Posts Tagged ‘film noir’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #569
April 9, 2018 | 
Author Your friends in podcasting have a lot of personal news to share: Dean’s continued recovery from knee surgery, details for the upcoming release of their movie The Lady Killers, the latest on Fuzz Aldrin’s miraculous return to health, and where in the world Dean will be living next! A couple of conversation threads from past weeks are picked up and amplified, as Dean and Phil discuss Dean’s feelings about film noir and why the box office success of the Star Wars franchise has always been unrelated to the films’ quality (or lack thereof). More than a half dozen current and recent movies get analyzed, including Atomic Blonde, A Quiet Passion, Blade Runner 2049, Red Sparrow, Ready Player One, A Quiet Place, Game Night and more.
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Tags: A Quiet Passion, A Quiet Place, acting, ageism, Atomic Blonde, attention spans, Blade Runner 2049, Buckaroo Banzai, Chad Stahelski, Charlotte Rampling, comedy, Cynthia Nixon, David Leitch, Dean Haglund, Detroit, directing, Emily Blunt, Emily Dickinson, film critics, film noir, filmmaking, For Your eyes Only, From Russia with Love, Game Night, German Expressionism, Get Out, Gillian Anderson, House of Mirth, independent film, Iron Giant, James Bond, Jennifer Ehle, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, Joel Edgerton, John Krasinski, Keith Carradine, knee recovery, movies, mythology, Oldboy, Phil Leirness, producing, Ready Player One, Red Sparrow, rescue cat, show business, sick kitty, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Taxi Driver, Terence Davies, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Toshiro Mifune, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #485
One of the reasons YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour can manage to be informational, insightful, irreverent and inspiring all within the same episode is because of the stories your friends in podcasting choose to tell. Here are just some of the stories told and topics explored on this week’s show …
The crazy travel itinerary Dean will endure in order to wish his father a Happy Birthday is revealed. The way language evolves to fit cultural needs and the ways changing grammar rules AND the International Olympic Chairman are making Phil feel like a “dinosaur” are detailed. A great jazz musician and a peerless recording engineer are remembered in “Celebrity Deaths.” Two of the summer movies previewed months ago – Southside with You and Weiner – are analyzed at length. The issues of trustworthiness, being a credible messenger and the importance of avoiding the appearance of impropriety get discussed. A nervous actor making his film acting debut and the director who turned that nervousness into an important part of a cinema classic is remembered in the shadow of that film’s 75th anniversary.
All that PLUS “What We’re Reading” (featuring a musical suprise), an update on Dean’s graphic novel and even more. Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Across the Pacific, acting, Agnes Moorehead, American Dialect Society, Anthony Weiner, art, Australia, Barack Obama, Blue Note, Bobby Hutcherson, Booksmyth Quality Used Books, Citizen Kane, David Letterman, Dean Haglund, directing, Displatches from Pluto, Donald Trump, Douglas Fairbanks, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, film noir, filmmaking, films, grammar, graphic novels, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abidin, Humphrey Bogart, jazz, John Huston, Joseph Cotten, Los Angeles, Mercury Theatre, Michael Curtiz, Michelle Obama, Mississippi Delta, movies, Passage to Marseille, Phil Leirness, race relations, Rio Olympics, Rudy Van Gelder, show business, Sidney Greenstreet, silent films, Southside With You, The Lone Gunmen, The Mercury Players, The Son of the Sheik, The X-Files, Tokyo 2024, travel, Valentino, Weiner, Winnipeg, World War II, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #426
Brought to you by our good friends at Empire State Gas, this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour takes place on the road, after a surprise encounter between Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness at the Los Angeles International Airport (the first time they’ve seen each other since their fantastic “farewell”episode.
Dean reveals what he’s been up to, what conventions he’s attended, where he’s been performing comedy, how a certain graphic novel is coming along and how the Australian winter is treating him.
Phil follows up on the recent two-part episode about film literacy, wherein your friends in podcasting engage in subtextual, mythological, symbolic analysis of the 2nd X-Files movie, by asking several questions related to “The X-Files” revival, including whether the Lone Gunmen are still alive (a questioned answered by Chris Carter, as heard on this podcast, more than 2 years ago!). Dean shares bit of information not available through internet sleuthing!
