Posts Tagged ‘Mud’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #463
March 28, 2016 | 
Author The world really took it on the chin this week with abominable violence in Brussels and the deaths of a groundbreaking rapper, a gentleman actor-turned-union leader, and one of the most influential figures in the history of comedy. Your friends in podcasting will try to make sense of all of it, while celebrating new voices in comedy, a great new sci-fi film, and challenging their own industry to send bolder, more clear messages that discrimination anywhere will not be supported.
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness – When the world is at its worst, they tend to be at their best.
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Tags: 1776, 30 Rock, A Tribe Called Quest, Abu Dhabi, acting, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, box office, Brussels, Charles, China, comedy, Dean Haglund, directing, discrimination, filmmaking, Garry Shandling, Georgia, Grey Gardens, Hip Bang, impro theatre, improv comedy, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Jeff Nichols. Take Shelter, Joel Edgerton, Ken Howard, Melbourne, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Michael Shannon, Midnight Special, movies, Mud, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, North Carolina, Phife Dawg, Phil Leirness, rap, Ricky Gervais, Roy London, SAG, SAG-Aftra, sci-fi, Singapore, television, The Lady Killers, The Larry Sanders Show, The Lone Gunmen, The White Shadow, The X-Files, theatre, Vancouver, Warner Bros., Wayne Federman, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #387
Any show that celebrates funny lady Jan Hooks, Broadway legend Marian Seldes, Renaissance man Geoffrey Holder, that includes discussion of Jerry Lewis’ current live show, David Fincher’s latest, Robert Downey Jr.’s latest, Christopher Walken impersonations, animated films and Bollywood, has got to be good.
And it is.
It’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, after all!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 7 Up, A Delicate Balance, acting, Al Pacino, animated films, Baron Samedi, Ben Affleck, Bollywood, Broadway, Christopher Walken, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, David Dobkin, David Fincher, Dean Haglund, Dean Martin, Deathtrap, directing, domestic violence, Dominic West, Edward Albee, Geoffrey Holder, Gone Girl, Guillermo Del Toro, Jerry Lewis, Live and Let Die, Marian Seldes, Medea, movies, Mud, Patrick Sullivan, Phil Leirness, Pride, Robert Downey Jr., romantic comedies, sexual assault, show business, Take Shelter, television, The Book of Life, The Judge, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The Wire, The X-Files, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #351
The #1 film at the international box office in 2013 was Iron Man 3.
The #1 film at the U.S.A. box office in 2013 was The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
The consensus of film critics revealed 12 Years a Slave to be the most critically acclaimed movie of 2013.
Today, you can, at long last, find out what films your friends in podcasting thought were the best and worst of 2013.
Plus, two former Best Actor Oscar winners are remembered.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2013, 42, 8 1/2, Academy Awards, acting, Adam McKay, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Andrew Niccol, Austria, Before Midnight, Best Actor, box office, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Carey Mulligan, Chan Wook Park, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, Dan Butler, David O'Russel, Dean Haglund, directing, Elysium, Enough Said, Ernest & Celestine, Fellini, film distribution, filmmaking, Fruitvale Station, Gemma Arterton, Gravity, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, heroin, independent film, Indonesia, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jackie Robinson, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Renner, John Carter, John Cassavetes, John Goodman, Joshua Oppenheimer, Joss Whedon, Judgment at Nuremberg, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Karl Rove I Love You, La Dolce Vita, Man of Steel, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Maximilian Schell, Much Ado About Nothing, Mud, Nebraska, Nicole Kidman, Oblivion, Oldboy, Oscar Isaac, Oscars, Paolo Sorrentino, Paul Greengrass, Phil Leirness, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philomena, Philomena Lee, Preston Sturges, producing, Richard Linklater, Salinger, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Polley, Shane Salerno, Spike Lee, Star Trek Into Darkness, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, Steve McQueen, Stoker, storytelling, The Act of Killing, The Angels' Share, The Coen Brothers, The Great Beauty, The Host, The Stories We Tell, The Wind Rises, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Tommy Wirkola, tone, Top Ten Films, Twelve Years a Slave, Will Ferrell, Will Forte, writing, Zack Snyder | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #350
Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness follow up on last week’s hilarious discussion about “The Price is Right” by discussing Lily Holleman’s appearance on that television institution, analyzing how she won, what she won and what it means tax-wise for people who do win on game shows.
Then, Dean and Phil wrap up their ongoing discussion of the eight ways our brains “lie” to us every day by discussing stereotyping.
Phil takes time to remember a “friend of the family” who died this month, a self-made man who went from 14 year-old dropout to hairdresser to successful producer.
Finally, next week is our annual look at the top films of the previous year, so Dean and Phil have been watching a ton of movies and this leads to a discussion of The Hunt, HBO’s True Detective and Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” with Joss Whedon receiving both a tip of the cap AND a stern wag of the finger!
All that, plus Lawrence Welk!?
Your friends in podcasting run out of time before they get the chance to talk about Sci-Fest, but they hope you will click on the link to learn about this exciting, month-long, live theatre festival in which they will be participating!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Academy Awards, acting, Alexander Payn, All is Lost, Allan McKeown, American Hustle, August: Osage County, Bruce Dern, Canada, Captain Phillips, champagne music, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, Dean Haglund, death penalty, directing, Dogme, Drew Carey, Ealing, Emma Thompson, film, film distrubution, games shows, Grammys, hairdressers, independent filmmaking, ITV, Joel Schumacher, Jon Lawlor, Jon Peters, Joss Whedon, Lawrence Welk, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Holleman, Mads Mikkelson, Marc Hershon, Matthew McConaughey, memory, Meryl Streep, Much Ado About Nothing, Mud, Nebraska, Oscars, Phedon Papamichale, Phil Leirness, Robert Redford, Shakespeare, show business, stereotypes, Succotash, Talk Superstation, taxes, television, The Hunt, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Price is Right, The Truth Is Out There, the Wolf of Wall Street, The X-Files, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tracey Ullman, True Detective, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #335
For six and a half years, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness have been changing the way people listen to the internet. That’s one of the reasons they’ve been dubbed “Podcast Royalty”.
