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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #549
November 20, 2017 | 
Author On this week’s show and just in time for Thanksgiving in the USA, there is a true abundance of nourishing topics Dean and Phil can truly devour. They will begin by providing updates on a couple of their creative endeavors (including a certain graphic novel) before moving into this week’s “Celebrity Deaths” where they will remember a legendary rock star, a budding rap star, a hugely popular gossip columnist and where they will offer a mea culpa for a mispronunciation of a celebrity’s name in episode 548. From there it’s back into the just-starting cultural conversation about toxic masculinity, with their latest perspectives on Kevin Spacey, Louis CK, Al Franken, Jeffrey Tambor, their historic perspectives on Bill Clinton and Clarence Thomas and their correction over a story about Shirley Temple that Phil told on episode 548. Then, they will shift gears with their latest takes on season 1 of “Star Trek: Discovery” and season 3 of “Mr. Robot” before Phil passionately defends the (in his opinion) underrated The Man Who Invented Christmas.
All that, plus your friends in podcasting would like you to take a few moments to learn about The Truth Is Still Out There the long-awaited follow up to their epic 2011 documentary Monday. 9 am Pacific. Wherever good podcasts can be found!
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Tags: AC/DC, acting, Al Franken, Anita Hill, Arrested Development, Arthur Freed, Bea Benaderet, Bewitched, Bharat Nalluri, Bill Clinton, celebrity deaths, Charles Dickens, Clarence Thomas, Constance Talmadge, crowdsourcing, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary, filmmaking, Freed Unit, George Burns, George Young, gossip, gossip columnist, graphic novel, House of Cards, independent film, Irving Thalberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Judge Roy Moore, Kevin Spacey, Lil Peep, Liz Smith, Louis CK, movies, Mr. Robot, music, musicals, Phil Leirness, rap, Roman Polanski, Sarah Silverman, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Shirley Temple, show business, Sound effects, Star Trek Discovery, television, The Larry Sanders Show, The Man Who Invented Christmas, The Truth Is Out There, THX 1138, toxic masculinity, Transparent, violence prevention, Walter Winchell, Woody Allen, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #541
The next two weeks will feature a 2-part theme show where Dean and Phil examine the British Film Institute list of “The 50 Films films you should see by the age of 14.” It was created in 2005 to inspire parents and educators to take movies as seriously as other art forms of art and included the opinions of more than 70 experts including film producers, teachers, authors and critics. Of course, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour was not around back then, so the BFI had to make do without input from your friends in podcasting. Until now. There are times Dean and Phil strongly agree with the list, other times they realize they have holes in their own cinematic educations, and times when they disagree with the list and/or note its particular European and British slant on the subject. All in all, a fascinating discussion of the art form, of education, of parenting and more. Part 1 examines all selections through 1971.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Day at the Races, A Trip to the Moon, acting, Alex Guinness, animated movies, Beauty and the Beast, BFI, Bicycle Thieves, Billy Wilder, British Film Institute, Chaplin, Charles Dickens, children, coming of age, Dean Haglund, directing, Disney, Erroll FLynn, filmmaking, films, foreign language film, Francois Truffaut, gangster films, Harper Lee, independent film, It's a Wonderful Life, Jacque Tati, James Stewart, jason and the Argonauts, Jean Cocteau, Kes, King Kong, Marilyn Monroe, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, movies, musicals, Neorealism, Nicholas Roeg, Oliver Twist, parents, Pather Panchali, Phil Leirness, Playtime, producing, Ray Harryhausen, Robert Mitchum, Robin Hood, Satyajit Ray, silent films, Singin' in the Rain, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Some Like it Hot, teachers, The 400 Blows, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Kid, The Lone Gunmen, the Marx Brothers, The Night of the Hunter, The Railway Children, The Red Balloon, The Wizard of Oz, The X-Files, To Kill a Mockingbird, Walkabout, Whistle Down the Wind, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour 339
On this week’s show, your friends in podcasting begin with a brief exchange concerning Tom Cruise and Veterans Day, followed by a discussion of the publishing business and “novellas”. Then, a note from a loyal listener leads to more discussion about Vincent Price, before Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness launch into a discussion of German Expressionism, the impact it had on silent films, film noir, David Lynch and even the art work of … Dean, himself.
Then, the gents follow up on an email from a listener last week concerning digital piracy. This results in Dean and Phil listing and analyzing the top ten most pirated movies of the past year and whether any of their financial fortunes were actually harmed by this piracy.
Then, it’s the ten movie trailers that forever changed the way films were advertised and sold.
Finally, Phil wraps up with his take on the versatile and brilliant Stephen Merchant’s new series “Hello Ladies”.
Trust us, somehow, the entire show turns out to be a riot.
As ever … On YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2 Guns, 21 and Over, Alex Lewczuk, Alfred Hitchcock, Arnold Schwarzenegger, art, Billy Zane, Blood of Redemption, box office, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Charles Dickens, Chris Hemsworth, Christmas ghost stories, Cloverfield, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, Denzel Washington, District 9, Dolph Lundgren, Don LaFontaine, Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Dwayne Johnson, Edgar Wright, Elysium, Empire State, Eraserhead, Escape Plan, Extras, film distribution, film noir, filmmaking, Freaks, George Lucas, German Expressionism, Golem, Gunfighters of Casa Grande, Hello Ladies, Henry Fonda, Herman Melville, independence day, independent film, Jaws, JJ Abrams, John Ford, John Steinbeck, Joseph Conrad, Jude Law, LACMA, Laura, M. Night Shyamalan, Marc Hershon, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Brooks, movies, Nick Frost, novellas, painting, Phil Leirness, piracy, Psycho, publishing, Red 2, Ricky Gervais, Safe Haven, Side Effects, Simon Pegg, Siren FM, Stanley Kubrick, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars, Stephen Merchant, Steven Soderbergh, Succotash, Sylvester Stallone, televsion, The Dissolve, The Elephant Man, The Grapes of Wrath, The Jazz Singer, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The Phantom Menace, The World's End, The X-Files, Tod Browning, Tom Cruise, Tom Joad, Veterans Day, Vincent Price | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #338
This week’s show opens with four emails from listeners like you, prompting discussions about Henry Fonda, spaghetti westerns, the LAX shooting, depression, kindness, listening, a sketch comedy podcast, the Nielsen television ratings and digital piracy.
That’s not all, though …
There’s a live event involving actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and filmmaker Nicole Holofcener.
There are movies like The House on Haunted Hill, The Grapes of Wrath and three of this year’s Oscar hopefuls.
And there’s even the “sunk cost fallacy”, the third of eight ways our brains lie to us every day.
It’s all in an hour (and two minutes) of work for your friends in podcasting!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Fistful of Dollars, Academy Awards, All is Lost, Andy South, Ari South, Breaking Bad, Bud Spencer, Charles Dickens, consciousness, Dallas Buyers Club, Dean Haglund, depression, Enough Said, filmmaking, For a Few Dollars More, Henry Fonda, House on Haunted Hill, independent film, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, John Ford, John Steinbeck, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, LACMA, LAX shooting, Lejon Johnson, listening, Marc Hershon, movies, My Name is Nobody, My Name is Trinity, Nicole Holofcener, Oscars, Perception, Phil Leirness, piracy, Project Runway, Project Runway All-stars, Q&A's, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Redford, Sergio Leone, show business, Spaghetti Westerns, Succotash, sunk cost fallacy, television, Terence Hill, The Client List, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Grapes of Wrath, The Invisible Woman, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Trinity is Still My Name, Vince Gilligan, Vincent Price | 2 Comments »
