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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #307
April 1, 2013 | 
Author What do Will Smith, Danny De Vito and Madonna have in common? They were all mentioned TWICE in this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour …
Dean talks about Wondercon. Phil talks about Lifetime movies, spending Easter working on a short film about the last man on Earth to believe in God, and shooting in Chinatown.
Dean gets asked about the art work he’s creating for his Kickstarter backers and for his graphic novel. Phil gets taken to task (rightly so) about misspelling a listener’s name.
Dean and Phil both talk about their last movie together (The Truth Is Out There) and their upcoming movie (The Lady Killers).
Dean and Phil discuss Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Room 237 and a question from listener Shaun Parker about whether “conspiracy theories” are an art form.
A music legend, a beloved character actor and 300 German circus fleas are remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”.
Sherlock Holmes stars in the “Lawsuit of the Week”.
Stop reading and enjoy the show. Now. And tell a friend.
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Tags: acting, After Earth, Alexis Cruz, Allan Bennett, Anger Management, Anthony Soto, Arlo Guthrie, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brad Pitt, Catherine Annette, conspiracy, Daniel Radcliffe, Danny DeVito, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, directing, Dirty Teacher, duets, Easter, Elementary, Equus, FanBoy Nation, Femme Fatales, filmmaking, films, Frank Sinatra, German circus fleas, Harry Potter, independent film, Joseph Kosinski, license fee, Lifetime, M. Night Shyamalan, Madonna, Marc Forster, Marc Hershon, music, Oblivion, painting, Paul Simon, Phil Leirness, Phil Ramone, public domain, Ray Charles, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Room 237, Shaun Parker, Shawnee Smith, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, show business, Stan Getz, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Jobs, Succotash, television, The Cheating Pact, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Shining, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Uncle Vernon Dursley, Will Smith, Withnail and I, Wondercon, World War Z, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #303
Dean’s heading out of town to “save” a bad horror film by turning it into a comedy. That fact leads to a discussion about … Newfoundland?
Phil’s editing a film and that leads to a discussion of … The overture to Star Trek: The Motion Picture?
This week’s episode goes in many unexpected directions, from discussions of two other podcasts (Marc Hershon’s “Succotash” and David Pickering’s “Getting Better Acquainted) to a play about hoarding, from a remembrance of Bonnie Franklin to Dean and Phil’s idea for a very interesting awards show.
All that, plus, Dean and Phil really put the “your” into YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, wishing one loyal listener a happy birthday, answering one question from a listener about Argo and reading another listener’s email about the SyFy channel.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Anthony Kilna, Apple, Argo, Awards, Bonnie Franklin, David Pickering, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, directing, Dirty Filthy Love Story, filmmaking, films, French Stewart, Getting Better Acquainted, Hot to Trot, independent film, Jaime Robledo, John Candy, John Hawkes, LA Weekly Awards, Life of Pi, Marc Hershon, Matthew McConaghey, Michael Crane, Mike Scott, movies, Newfoundland, Norman Lear, One Day At a Time, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Rogue Machine, sci-fi, Sci-Fi on the Rock, Silver Linings Playbook, Skylight Theatre, Spirit Awards, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Steve Jobs, Stoneface, Succotash, SyFy, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Valerie Bertinelli, Walter Isaacson, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #295
It’s the first episode of 2013 and since it’s early January, where would your friends in podcasting be but poolside atop downtown Los Angeles?!
So, grab the sunscreen and join Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness as they discuss fine art, popular music, television, movies and celebrity deaths!
From record setting box office by a film from France, to precedent-setting success by a VOD release, from the most popular filming locations in L.A. to the return of 1980′s action heroes, from the smash hit album “21″ by Adele, to the death of one of the most popular singers of the 1950′s, this installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour has all the news, views and reviews you’ve come to expect and enjoy.
