Posts Tagged ‘motion pictures’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #297
January 21, 2013 | 
Author 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.
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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 | 
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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 #267
Princess Diana, political divisiveness, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dr. Jack Daniels, Richard Burton’s Hamlet, the auteur theory, the return of Margaret, Miranda July, Woody Allen, People Like Us, Pariah,Veep, the Hatfields AND the McCoys, letters from listeners, rites, rituals and celebrity deaths … All that and much more, this week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Also, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, need your help. They have launched a brand new documentary project about an artist and philosopher and they hope you will check it out HERE.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Adepero Oduye, Alex Kurtzman, Andrew Sarris, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenio Hall, Bad Dreams, Battlestar Galactica, books, Boris Karloff, boxing, Chris Pine, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dee Rees, directing, Dr. Jack Daniels, Dylan Tichenor, film, filmmaking, Gary Gilbert, Hamlet, Hatfield and McCoys, HBO, independent film, It Chooses You, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Kenneth Lonergan, Kevin Costner, Kickstarter, Manifesting Change, Margaret, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mike Dooley, Mike Tyson, Miranda July, Moonrise Kingdom, motion pictures, New York Observer, Notes from the Universe, Pariah, Phil Leirness, Portlandia, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prometheus, Richard Burton, Richard Lynch, Rogue Machine, Six Feet Under, Spike Lee, Stephen Jacobs, television, The A-Team, The Auteur theory, The Future, The Lone Gunmen, The Newsroom, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Thick of It, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatre, To Rome with Love, Tucker Smallwood, Twin Peaks, Veep, Village Voice, Wes Anderson, West Wing, Where the Great Ones Run, Woody Allen, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #265
Energized and raring to go, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are all over the map and spanning the ages in this week’s installment, an episode that can best be summed up by two words: TIME TRAVEL.
You’ll see what we mean as Dean and Phil discuss Old Town Sacramento, Damanhur, Ray Bradbury, the Los Angeles Conservancy, Paper Moon, Boris Karloff, an elementary school graduation, Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, Prometheus and MORE!
Oh, and if you haven’t heard enough of your friend in podcasting, Phil Leirness, or if you just want to get turned onto another really cool podcast, we hope you’ll check out Getting Better Acquainted hosted by David Pickering. Phil was the guest on episode 60.
Finally, if you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area on June 23, we strongly encourage you to go see David Dean Bottrell Makes Love.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Sound of Thunder, Aaron Baker, Alien, Blade Runner, Blu Ray, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff More Than a Monster, Boston Legal, box office, camp, Charlize Theron, Chrissy Raven Kilna, Clybourne Park, Damanhur, Dark Shadows, David Dean Bottrell, David Dean Bottrell Makes Love, David Pickering, Dean Haglund, Death is a Lonely Business, Dr. David Bramwell, Drive, Fahrenheit 451, FBI, film, film critics, filmmaking, Gene Roddenberry, Getting Better Acquainted, Hollywood Fringe, Hossein Amini, independent film, Jackalope Radio, Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, John Huston, John Lee Hancock, Johnny Depp, Kristen Stewart, L.A. Conservancy, Last Remaining Seats, Lincoln Meyer, Los Angeles Theatre, Moby Dick, motion pictures, movies, Nick Cook, Old Town Sacramento, Paper Moon, Peter Bogdanovich, Phil Leirness, Prometheus, Ray Bradbury, Ridley Scott, Rupert Sanders, Shaun Parker, Snow White and the Huntsman, St. Philip The Apostle, Star Trek, Stephen Jacobs, Steve Allen Theatre, Talk Superstation, television, The Blind Side, The Hunt for Zero Point, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tim Burton, time travel, tone, Tony Awards, UCLA, Wings of the Dobe, Zhang Ziyi | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #258
Dean and Phil’s last “live” show for a few weeks is full of all the rich, delicious, nourishing podcasty goodness you’ve come to expect from YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Your friends in podcasting discuss their Sacramento adventures, the creators of Superman, a present-day comic book master, absurdist theatre, Samuel Beckett, Bully, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, the Occupy movement, the mysterious life of Frances Farmer, the brilliant writing of David McCullough, the best stage actor in Los Angeles, and Torchwood.
