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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #566
March 19, 2018 | 
Author On this week’s episode, we’ve got movies, including a discussion of some classic mysteries, and a brand new sci-fi masterpiece that sadly shows the sorry state of movie distribution! We have lawsuits, including one nasty battle between the US Department of Justice and media conglomerate AT&T, and a very different case about set safety on independent films in Canada! We have fond farewells to two true icons, one a scientific giant, the other a fashion legend! We have a show biz scandal featuring the august Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences! All that plus we tease huge life-changing news for Dean Haglund!
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #565
In addition to the latest updates on Dean’s post-surgery recovery and the miracle of Fuzz Aldrin, as well as the de rigueur rounds of “Celebrity Deaths” (where Dean will get quizzed about a pioneering comedian, a legendary sci-fi writer, an award-winning horror writer, two singers and an iconic television actor), there is a lot of movie news for your friends in podcasting to discuss. Dean and Phil analyze the Oscars, including the winners, the host, the politics, the ratings and the ensuing and on-going conversation about diversity and inclusion in the motion picture workplace. They will also discuss a handful of films, including one of the Best Foreign Language Film nominees, the 1974 winner for “Best Actor”, an early Horror classic (also an Oscar winner for “Best Actor), and the supposed “greatest romantic comedy of all time”. Oh, and if you have yet to enjoy last week’s show, you are missing out on one of our funniest hours EVER!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Academy Awards, acting, Alabama rot, animals, Art Carney, Bob Smith, box office, Cary Grant, cats, Citizen Kane, Dean Haglund, directing, diversity, Dr, filmmaking, foreign language film, Frederic March, Harry and Tonto, Howard Hughes, inclusion riders, independent film, Jack Ketchum, James Stewart, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Kimmel, Katharine Hepburn, knee surgery, Lari White, Manchester, Mark E. Smith, music, mysteries, Oscars, Paul Mazursky, Phil Leirness, producing, road pictures, romantic comedies, sci-fi, show business, Simon Shelton Barnes, Spencer Tracy, stand-up comedy, Suli McCullough, surgery, Teletubbies, television, The Fall, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Philadelphia Story, The Square, The X-Files, toxoplasmosis, Ursula K LeGuin, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #563
In an absolutely hilarious installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dean shares his challenging recovery from knee surgery and addresses a rumor. Phil describes appearing on stage with his cat Fuzz Aldrin at a screening of The Lady Killers, shares the importance of the venue to his development as a filmmaker, reveals that the film has secured full North American distribution, and oh, yeah, how he got engaged to his long-time lady love, Lily Holleman, during the post-screening Q&A. Dean and Phil compare notes on “Star Trek: The Animated Series”, the future of “The X-Files” (including a potential spin-off series), and such movies as It, Winchester, Criminal and Black Panther. All that, plus a couple more “Celebrity Deaths” discussed in their brand new game show format where Phil gives the name, and Dean has to guess for what that individual was celebrated. Enjoy it now, wherever good podcasts can be found and share it with your friends!
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #559
Dean is having surgery this week and Phil’s cat, Fuzz Aldrin, continues her brave recovery. Because some of you asked for updates on these matters, your friends in podcasting begin this week’s epic installment with fascinating and inspiring stories pertaining to them. Then, it’s all about movies …
The critics groups have all awarded their favorites. The professional guilds and unions have honored theirs. The Academy Award nominations were announced, which your Dean and Phil analyze a bit on the show. For the most part, however, this week it’s Dean and Phil’s turn. Keep those Netflix queues handy as the gents count down their Top Ten Films of 2017. And, of course, far more than 20 films will get discussed in what is an extra-long installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, one that truly stretches the definition of “hour”! Trust us, they go off the beaten path for their choices this year in an effort to champion some films that were sadly overlooked or under-marketed. Discover cinematic gems and regale in hilarious, irreverent, and occasionally insightful bickering.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Fantastic Woman, A Fistful of Dollars, A Ghost Story, Academy Awards, acting, Allison Williams, Argentina, Blade Runner 2049, box office, Boyz N The Hood, Brick, Caleb Landry Jones, Casey Affleck, Catherine Keener, Chad Stahelski, Chris Pine, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cinematography, comedy, Crown Heights, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Kaluuya, Daniela Vega, David Duchovny, David Lowery, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, Denis Villeneuve, Derek Kolstad, directing, Doug Jones, Dunkirk, film critics, filmmaking, For a Few Dollars More, Fuzz Aldrin, Gal Gadot, Get Out, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo Del Toro, Hampton Fancher, Harrison Ford, hollywood, horror films, Hostiles, improv comedy, independent film, It, James L. Brooks, John Cassavetes, John Singleton, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, knee surgery, LACMA, Lady Bird, Lakeith Stanfield, Laurie Metcalf, Leslie Manville, Looper, Lukas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Mark Frost, Martin McDonagh, Michael Winterbottom, movie awards, movies, Mudbound, Mumon: The Land of Stealth, Orson Welles, Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pennywise, Phantom Thread, Phil Leirness, producing, Rachel Morrison, Rambo, Rian Johnson, Ridley Scott, Rob Brydon, Robin Wright, Roger Deakins, Rooney Mara, Rosamund Pike, Ryan Gosling, sci-fi, Scott Cooper, Sean Baker, Sebastian Lelio, sequels, silent film, stand-up comedy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Stephen King, Steve Coggan, Tangerine, the Brothers Bloom, The Dark Tower, The Florida Project, The Larry Sanders Show, The Lone Gunmen, The Shape of Water, The Trip, The Trip to Spain, The X-Files, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Timothee Chalumet, Tracy Letts, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return, Warren Beatty, Wes Studi, westerns, Willem Dafoe, Wolf Warrior 2, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writing, Wu Jing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #558
This week’s show begins with an update on how the fierce, determined and ridiculously cute cat Fuzz Aldrin is recovering (you can help with that recovery by visiting http://gofundme.com/save-fuzz-aldrin”). She had to have another emergency procedure this week, which leads to a rather hilarious story about Lily Holleman, “Junior Pet Detective”. It also leads to a conversation about a surgical procedure Dean Haglund will be undergoing the first week of February. Then, Dean and Phil Leirness discuss movies – two “classics” (the comedy To Be or Not to Be and the musical Brigadoon), and five recent releases (Darren Aronosky’s Mother!, Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories, Dan Gilroy’s Roman J. Israel, Esq., Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water and the big winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MIssouri).
For the first time in weeks, your friends in podcasting tackle “Celebrity Deaths”, celebrating the life and careers of record producer Rick Hall, actress-singer Rose Marie and film noir icon Peggy Cummins. Then, they tackle the “small screen”, with Phil weighing in on the new Fox sitcom “LA to Vegas”, with Dean assessing the most recent “mirror universe” episode of “Star Trek: Discover” (“The Wolf Inside”), and the two of them discussing the thematic meanings of Season 11 of “The X-Files”, of the most recent episode (“Plus One”) and what the future might hold for the show with or without Gillian Anderson.
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