Happy 2013, everybody! It promises to be our best year yet!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 12 Angry Men, 21, A Bullet to the Head, A Good Day to Die Hard, acting, Adele, Adrian Peterson, Andersonville, Arbitrage, Argo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ben Affleck, Big Fan, Boyle Heights, Brian Thompson, Bruce Willis, Burt Reynolds, Campbell Scott, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Caravaggio, casting directors, character actors, Charles Durning, Cobra, Coney Island Christmas, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, David Hyde-Pierce, Dean Haglund, Denis Leary, directing, Eastern Columbia Building, Eileen Atkins, Ethan Dettenmaier, Evening Shade, Everybody Loves Raymond, films, Firestarter, foreign language films, Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott, George Lucas, Gerry Anderson, Griffith Park, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, How Much Is That Doggie In the Window, Ilan Rein, improv comedy, independent film, Jack Klugman, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Chastain, John Barrowman, John Frankenheimer, John McClain, La Dolce Vita, LACMA, lead paint, Lee Garlington, Linda Vista Community Hospital, Location filming, Manchurian Candidate, Marigin Call, Mark Valley, Mayan Calendar, Mike Hopkins, Mike Nichols, Minnesota Vikings, motion pictures, movies, music industry, New York Giants, Nick Nolte, Nicolas Jarekci, North Dallas Forty, Old Cape Cod, Osama Bin Laden, Patti Page, Patton Oswalt, Paul Newman, Phil Leirness, Point Dume, Quincy, Richard Gere, Richard Jenkins, Robert Redford, Ronin, rushing record, Sound editing, Space: 1999, sports, Stingray, supporting actors, Sylverster Stallone, television, Tennessee Waltz, The 6th Street Bridge, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Detective, The Intouchables, The Last Stand, The Lone Gunmen, The Odd Couple, The Sting, The X-Files, Thunderbirds, To Be or Not To Be, Tootsie, Top Ten Hits, Torchwood, torture, UFO, violence, violence prevention, VOD, Walter Hill, Walter Matthau, Wolf, writing, Zero Dark Thirty | 5 Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #293
Happy Christmas, everybody!
This week’s show gets off to a flying start with a recap of the “Live Event of the Week” – the 28 hour marathon co-hosted by your friends in podcasting to ring in the end of the Mayan Calendar.
Dean discusses his road trip from hell.
Phil discusses catching up on some 2012 movies.
Dean and Phil revisit last’s week’s show all about the Top Films of All Time by looking at what directors had films mentioned most often on the lists submitted by guests of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
The show wraps up with a personal “Celebrity Death”, a wonderful character actor who was helping Dean and Phil in the development of their new film, The Lady Killers.
Speaking of The Lady Killers, please take the time to learn more about the film and how you can help (and PLEASE, spread the word!), by visiting here.
And if you’ve never seen Dean and Phil’s film The Truth is Out There . . . Why haven’t you? It’s available here.
Finally, we hope you will enjoy this holiday greeting from your friends in podcasting …
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 8 1/2, Alex Lewczuk, Alfred Hitchcock, Alien, Always, Apocalypse Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Aviator, Barbara Werner, Barton Fink, Billy Wilder, Blade Runner, Boogie Nights, Bridge on the River Kwai, Burt Bulos, Channing Tatum, Christmas, Citizen Kane, Cliff Osmond, Combat Radio, David Lean, Dean Haglund, directors, Double Indemnity, Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, E.T., Ethan Dettenmaier, Fargo, Federico Fellini, films, Francis Coppola, Full Metal Jacket, George Lucas, giulietta masina, Gladiator, Godfather, Godfather 2, Goodfellas, Heavenly Creatures, Howard the Duck, Hugo, Ilana Rein, Irma La Douce, Jackie Chan, Jaws, Jay Roach, Johnny Knoxville, Josh Bell, Kiss Me Stupid, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Lawrence of Arabia, Little Miss Sunshine, Magic Mike, Martin Scorsese, Matthew Libatique, Matthew McConaughey, May the Forbes Be With You, Mayan Calendar, Mean Streets, Miller's Crossing, motion pictures, Nights of Cabiria, No Country For Old Men, North by Northwest, Notorious, Orson Welles, Paths of Glory, Paul Dano, Peter Jackson, Phil Leirness, political satire, Psycho, Radioland Murders, Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rear Window, Ridley Scott, Ruby Sparks, Sabine Fischer, Satyricon, Saving Private Ryan, show business, Sight and Sound poll, Siren FM, Some Like it Hot, Spartacus, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sunset Boulevard, Sylvester Stallone, Taxi Driver, television, The Big Lebowski, The Campaign, The Coen Brothers, the Expendables 2, The Fortune Cookie, The Lone Gunmen, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Shining, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Touch of Evil, Vancouver, Vertigo, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Kazan | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #288
Today’s show is one of those special episodes where your friends in podcasting get on a roll and throw out the structure in favor of an organic, enlivening exchange that still manages to touch on such topics as The PEACE Fund (Protecting, Educating and Aiding Children Everywhere), the “Looper effect”, General David Petraeus and sex scandals, the most unfortunate entertainment headline in recent memory, news from HBO’S “The Newsroom”, the Daniel Craig “Bond” films, and the Sean Connery “Bond” films.