All that plus more on The Hunger Games, more on “pronoia”, a celebrity death and a lawsuit involving the paranormal …
And don’t worry, even though they are hitting the road, Dean and Phil have two special shows planned during their absence!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: absurdism, acting, Alan Mendell, B Media Collective, Barry McGovern, Bully, Chris Pine, Cosntantine, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dick Clark, directing, Enrique Acosta, filmmaking, Frances Farmer, Francis Lawrence, Free Will Astrology, Hugo Armstrong, independent film, James Cromwell, James Kerwin, John Adams, John Barrowman, Lee Hirsch, motion pictures, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, MPAA, Occupy Wall Street, Phil Leirness, pronoia, Reese Witherspoon, Rob Breszny, Robert McKeown, Sacramento, Samuel Beckett, Shadowland, Spider Baby the Musical, The B-Film Extras, The Hunger Games, The Lone Gunmen, The Mark Taper Forum, The X-Files, This means War, Tom Hardy, Torchwood, Triggers, Vincent Gallo, Waiting for Godot, Wallace Stevens, writing, YeaHeavy Gallery | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #257
This week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour begins with discussions inspired by emails from listeners, including such topics as Titanic, the behavior of James Cameron (and directors and actors in general), and the fact that “pronoia” (NOT “paranoia”) might destroy ‘ya.
Your friends in podcasting spend part of the show in the state capital of California, preparing to appear on the morning television news program “Good Day Sacramento” (you can view a clip of their appearance right here). While waiting in a secret location, they riff on the election challenge faced by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the Family Research Council’s apparent dislike of vegetables, the staggering box office record of The Lion King stage musical and what it might mean for the future of performers’ unions.
All that, plus The Live Event of the Week and Dean and Phil weigh in on The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games and a film about a machete-wielding clown during the Spanish Civil War.
And we hope you’ll take time to view the fantastic video Dean put together in support of the graphic novel he’s making.
Thanks!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alex de la Iglesia, box office, Centered in the Universe, Dean Haglund, Disney, filmmaking, Gary Ross, Good Day Sacramento, graphic novels, Griffith Park Observatory, independent film, James Cameron, John Barrowman, Joss Whedon, Mitt Romney, motion pictures, movies, Movies on a Big Screen, Phil Leirness, pronoia, Sacramento, SAG-Aftra, Samuel Oschin Planetarium, televsion, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, The Last Circus, The Lion King, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Titanic, Torchwood, unions, vegetables | No Comments »
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 »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #211
It’s Memorial Day here in the U.S., a day for remembering those who died in service to their country. Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness spend a few minutes talking about the meaning of the day before putting the “your” in YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour … They debate the merits, approach and achievements of David Lynch because a loyal listener wanted them to … They discuss the art and craft of casting directors because a loyal listener wanted them to … They examine the box office successes of three current comedy films and what that success says about the culture (and times) in which we live AND they take time to remember Gil Scott-Heron and Jeff Conaway, both of whom died this past week. All this from the Broadway gallery of artist Dean Haglund in downtown Los Angeles!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 3D, acting, art, Blue Velvet, Bridesmaids, casting, casting directors, comedy, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Elephant Man, Eraserhead, filmmaking, Gil Scott-Heron, Grease, independent film, Jeff Conaway, Lost Highway, Memorial Day, Midnight in Paris, motion pictures, Mulholland Drive, music, Naomi Watts, Owen Wilson, painting, Phil Leirness, Purple Rose of Cairo, Ray Wise, Richard Beymer, Richard Pryor, Robert Blake, Taxi, Than Hangover Part 2, The Lone Gunmen, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The Straight Story, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Woody Allen | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #207
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are in London, recovering from the thrilling world premiere of their documentary The Truth Is Out There. So, how are they able to bring you a brand new episode from Los Angeles? It’s pre-recorded. That’s how! It’s also an awesome episode featuring a super guest – John Champion, creator and co-host of DVD Geeks!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Blu Ray, bonus features, box sets, Chicago, comedy, Dean Haglund, DVD, DVDGeeks, filmmaking, John Champion, motion pictures, movies, Phil Leirness, show business, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files | No Comments »