Television binge-watching is discussed. “Silicon Valley”, “Veep”, and “Star Trek: Enterprise” season 4 are celebrated. “True Detective” season 2 and “Aquarius” are taken to task. The loss of “Hannibal” is decried.
The world-wide blockbuster movie season is discussed. Dean and Phil riff on “The Age of Ultron”, “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “Tomorrowland”, Pixar’s “Inside Out”, “Jurassic World” and Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man”.
Phil reveals how Turner Classic Movies has turned his summer into the “Summer of Darkness”.
Dean gets dropped off at a certain “historic building in downtown Los Angeles”.
Fun is had by all.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Anthony Mann, Aquarius, binge watching, Border Incident, Chris Carter, comedy, Comic-Con, ConnectiCon, Cornered, Crossfire, David Duchovny, Dean Haglund, Dick Powell, Diedrich Bader, directing, Edward Dmytryk, film, film noir, Gary Jones, George Raft, Hannibal, Hollywood Ten, Hugh Laurie, improv comedy, Inside OUt, Irrational Man, John Alton, John Sturges, Jurassic World, LAX, Mad Max: Fury Road, Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, movies, Mystery Street, Nocturne, Phil Leirness, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Robert Young, Sam Richardson, show business, Silicon Valley, Star Trek: Enterprise, Summer of Darkness, Supanova, TCM, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tomorrowland, True Detective Season 2, United Airlines, Veep, West Hartford, Woody Allen, writing | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #404
Brian Williams lies. Hollywood remakes or reboots EVERYTHING. Phil drops a ton of professional football knowledge on Dean. Dean tries to explain whether the film Asylum is real and if it is, whether he is really in it! Phil waxes rhapsodic about the filmmaking collaboration that resulted in Chinatown. Dean and Phil remember a classic film noir femme fatale. Dean tells his Minority Report story. AGAIN.
Has the whole world gone mad? Nope. It’s just another action-packed installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Amy Pascal, Asylum, BatKid, Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World, Better Call Saul, Brian Williams, Burt Lancaster, Chinatown, Citizenfour, Creed, Dead Reckoning, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary film, Edward Snowden, Elvis Presley, Erynn Petrulis, Faye Dunaway, film, film noir, filmmaking, football, Fox, Ghostbusters, Green Bay Packers, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Franklin, Jon Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, journalism, Julia Roberts, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Laura Poitras, Lizabeth Scott, Melissa Leo, Melissa McCarthy, Michael B. Jordan, Minority Report, movies, Mr. T., NBC News, NFL, Oliver Stone, Paramount, Patrick O'Sullivan, Paul Feig, Phil Leirness, Poltergeist, producing, Pulp, reboots, remakes, Robert Evans, Robert Towne, Rocky, Roman Polanski, sequels, Shailene Woodley, show business, Sony, Steven Rea, Steven Spielberg, Summer School, Sylvester Stallone, television, The Daily Show, The Lone Gunmen, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Too Late for Tears, Vince Gilligan, Warren Beatty, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #379
Your friends in podcasting were stood up this week! A guest who was supposed to join Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness in discussion of both international filmmaking AND shooting westerns was a no-show! Not to worry as we still have plenty of show to go around!
Paramount Ranch is explored. A game of Capture the Flag is played. Silent Films are enjoyed. Guardians of the Galaxy is analyzed. The futures of “Fargo” and “True Detective” are debated. And finally a Vulcan Princess, a Tony-winning femme fatale and an Oscar-winning stand-up comedian are remembered.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Baker, acting, Aram Aramyan, Arlene Martel, Billy Bob Thornton, Bradley Cooper, Capture the Flag, Chris Pratt, Cosmetic Surgery, Dean Haglund, depression, directing, Fargo, film noir, filmmaking, German Expressionism, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, hiking, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, James Gunn, Jason Robards, John Huston, Joss Whedon, Julia Roberts, Jumanji, Kevin Feige, Key Largo, Lauren Bacall, Marc Cushman, Marc Hershon, Marc Wanamaker, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Matthew McConaughey, mental illness, movies, Paramount Ranch, Parks and Recreation, Paul Leni, Perry Mason, Phil Leirness, Rainn Wilson, Robin Williams, Sam Robards, silent film, stand-up comedy, Star Trek, Succotash, suicide, Suli McCullough, Super, T'Pring, television, The Cat and the Canary, The Coen Brothers, The Hangover, The Last Warning, The Lego Movie, The Lone Gunmen, The Man Who Laughs, The Party Crashers, The Story of O Untold Pleasures, The X-Files, These Are the Voyages, Throckmorten, To Have and Have Not, True Detective, Vulcan, What Dreams May Come, Woman of the Year, Woody Harrelson, 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 #329
Yesterday was Labor Day in the USA and poolside barbecues are an end-of-summer holiday tradition …
As loyal listeners of this show know, your friends in podcasting have been producing a brand new feature film, The Lady Killers and yesterday was the film’s wrap party – a poolside barbecue no less!
