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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #314
May 20, 2013 | 
Author The show begins with selections from a rather hilarious Skype conversation between Phil Leirness and March Hershon of Succotash.
Following the theme song, Dean Haglund is back, and tells of his whirlwind, speeding-ticket-filled road trip to Winnipeg and back.
Violence prevention is very much on the mind of Phil, as he participated in a gang violence “interruption” on Saturday night. He talks about that and the short film Flawless.
Mostly, though, movies are what your friends in podcasting really want to talk about, from the role of critics, to the resurrection of Harrison Ford, to the post-apocalypse bandwagon, to the lack of roles for women, to the work of Stanley Kubrick, to the latest installment of Star Trek.
All this week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour …
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Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 42, After Earch, Alex Baldwin, Annenberg School of Journalism, Barry Lyndon, Ben Brantley, Benedict Cumberbatch, box office, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Canada, chess, Chris Patmore, Comedy Film Nerd, Corbin Bernsen, Dean Haglund, District 9, Elysium, Empire State Gas, Ender's Game, film, filmmaking, Flawless, George C. Scott, Harrison Ford, idnependent film, J.J. Abrams, jason and the Argonauts, Jeanne Cooper, LACMA, Lolita, Marc Hershon, Matt Damon, Matt Giles, movies, Oblivon, Orphans, Paths of Glory, Phil Leirness, Ray Harryhausen, Stanley Kubrick, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steve Carell, Succotash, The Hunger Games, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Twilight, usc, violence, violence prevention, Vladimir Nabokov, Will Smith, World War Z, Zoe Saldana | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #286
Cataclysmic storms, divisive Presidential elections, erstwhile Italian Prime Ministers sentenced to prison, Disney making more Star Wars films, unnecessarily Americanized/Anglicized versions of compelling stories, the end of the Mayan Calendar, Dean Haglund action figures and a “Sherlock Holmes” television series that is more House than Holmes …
On this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, your friends in podcasting attempt to make sense of a world gone wild.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 10k Fun Run, acting, alcoholism, Allan Piper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Epstein, Carrie Fisher, Christopher Jacobs, climate change, Cloud Atlas, Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Dean Haglund, Denzel Washington, directing, Disney, Elementary, entertainment, Entertainment Tonight, Ewan McGregor, film, Flight, From Russia with Love, genetically modified food, global warming, Harrison Ford, House, independent film. filmmaking, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jaws, Johnny Lee Miller, King Kong, Kong: A Goddamn Thirty-Foot Gorilla, Lucasfilm, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Married and Counting, Mayan Calendar, Mediaset, Monsanto, movies, Naomi Watts, Newsweek, Overhaulin, Paramount, Paul Bunnell, Phil Leirness, Proposition 37, reincarnation, Sandy, Sherlock, show business, Silvio Berlusconi, Skyfall, SkyPilot, Star Wars, television, The Ghastly Love of Jonny X, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Impossible, The Lone Gunmen, The Sherry Lansing Theater, The X-Files, Tree of Life, tsunami, U.S. Presidential Election, Universal Studios, ValleyCon, writing | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #273
Somehow a bet on the Oscars turned into this episode all about television …
The recent Emmy nominations are discussed at the outset and very quickly the show turns into a grudge match pitting comedy against drama, Luther vs. Sherlock, Dean Haglund vs. Phil Leirness and Dean Haglund vs. David Lynch!
That’s right, you’re about to hear what happened when Dean had to fulfill his obligation (upon losing the annual Chillpak Hollywood Oscar pool) to watch the pilot episode of David Lynch’s seminal series Twin Peaks.
The owls are not what they seem …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 30 Rock, Amy Poehler, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Don Cheadle, Downton Abbey, Edie Falco, Emmy Awards, Emmy nominations, Eraserhead, film, filmmaking, Game of Thrones, George Clooney, Girls, Gosford Park, Homeland, House of Lies, Idris Elba, Jack Nance, Jack Nicholson, Jim Parsons, Jon Cryer, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julian Fellowes, Kyle MacLachlen, Lara Flynn Boyle, Larry David, Lena Dunhanm, Louie, Louis C.K., Luther, Mad Men, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Ontkean, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, movies, New Girl, Nurse Jackie, Parks and Recreation, Phil Leirness, Ray Wise, Richard Beymer, Sherilyn Fenn, Sherlock, show business, television, The Big Bang Theory, The Descendants, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tiny Furniture, tone, Tony Hale, Twin Peaks, Veep, writing, Zooey Deschanel | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #250
This week’s show is both a yearly tradition AND a Chillpak Hollywood Hour first!
