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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #599
November 5, 2018 | 
Author Now that Dean once again lives in the USA, he and Phil will be recording YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour on Monday mornings! This week, they compare notes on the Steve Martin-Martin Short touring stage show, and share thoughts about the recent spate of re-booted television series of yesteryear and those reboots recently announced. The lives of a “swamp rock” legend, a WW II “Monuments Man”, the inventor of green bean casserole, the greatest trumpeter of his generation, and Phil’s all-time favorite baseball player will be remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”. Then, grab the popcorn because your friends in podcasting have a bunch of disparate cinematic offerings to discuss, from horror classics like Nosferatu and The Wolf Man to such contemporary releases as Bohemian Rhapsody, Boy Erased, A Private War, and Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind.
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #547
It’s been several weeks where Dean and Phil did a “normal” show, so naturally, it’s time for “Celebrity Deaths”. In this week’s edition, an astonishing number of great musicians are remembered, as well as a handful of actors. Your friends in podcasting also discuss current episodic television, with Dean weighing in on “Star Trek: Discovery” and Phil assessing the current season of “Mr. Robot”. Then, it’s time for the big-screen (or, in Dean’s case, the super-small screen as he usually watches films on airplanes). A Vietnamese romantic comedy about an absent-minded reptile professor, a romantic comedy about a girl in a coma, the brilliantly artistic sequel to a sci-fi landmark, and a truly funny sequel to a Marvel franchise all get discussed.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: AC/DC, acting, Al Hurricane, Amadeus, Beauty and the Beast, Benson, Blade Runner 2049, CBS All Acess, celebrity deaths, Daisy Berkowitz, Danielle Darrieux, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Elizabeth Baur, Fats Domino, filmmaking, George Young, Gord Downie, Grady Tate, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Hurricane Katrina, Ironside, jazz, John Dunsworth, Last Comic Standing, Marilyn Manson, movies, Mr. Robot, music, New Mexico Music, Phil Leirness, Ralphie May, Ricky Nelson, Robert Guillaume, Roy Dotrice, Scott Putesky, show business, SOAP, Sports Night, stand-up comedy, Star Trek Discovery, Taxi What's My Name, television, The Big Sick, The Earrings of Madame de ..., The Heartbreakers, The Lady Killers, The Lion King, The Lone Gunmen, The Sound of Philadelphia, The Tragically Hip, The X-Files, Tom Petty, Trailer Park Boys, Traveling Wilburys, Twin Peaks: The Return, Walter "Bunny" Sigler, Wonderstruck, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #510
On this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, remembrance of Al Jarreau leads to a discussion of artistic integrity vs. commercial success, and a discussion of the television “bubble” leads to a discussion of what the proliferation of quality episodic entertainment means for movies. In between, Dean and Phil will discuss such films as Cemetery of Splendour, Inferno, Passengers and Split as well as forthcoming remakes and adaptations of such classics as Network, Out of Africa, Bullitt, Every Which Way But Loose, as well as the impressive new career arc Keanu Reeves is carving out for himself.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Al Jarreau, Bowling Green Massacre, box office, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Bryan Cranston, Bullitt, Cemetery of Splendour, Chris Pratt, Dan Brown, directing, Eddie Rabbitt, Every Which Way But Loose, filmmaking, independent film, Inferno, Isaak Dineson, James McAvoy, jazz, Jennifer Lawrence, John Le Carre, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves, M. Night Shyamalan, Moonlighting, movies, Network, Out of Africa, Paddy Chayevsky, Passengers, pop music, producing, Robert Langdon, Ron Howard, show business, Split, Steve McQueen, Susanne Bier, Sweden, television, the Da Vinci Code, The Night Manager, To the Bone, Tom Hanks, Unbreakable, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #505