There is an “Explanation of the Week” involving Mitt Romney and there is a lengthy debate over 007′s latest big-screen adventure.
The theme of this week’s show? If you don’t stand for something, you’re likely to Skyfall for anything!
This week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, acting, action, Adrian Paul, Casino Royale, CIA, convservative, David Petraeus, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. No, filmmaking, films, Fox News, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, HBO, Ian Fleming, independent film, James Bond, Javier Bardem, Karl Rove I Love You, Looper, Marc Forster, Mitt Romney, movies, pacing, Patton Oswalt, Phil Leirness, Progressive, Quantum of Solace, Rosemarie Dewitt, Same Mendes, Sean Connery, show business, Skyfall, Spectres, suicide, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Looper Effecvt, The Newsroom, The Peace Fund, The Third Man, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Thunderball, time travel, tone, Tony Scott, Top Gun 3D, writing, You Only Live Twice | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #285
Is it safe to say that there’s something for everyone on this week’s show? Consider …
Your friends in podcasting discuss Dean’s trip to Fargo for ValleyCon and the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival as well as Phil’s producing and directing 2nd unit photography, pick-ups and re-shoots for two different films on the same day(!).
They discuss the forthcoming Million Muppet March, their choices of Halloween costumes, the latest on Allan Piper’s film Married and Counting and Paul Bunnell’s film The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.
They discuss the possibilities of the just announced S.H.I.E.L.D. television series and the disappointing news regarding a sequel to X-Men: First Class.
They discuss such movies as Cloud Atlas , Get the Gringo, Looper , The Apple Dumpling Gang and Ernest Goes to Camp!
All that, PLUS a “Wingnut of the Week” update on the fluoridation of Portland’s water supply and another “Lawsuit of the Week” involving actors and their former representation suing each other.
Maybe you’ll even get the chance to win the home edition of the Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
You never know.
It is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour after all!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2nd Unit, acting, Allan Piper, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Willis, casting, Chris Tucker, Clark Gregg, Cloud Atlas, D/F Management, David O. Russell, Dean Haglund, directing, ER, Ernest Goes to Camp, Fargo, Fargo Fantastic Film Festival, filmmaking, films, fluoridation, Garrard Whatley, George Takei, Get the Gringo, Halloween costumes, independent film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianna Margulies, Lifetime, Looper, makeup, Married and Counting, Matt Giles, Matt Giles Movie Files, Matthew Vaughn, Mel Gibson, Mike O'Conner, Million Muppet March, movies, muppets, Paul Bunnell, PBS, Phil Leirness, Portland, producing, Rian Johnson, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Robert DeNiro, S.H.I.E.L.D, show business, Sight and Sound poll, Silver Linings Playbook, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Dontanville, television, The Apple Dumpling Gang, the Brothers Bloom, the Egyptian Theatre, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Good Wife, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, ValleyCon, VOD, writing, X-Men, X-Men First Class | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #271
Alex Jones vs. Jon Stewart vs. President Obama. Daniel Tosh. The First Amendment. Fred Willard. Lewd Behavior. The Dark Knight Rises. Aurora, Colorado. Gun Control. The Second Amendment. Violence in movies. The disappearance of Katherine Jackson. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Dean Haglund. Phil Leirness. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: adult theaters, Alex Jones, Aurora, Clyde Lewis, Colorado, Combat Radio, comedy, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Daniel Tosh, Dean Haglund, Denver Airport mural, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, films, first amendment, founding fathers, Fred Willard, Ground Zero, gun control, Heath Ledger, independent film, James Holmes, Jon Stewart, Katherine Jackson, lewd behavior, Michael Jackson, movie violence, Nicole LaPorte, Obama, Pee Wee Herman, Phil Leirness, second amendment, stand-up, television, the Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Lone Gunmen, The Men Who Would Be King, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tilda Swinton, Tom Bergeron, Tosh 2.0, violence, violence prevention, We Need to Talk About Kevin | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #266
Your friends in podcasting have been busy! From marathons to moviemaking, from fine art to live events, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness really mix it up …
They launched a brand new documentary project about an artist and philosopher and they hope you will check it out HERE.
