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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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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #302
It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour’s annual Post-Oscar smackdown.
Hear Dean and Phil’s analysis and hilarious criticism of Hollywood’s big night, hear them reveal each other’s predictions on who would win the 24 Oscar categories, and hear the stakes of their wager on the outcome.
Year after year, it’s one of our most popular episodes.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adele, Amour, Andrea Fine, Andy Griffith, Ang Lee, Anna Karenina, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Avengers, Barbra Streisand, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Brave, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Catherina Zeta Jones, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Chicago, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Claudio Miranda, Curfew, D.A. Pennebaker, Dame Shirley Bassey, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Django Unchained, Dreamgirls, Dustin Hoffman, Emanuelle Riva, film, filmmaking, Flight, George Clooney, Halle Berry, In Memorium, independent film, Inocente, Jack Nicholson, James Bond, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, John Travolta, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kerry Washington, Kristen Stewart, Langly, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, marathons, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Haneke, Michelle Obama, Mychael Danna, Octavia spencer, Paperman, Paul Ottoson, Paul Rudd, Phil Leirness, Quentin Tarantino, Reese Witherspoon, Rhythm and Hues, Russell Crowe, Sandra Bullock, Sean Fine, Searching for Sugarman, Seth MacFarlane, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Ted, television, The Academy Awards, The Invisible War, the Oscars, The Sound of Music, Tommy Lee Jones, War Dance, William Shatner, writing, Zero Dark Thirty, Zoe Saldana | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #298
The film critics have had their say …
The various industry guilds and unions have handed out their awards …
Now, it’s time for the best films of 2012 according to your friends in podcasting!
Get those pens, pads and/or Netflix queues handy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Amour, Ang Lee, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Bruce Wilis, Cabin in the Woods, Chris Tucker, Christoph Waltz, cinematography, Compliance, crank calls, Daniel Day-Lewis, David FRance, David O'Russel, Dean Haglund, directing, Django Unchained, documentaries, film, film critics, filmmaking, Firefly, foreign language films, George Clooney, Helen Hunt, Holy Motors, How to Survive a Plague, independent film, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lawrence, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Joachim Trier, John Hawkes, Joss Whedon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leos Carax, Lincoln, mental illness, Michael Haneke, Michelle Williams, Ming Lo, Moonrise Kingdom, movies, Nur Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Oslo August 31, Phil Leirness, polio, Quentin Tarantino, Robert DeNiro, rurouni kenshin, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Polley, sci-fi, Serenity, show business, Silver Linings Playbook, Take This Waltz, The Avengers, The Gatekeepers, The Life of Pi, The Lone Gunmen, The Sessions, The X-Files, Wes Anderson, writing, Zero Dark Thirty | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #297
Leonard Da Vinci, The Last Supper, Alex Jones vs. Piers Morgan, 2nd Amendment vs. 1st Amendment, gun control, consciousness, aliens, the importance of “toasts”, authors Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon and Magi Fowler, filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, actor Conrad Bain, an overrated Lincoln, a modern sci-fi classic …
What show would be audacious enough to tackle all of that (and more) in a mere sixty minutes?
Why, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, of course!
Hear what Dean and Phil are reading …
Hear about two “Live Events of the Week” …
Learn about three “Wingnuts of the Week” …
Learn about two “Celebrity Deaths” …
AND enjoy a preview of NEXT week’s spectacular (an annual tradition).
Trust us, this episode is AWESOME.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, Academy Awards, acting, Alex Jones, Amour, Balls of Wool and Other Bits of Rubbish, Barbara Werner, Best Picture Nominees, box office, CNN, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Bowie, Dean Haglund, Diff'rent Strokes, directing, film, filmmaking, freedom of the press, Gary Coleman, gun control, Holy Motors, I Hate People, In the Realm of the Senses, independent film, James Spader, Japan, Jon Lawlor, Jonathan Littman, Leonard Da Vinci, Leos Carax, Lincoln, Magi Fowler, Marc Hershon, Mark Bennett, Maude, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Metacritic, Michael Haneke, Michelle Williams, motion pictures, movies, Nagisa Oshima, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Page Branson, Phil Leirness, Piers Morgan, producing, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sabine Fischer, Sally Field, Sarah Polley, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Steven Spielberg, Take This Waltz, television, The B-Film Extras, The Last Supper, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, toastmasters, toasts, Todd Bridges, Tom Conti, World War II, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood #292
This week’s show is over five and a half years in the making.
It starts with your friends in podcasting revealing their all-time Top Ten Films.
Then, they reveal the all-time Top Ten according to all the guests who have appeared on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
This consensus will be updated each year in late December as we add the lists submitted to us by that year’s guests …
What films will make the inaugural cut?
We wouldn’t dream of spoiling it. HOWEVER, we CAN let you know that these films did NOT make the top ten, though they came very close, finishing in positions twenty-four through eleven:
24. Vertigo (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Year: 1958)
23. Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola, 1979)
22. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
21. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
19. TIE – Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
18. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
17. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
16. the Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999)
15. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
14. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
13. Fellini’s 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
12. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
11. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
Got your popcorn? Then, let’s go to the movies!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 8 1/2, acting, Amadeus, Billy Wilder, Blade Runner, Carol Reed, Casablanca, Chan Wook Park, Chaplin, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, City Lights, comedy, David Lean, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, drama, Federico Feelini, film, film noir, filmmaking, Francis Coppola, Frtiz Lang, George Lucas, independent film, Lawrence of Arabia, Metropolis, Michael Curtiz, Milos Forman, movies, Oldboy, Orson Welles, Phil Leirness, Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, science fiction, show business, silent films, Some Like it Hot, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Sunset Boulevard, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Third Man, The X-Files, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, writing | No Comments »
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 #282
This week’s show is brought to by the letter “M” …
Mitt Romney, Marathons, The Mayan Calendar, The Book of Mormon, The Master, Movies, Monsanto and something called Melrose 2 all get discussed.