It’s our post-Oscar smackdown, where your friends in podcasting take on the Academy AND each other. Snarking and wagering, what could be more fun? And this year, the stakes have been raised!
Meanwhile, it’s the first time we’ve ever recorded a show where Dean and Phil were not in same locale. Dean’s still in Colorado. Yet, thanks to Skype, nothing could prevent the motion picture industry’s big night from turning into YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour’s 250th episode!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adam Sandler, Alexander Payne, Angelina Jolie, Arizona, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Crystal, Bradley Cooper, Bridesmaids, Cameron Diaz, Catherine O'Hara, Christian Bale, Christopher Guest, Christopher Plummer, Cirque du Soleil, Colin Firth, Colorado, David Fincher, Dean Haglund, directing, Eugene Levy, filmmaking, focus groups, Fred Willard, Galaxy Fest, George Clooney, Graham King, Hugo, James Earl Jones, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Kodak, Leo McCarey, Louis Gossett jr., Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Michel Hazanavicius, Morgan Freeman, movies, Natalie Portman, New York, Nick Nolte, Octavia spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Pina, Robert Downey Jr., Saving Face, Sherlock Holmes, show business, television, Terry George, the Academy Awars, The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Groundlings, The Interrupters, The Lone Gunmen, The Shore, The X-Files, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, UFO Congress, Undefeated, Viola Davis, Wizard of Oz, Woody Allen, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #243
After last week’s New Year’s Resolutions show, your friends in podcasting are back doing what they do best, dissecting the world in general and the world of show business in particular with insightful, irreverent discussion. This week brings the return of The Chillpak Hollywood Lawsuit of the Week, The Chillpak Hollywood Wingnut of the Week as well as several brand new surprises. One Hollywood landmark, two books and more than ten films are discussed. Dean Haglund. Phil Leirness. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: ageism, Amazon, Anna Paquin, art, Attack the Block, Benedict Cumberbatch, books, Brad Bird, Brendan Gleeson, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Chipmunks, critics, Dean Haglund, Don Cheadle, Elie Samaha, filmmkaing, Fox Searchlight, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, guilds, hand and footprint ceremonies, IMDB, JJ Abrams, John Malkovich, John Michael McDonagh, John Saxon, Josh Glasgow, Kenneth Lonergan, Kobe Bryant, lawsuits, Margaret, Martin McDonagh, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Metacritic, Miranda July, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, movies, New Year's resolutions, painting, Phil Leirness, reading, Robert Downey Jr., SAG, Sherlock, Sherlock Holems: A Game of Shadows, show business, Smurfs, Star Trek, Sydney Pollack, television, The Future, The Guard, The Lone Gunmen, The Shadow of the Wind, The X-Files, Thelma Schoonmaker, Tilda Swinton, Top Ten Lists, Uncle Boonmee who Can Recall His Past Lives, unions, We Need to Talk About Kevin | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #242
Happy 2012!
Welcome to our annual New Year’s Resolution show, where your friends in podcasting review how well they lived up to the resolutions they made at the start of LAST year and set their intentions for the year to come.
Hilarious and inspiring. It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2012, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Arrested Development, art, basketball, Benedict Cumberbatch, Berlin, Blu Ray, books, Breaking Bad, Dean Haglund, Dick Cavett, Downton Abbey, filmmkaing, Grand Canyon, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Justified, Mad Men, Mayan Calendar, meditation, Metacritic, movies, New Year's resolutions, painting, Phil Leirness, Pink Martini, Project Runway, reading, Sherlock, show business, skateboards, Star Trek: The Next Generation, swimming, television, tennis, The Hour, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Torchwood, travel, yoga | No Comments »
