. And bombs. Hollywood takes a crack at exploring the Irish experience with broad stereotypes and crusty accents in Blown Away, a mad bomber movie with a shot of whiskey. …
Tue 01 Apr 2025
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