Free-wheeling, insightful and irreverent, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adele, Bank of America, Bollywood, Coogan Law, Dean Haglund, directing, Empire State Gas, Eurydice, film, filmmaking, independent film, James Bond, Joaquin Phoenix, Knight and Day, Long Beach marathon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Matt Stone, Mayan Calendar, Melrose 2, Mitt Romney, Monsanto, movies, Nick Frost, Paramount, Paul, Paul Bunnell, Paul Thomas Anderson, PBS, Phil Leirness, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Presidential debate, Proposition 37, SCR, Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg, Skyfall, South Park, The Book of Mormon, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Lone Gunmen, The Master, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Trey Parker, Uganda, Viacom, Waiting for Superman, Won't Back Down, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #280
Three guests AND two guest co-hosts join Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness this week to take on show business from all angles …
As Dean revealed on last week’s show, he will be acting in a new series. “Space Command” boasts a who’s who of sci-fi in its cast and is the brain child of acclaimed and prolific writer Marc Scott Zicree. Hear all about the project and Marc’s previous work (including various versions of “Star Trek” AND The Twilight Zone Companion), as he joins your friends in podcasting AND Combat Radio‘s Ethan Dettenmaier.
Then, just when you think this week’s show couldn’t get any more cool, the topic switches from behind the camera success to a stunning starlet, as Phil joins actor and author Mark Ryan to interview the luminous Cerina Vincent, star of such movies Cabin Fever, Not Another Teen Movie and the forthcoming MoniKa, as well as the co-author of the books How to Eat Like a Hot Chick and How to Love Like a Hot Chick. Trust us, Cerina is as refreshing a personality as you could hope to meet and the conversation is rather hilarious.
Finally, as if that weren’t enough, the subject turns to entertainment journalism with Robert Samo, who founded the site Fanboy Nation.
It’s a star-studded, all-hands on deck assault on your ears, hearts and funny-bones! It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, after all …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Armin Shimmerman, Bumblebee, Cabin Fever, Cerina Vincent, Combat Radio, Dean Haglund, directing, Ethan Dettenmaier, FanBoy Nation, film, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, I Spit on Your Grave, indpendent film, journalism, Kickstarter, Las Vegas, Marc Scott Zicree, Mark Ryan, MoniKa, movies, Not Another Teen Movie, Phil Leirness, PopCon L.A., Power Rangers, Ray Bradbury, Robert Samo, Robin of Sherwood, Rod Serling, Sliders, Smurfs, Space Command, Star Trek, Star Trek New Voyages, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Steven R. Monroe, SuperFriends, The Lone Gunmen, The Twilight Zone Companion, The X-Files, Theodore Sturgeon, Transformers, TRON, UCLA, Walter Koenig, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #278
Dean Haglund has escaped from The Village and Phil Leirness has recovered enough from a nasty head cold that we are (finally) able to bring you this week’s episode, an installment that will leave you debating, “Did I just hear a great show, or the GREATEST show?!”
Topics include Dean’s travels to Wales and Ireland, Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner, publicity rights laws, vertical integration, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, fuji film, Clint Eastwood’s empty chair, the RNC, the DNC, prohibition, Pink Martini and Disney’s California Adventure.
All that, PLUS what your friends in podcasting are reading, the films they’ve seen and several Live Events of the Week.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Anthony Lane, Bill Clinton, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Clint Eastwood, Dean Haglund, Devol Patrick, directing, Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, DNC, Dublin, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Fuji film, Guinness, Harrison Ellenshaw, Hearts Like Fists, I Hate People, independent film, Ireland, Jaime Robledo, James Joyce, John Hillcoat, Jonathan Littman, Karl Rove I Love You, Keith Allen, Last Prince of Atlantis, Lawless, Leonard Clifton, Mamie Van Doran, Marc Hershon, Marilyn Monroe, Mitt Romney, Nobody's Perfect, Olandar, Paul Ryan, Peter Ellenshaw, Phil Leirness, Pink Martini, Portmeirion, prohibition, Racers, Radiator Springs, RNC, Rogue Machine Theatre, Shia Laboeuf, Sight and Sound, Smallville, Soaring over California, the empty chair, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Greek Theatre, The Intouchables, The Lone Gunmen, The New Electric Ballroom, The Prisoner, The Raid Redemption, The X-Files, Theatre of NOTE, vertical integration, Voices of Liberty, Wales, writing | 2 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #277
Dean previews his trip to Dublin before he and Phil take the time to remember the significant cultural contributions made by film critic Judith Crist, actor William Windom, composer Marvin Hamlisch, essayist David Rakoff, comic Phyllis Diller, director Mel Stuart, explorer Neil Armstrong and director Tony Scott.
Then, they discuss the news that actor Bob Hoskins will be retiring due to his battle with Parkinsons, before turning their attention to the “Lawsuit of the Week” (Oh, Martin Scorsese, what trouble are you in now?).
After that, your friends in podcasting are joined by Ethan Dettenmaier of Combat Radio to interview the great Richard Anderson. You might remember Mr. Anderson best as “Oscar Goldman” from “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman”. He regales us all with stories of working with Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, William Wyler, Spencer Tracy and Lee Majors. He describes the making of Forbidden Planet and the slow-motion “accident” that became one of the most iconic parts of sci-fi tv.
All that, this week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
And we hope you’ll take the time to watch this video outtake from the Richard Anderson interview.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Dean Haglund, directing, Dublin, film, filmmaking, independent film, movies, Phil Leirness, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, writing | No Comments »