Your friends in podcasting celebrate the life of the woman who broke the news about the start of World War II and the life of a man who redefined literary and cinematic terror (and turned a certain staircase in Georgetown into a major tourist attraction). Then, after sharing some thoughts about a childhood friend who died this past week, Phil follows up on last week’s show by sharing with Dean some thoughts about “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” and sharing a story about how George Michael (and Wham!) helped inspire one of the most famous songs by The Smiths. There will also be much discussion of television, from the return of “Sherlock” and the news surrounding “The Man in the High Castle” to the Producers Guild Award nominations and a forthcoming show set backstage at “The Tonight Show” in the 1970′s. Finally, Phil gets on his soapbox as he and Dean address the controversy surrounding Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden Globes and the overwhelming accolades being bestowed upon La La Land. All that, plus a frank discussion about “perceived vegetative states” AND a ton of laughs on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Shot in the Dark, Alex Lewczuk, Alexis Bloom, Arthur Conan Doyle, Awards, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blake Edwards, Braveheart, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Brokeback Mountain, Carrie Fisher, Chernobyl, Claire Hollingworth, Crash, Damian Chezelle, Damien Chezelle, Dean Haglund, Debbie Reynolds, dnr order, documentary, Donald Trump, Eddie Fisher, empathy, filmmaking, films, Fisher Stevens, football, Forrest Gump, Frank Spotnitz, George Michael, Golden Globes, independent films, Inspector Clouseau, jazz, Jeff Sturdivant, journalism, La La Land, Martin Freeman, Meryl Streep, mixed martial arts, Morrisey, movies, musicals, My Favorite Year, Nazi Germany, Neville Chamberlin, organ donors, Paul Reiser, perceived vegetative states, Phil Leirness, politics, Producers Guild Awards, refugees, Russia, Sherlock, Siren FM, Southside Broadcasting, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, The Larry Sanders Show, The Lone Gunmen, The Man in the High Castle, The Midweek Drive, The Ninth Configuration, The Smiths, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The X-Files, Titanic, Todd Fisher, Vladimir Putin, Wham!, Whiplash, William Peter Blatty, World War II | No Comments »
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 Holllywood Hour #466
It’s “Chillpak: New Orleans” as Dean checks in from the Big Easy and reveals details about the top secret performance he’s giving in the Bayou before his whirlwind visit to The Los Angeles Breakfast Club this week to perform “Dean Haglund: An Illustrated Tour of Broadway in DTLA”. Phil reviews a spectacular and important new play and ties its themes into a challenge faced by a high school student in New York Phil has been mentoring. A discussion about the art, craft and deceptive practices of movie trailers leads into an analysis of two quite buzzed about recent trailers and the promise of a film being released next month and one going into production soon. All that, plus Dean and Phil reveal what they are reading and a man who leaves behind one of the most significant legacies in the modern history of cinema is remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adam Rifkin, Alden Ehrenreich, Arthur Conan Doyle, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Blood Simple, Burt Reynolds, Captain America: Civil War, Christoph Waltz, Creed, Dan Ireland, dark comedy, David Brent: Life on the Road, Dean Haglund, directing, drumming, Dutch Cinema, Earth Girls Are Easy, film distribution, film festivals, filmmaking, gun control, Han Solo, improv comedy, independent film, James Bond, jazz, Jessica Chastain, Jolene, Julia Cho, Ken Russell, Kew Forest, Kiernan Shipka, Lair of the White Worm, Mad Men, Mark Frost, marketing, movies, Netflix, New Orleans, New York, Night Crawler, Office Hour, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Phil Leirness, Phillip Salmo, punk rock, Raymond Lee, Renee Zelwegger, Ricky Gervais, Rogue One, Ryan Coogler, Sandra Oh, SCR, Seattle International Film Festival, Soldier of Orange, South Coast Rep, Spectre, Star Wars, The Coen Brothers, The List of 7, The Office, The Other Side of the Wind, The Whole Wide World, theatre, trailers, Vestron, Vietgone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Whore, writing, Zack Snyder | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #402
How great a year in film was 2014? So great that neither Dean nor Phil managed to find room on their Top Ten Lists for the likes of such highly recommended features as Selma, Inherent Vice, The Babadook, CitizenFour or Calvary.