Phil co-hosted an installment of the top notch “Combat Radio” show, and he brought along the amazing Tucker Smallwood as a guest. You can enjoy that show right HERE.
Dean and Phil’s friend, filmmaker Jonathan Browning, recently completed another of his award-winning shorts, this one starring the legendary Paul Dooley. Give it (and all of Jonathan’s shorts) a viewing right HERE.
Finally, loyal listener to this show, Mattie Giles, has a film review website you might enjoy. Check that out right HERE.
Of course, Dean and Phil really hope you will enjoy this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, which covers such diverse topics as the historic L.A. neighborhood of Los Feliz, the plays of Anton Checkhov, the films of the 1930′s, the critical debate over Prometheus, the under-appreciation of MIB3, some new shows on HBO, Dean’s shocking attitude towards prostitution, and why we really all should just get along.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, acting, Alex Lewczuk, Alien, Anton Chekhov, Bart Di Lorenzo, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff More Than a Monster, box office, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Laughton, Clarice Starling, Combat Radio, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, D.W. Griffith, Dean Haglund, Denise Crosby, directing, distribution, Ethan Dettenmaier, Evidence Room, Fantasy Island, film critics, filmmaking, films, Flight of the Conchords, Girls, Glasgow to the Movies, Gloria Stuart, Hannibal, HBO, independent film, Intolerance, Ivanov, James Whale, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Browning, Josh Brolin, Josh Glasgow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kickstarter, Leigh J. McCloskey, Lena Dunah, Lifetime, Lily Holleman, Los Feliz, Luke Y. Thompson, Mad Men, Mads Mikkelson, marathons, Mark Ryan, Matt Giles, Matt Giles Film Files, Melvyn Douglas, Men In Black 3, MIB 3, Midweek Drive, movies, news, Nikki Finke, Odyssey Theatre, Olandar, Paul Dooley, Phil Leirness, political satire, Prometheus, prostitiution, Raymond Massey, Ridley Scott, Rodney King, Rodney King Riots, Screaming Frog Productions, show business, television, The Independent Critic, The Lone Gunmen, The Nerdist, The Newsroom, The Old Dark House, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tiny Furniture, Tommy Lee Jones, Tucker Smallwood, Twin Peaks, Veep, Washington State, Where the Great Ones Run, Will Smith, writing, Zhang Ziyi | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #261
How else would Year Six of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour begin, but with an on-air production meeting? Of course, having been away from the Rational Exuberance offices (inside an “historic building in downtown Los Angeles”) for the past two weeks, your friends in podcasting have many logistics to discuss, including their end of the Mayan Calendar show and the production of not one, but TWO sequels to their documentary The Truth Is Out There.
Dean discusses his road trip adventures in art, from studying Van Gogh in Philadelphia, to painting portraits in the West Hills of Texas, as well as the status of his Kickstarter campaign to create the graphic novel “Shock and Awesome”.
Phil discusses his travels throughout the UK, including screenings at Goldsmiths College, the University of Lincoln and the Birmingham UFO Group, attending the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival, co-presenting Alex Lewczuk’s top-notch Siren FM “Midweek Drive” shows, investigating the mystery of the Lincoln Cathedral, interviewing fascinating figures throughout the UK on topics ranging from bees to airport security scans, from Mary Magdalene to utopian societies.
Oh, and what’s the deal with all the strange cats in Brighton?!
All that, plus the books Dean and Phil are reading and plenty of big laughs. How could there not be big laughs? After all, your friends in podcasting are jet lagged!
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #241
It’s the day after Christmas and you ALL have at least one more gift to unwrap: This installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
We’re not going to spoil any of the surprise. We’ll simply say that we may have saved our loveliest, most heartfelt episode til last.
And if you haven’t already, we hope you’ll take the time to read our blog, wherein we thank many of the people who made the year so special.
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness will be back on Monday 2 January 2012 and your friends in podcasting wish you all a New Year full of peace, action and adventure!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: abuse, acting, Christmas, Dean Haglund, directing, filmmaking, films, motion pictures, movies, new Year, Phil Leirness, producing, sexual assault, shows busienss, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, violence, violence prevention, wirting | No Comments »