So, grab your water wings, your sun screen and your funny bone and pull up a deck chair …
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness welcome two of the loveliest actresses, one of the funniest actors and one of the best character actors (and teachers) working in the business today.
It’s coming to you a day late, but it’s well worth the wait. It’s one of the best episodes yet of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: ACME Comedy Theatre, acting, Art Deco, auditions, autograph shows, Aztec, barbecue, Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, Boston Legal, Christina Grance, commercials, dark comedy, David Dean Bottrell, Dean Haglund, directing, film noir, filmmaking, Heat Index, Herald Examiner Building, improv comedy, Jamie Kaler, Labor Day, Lily Holleman, Lincoln Meyer, locations, Mayan Calendar, My Boys, poolside, Ray Bradbury, science fiction, sexual conquest, sketch comedy, Syria, The Family Stone, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, United Nations, 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 | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #205
Much is on the minds of your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness. From wishing happy birthdays to loyal listeners, to answering your questions, to sharing what they’ve learned through the process of making their documentary, they really prove this week that it is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. There’s the usual entertainment industry news and analysis, film and television reviews, irreverent insights and informative diatribes. So, enjoy, and if you are going to be in the London area, make sure to purchase tickets for the Saturday 30 April premiere of The Truth Is Out There!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, All My Children, American Cinematheque, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Barbara Bel Geddes, Beware My Lovely, box office, British Film Instittute, Caught, Charlie Chaplin, comedy, Condoleezza Rice, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Cormac McCarthy, Dean Haglund, documentary, Edgar Allan Poe, editing, Egyptian, entertainment, film, film noir, filmmaking, Fox, George C. Scott, George Harrison, Herbert Lom, Howard Hughes, Huffington Post, Ida Lupino, Israel, James Mason, Jason Robards, Justin Bieber, Karl Rove I Love You, lawsuit, marketing, Max Ophuls, movies, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Neil Dickson, One Life to Live, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney Really is Dead, Phil Leirness, Rebecca De Mornay, respect, Robert Ryan, Rogue Machine, Ron Bottitta, Rupert Murdoch, Samuel L. Jackson, Samuel Z. Arkoff, show business, soap operas, television, The Beatles, The Fountainhead, The Last Testament of George Harrison, The Lone Gunmen, The New York Post, The Office, The Retro Dome, The Sunset Limited, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatres, Tommy Lee Jones, Trust, truth, Tucker Smallwood, Val Kilmer, Washington and Lee University, Will Ferrell | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #200
Your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness celebrate the bicentennial episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour with a special guest! Chris Jacobs is an attorney, and actor and much-loved host of TV’s Overhaulin’, co-host of TV’s The Insider, and the brand new correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. A bicentennial celebration, a fantastic guest and a poolside view atop downtown Los Angeles? Watch out! Informative, insightful and irreverent cultural conversation is about to commence …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Brasil, Camboriu, Charlie Rose, Charlie Sheen, Chris Jacobs, Christopher Jacobs, Christopher Walken, Dean Haglund, Dolly Parton, earthquake, Entertainment Tonight, film noir, Geraldo Rivera, Ghost Adventures Live, hosting, James Ellroy, Japan, Johnny Depp, Larry King, natural disasters, Nick of Time, Oscars, Overhaulin, Paul Haggis, Phil Leirness, Piers Morgan, Queen Latifah, Raymond Chandler, red carpet, Rio, Tavis Smiley, teleprompters, The Book of Mormon, the Eastern-Columbia, The Insider, The Lone Gunmen, The New Yorker, The X-Files, Tiger Woods, tsunami, Twitter, Two and A Half Men, Zach Galifianakis | No Comments »