What DID make their lists? Listen to the episode (all 72 minutes of it!) and find out!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 3D, abstract expressionism, acting, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Art and Craft, art direction, Asylum, Birdam or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boon Joon-Ho, Boyhood, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans, cinematography, costume design, Damien Chezelle, Dan Gilroy, Dean Haglund, directing, documentary film, Ethan Hawke, filmmaking, films, Force Majeure, foreign film, Goodbye to Language, Guardians of the Galaxy, impressionism, independent film, J.K. Simmons, Jake Gylenhaal, jazz, Jean-Luc Godard, Jonathan Glazer, Julie Delpy, Karl Rove I Love You, local news, Lock, Michael Keaton, Miles Teller, Monet, movies, Mr. Turner, Nightcrawler, Patricia Arquette, Phil Leirness, producing, Ralph Fiennes, Rene Russo, Richard Linklater, Scarlett Johannson, science fiction, Snowpiercer, Taxi Driver, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lego Movie, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tim's Vermeer, Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy, top ten, Travis Bickle, Under the Skin, Wes Anderson, Whiplash, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #400
After several weeks apart, your friends in podcasting usually hit the ground running and this week is no exception as they look back to what was learned following the Sony hack and the release of The Interview, as they discuss the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, as they remember a great actor, a great voice, two great musicians and a comedy genius as they preview two Live Events starring Dean Haglund, as they weigh in on “Star Trek 3″ directing news, as they analyze the Golden Globes, as they theorize what went wrong with Chris Carter’s “The After”, and as they appreciate current female-driven television sci-fi …
Whew! Is that too much for one hour? Not when it is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Amy Adams, bebop, Big Eyes, Billy Bob Thornton, Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Hebdo, Chris Carter, Craig Ferguson, Dean Haglund, directing, Disney, Edward Hermann, Extant, Faces, Fargo, Ferguson, filmmaking, Frances McDormand, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Ian McLagan, independent film, Into the Woods, James Corden, jazz, Joe Cocker, Justin Lin, late night television, Marc Hershon, Marvel, mod, Monster's Ball, movies, music, Phil Leirness, Purple Rose of Cairo, Sci Fest, science fiction, show business, Sony hack, Star Trek, Steve Benaquist, Succotash, Taylor Negron, television, The After, The Big and Tall Show, The Gilmore Girls, The Interview, The Lone Gunmen, The Small Faces, The X-Files, War of the Worlds, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #382
This week, your friends in podcasting discuss “LAVA” (the Los Angeles Visionaries Association), Charlie Parker, L.A.’s jazz history, architect Robert Brown Young, an amazing Dutch Chocolate Shop, pre-Emmy parties, Rachel McAdams, Chris Pratt, Kathryn Bigalow’s influence on the casting of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and As Above, So Below. Oh, and Phil suggests that two professional basketball teams trade names!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Most Wanted Man, Aaron Paul, acting, architecture, art, Art History, As Above So Below, Batchelder, Beaux Arts, Bird, Breaking Bad, Camp Allegheny, casting, Central Avenue, Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Charlie Parker, Chris Pratt, Dean Haglund, Dexter Gordon, Dial Records, directing, Downbeat, Downton Abbey, Dunbar Hotel, Dutch Chocolate Shop, Emmy Awards, filmmaking, Humphrey Bogart, jazz, Julie Bowen, Kathryn Bigelow, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Visionaries Association, Marvel Cinematic Universer, Midnight in Paris, Moose the Mooche, movies, Orson Welles, Phil Leirness, Rachel McAdams, RJ Mitte, Robert Brown Young, Round Midnight, Sean J. O'Connell, show business, television, Terence Malick, The Hurt Locker, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tim Simonson, To the Wonder, Veep, Vi Redd, writing, Yoshi Kato, Zero Dark Thirty | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #375
How does a show that begins with a lengthy discussion of Phil’s hairstyles thru the years end up being so darn inspiring?
When it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, of course!
On this week’s show, Dean and Phil discuss The Paramount Ranch, westerns, Chaplin, Alexander Payne, the moon landing and history belonging to those that move and delight us.
Dean shares great advice for comedy writers.
Phil explains both the good and the bad in our move to BlogTalkRadio.
Then, your friends in podcasting remember a famous werewolf, a punk rock icon, the Grand Dame of Broadway, the preeminent bass player of his generation, the last “real man”, a war hero and Olympian, and a 21 year-old actress and filmmaker.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 30 Rock, acting, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Payne, Andy Samburg, Angelina Jolie, Apollo 11, BlogTalkRadio, Broadway, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Haden, Cider House Rules, comedy, country music, David Legeno, Dean Haglund, Death Valley, directing, Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Erynn Petrulis, Fenrir Greyback, filmmaking, Greg Vincent, Harry Potter, Hollywood Hertiage, independent film, iTunes, James Garner, jazz, John Girodo, Karen Forman, Kortona, Kubrick Letter, Lejon Johnson, libsyn, Louis Zamperini, Marc Wanamaker, Maverick, Mel Gibson, moon landing, movies, mp3, Murphy's Romance, Paramount Ranch, Phil Leirness, producing, Rockford, Rose Parade, show business, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Spencer Tracy, Steve Kaplan, television, The Adventurer, The Great Escape, The Little Tramp, The Lone Gunmen, The Patriot, The Ramones, The Rover, The X-Files, Tommy Ramone, Tournament of Roses, Victor/Victoria, Vytas Serelis, wav, westerns, writing | No Comments »