On this week’s show, Dean and Phil iscuss what imapct podcasting might have on stand-up comedy. They also discuss what four visionaries had to say about the possibility of using the internet to communicate with … Animals!
Last week’s show was recorded live at the Los Angeles Podfest. This week, your friends in podcasting conduct a post-mortem and get into a discussion of how physically unhealthy so many comedians seem to be, especially in light of Craig Robinson’s latest drug arrest.
In “Celebrity Deaths”, Dean and Phil will remember two giants of Italian Cinema and a pioneer in talent representation.
Acclaimed international filmmaker Jim Sheridan became the latest the declare the death of Hollywood movies and Dean and Phil will analyze his statements, perhaps in context with three notable 2013 releases – Mud, Oblivion and Captain Phillips. Who knows, Dean might even have finally caught up with the juggernaut that is this season’s “ultimate thrill ride”, Gravity.
And speaking of thrill rides, a future “Lawsuit of the Week” may just involve what happened to 10 people on a roller coaster in Orlando, Florida …
All that, and much much more, including the possibility that Christopher Columbus saw a UFO!
This week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Arnold Scwarzenegger, Bernardo Bertolucci, Cannes, Captain Phillips, Carlo Lizzani, Chris Farley, comedy, conspiracy, Craig Robinson, Dean Haglund, Dino De Laurentiis, directing, drugs, film, film distribution, filmmaking, For a Few Dollars More, George Lucas, Greg Giraldo, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, independent film, interspecies internet, Jackalope, Jake Johannson, Jake This, Jaws, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeff Nichols, Jim Sheridan, John Belushi, John Candy, Kathy Bates, Love & Anger, Luciano Vincenzoni, Malena, Marc Hershon, marketing, Martin Scorsese, Matt Weinhold, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Mitch Hedberg, Mud, Neorealism, Oblivion, Odd Animal Friendships, Paul Greengrass, Paula Wagner, Phil Leirness, Piper Laurie, podcasting, Raw Deal, Robert DeNiro, science fiction, Sergio Leone, show business, stand-up comedy, Star Wars, Steve Benaquist, Steven Spielberg, Succotash, Susan Smith, Take Shelter, Talk Superstation, television, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Neorealism: We Were Not Just Bicycle Thieves, The Truth Is Out There, The Violent Four, The X-Files, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Tyson Saner, UFOs, Universal Orlando, Venice Film Festival, writig | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #334
Live from the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Podfest, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness on stage with special guest Marc Hershon of Succotash and cameo appearances by Lily Holleman and Jake Johannsen.
Topics range from Miley Cyrus to “Mr. Paramount”, from “Breaking Bad” to Gravity, from Tom Clancy to The Lone Gunmen, from Emo Phillips to the medium of podcasting.
If you’ve never before heard and episode of the show, this is a great place to start!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 9/11, A.C. Lyles, acting, Alfonso Cuaron, Breaking Bad, Children of Men, comedy, Dean Haglund, directing, Emo Phillips, Empire State Gas, filmmaking, Gravity, improv, independent film, Jack Ryan, Jake Johannsen, Jake This, James Cagney, Los Angeles Podfest, Marc Hershon, Mr. Paramount, Mud, Phil Leirness, podcasting, Sandra Bullock, show business, Succotash, television, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tom Clancy, Vince Gilligan, writing | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #281
The month just ended (September 2012) saw the most downloads of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour since the show went independent in January of 2011 and your friends in podcasting celebrate this news with perhaps the most hilarious opening they’ve ever had!
Even when the irreverence ends, the jokes and witty bon mots continue in full effect as Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take on (or revisit) such topics as Catholic weddings, fluoridation of water, Monsanto’s House of the Future, educational institutions, corporate culture, government bureaucracies, a murder mystery in Phil’s neighborhood of Los Feliz, celebrity deaths, emails from listeners and a wide range of films dealing with mental health issues.
And remember, The Truth Is Out There is now out there on BLU-RAY!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alex Jones, Alfred Hitchcock, Amelie, American Cinematheque, Andy Williams, animal protective services, Anthony Harvey, Arthur Ochs Sulzbarger, ASU, Babylon 5, Beauty and the Beast, box office, branding, bullying, bureaucracy, Carmageddon, celebrity deaths, Centreville, Clint Eastwood, Clint Herring, Coma, comedy, communion, consciousness, conspiracy, copyright, corporations, crucifixion, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Disney, Dr. Stanley Monteith, Dr. Strangelove, Elvis Presly, Enter the Dragon, Fairax, FanBoy Nation, filmmaking, fluoridation, Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott, Grammy Awards, Guy Maddin, Hearts Like Fists, independent film, institutions, James Goldman, Jeff Nichols, Jimmy Lawlor, Joanne Woodward, Joe Kidd, John Saxon, John Wayne, Johnny Lewis, Jon Lawlor, Katy Perry, Keith Allen, Kelly Johnson, Kenwood, Lance LeGault, Lejon Johnson, Lolita, Michael O'Hare, Mike O'Conner, Monsanto, Monsanto's House of the Future, Montgomery County, Mud, New York Times, Nothing But the Truth, Phil Leirness, plastics, Portland, Rise of the Plaent of the Apes, Rod Lurie, Rupert Wyatt, Shotgun Stories, show business, Sons of Anarchy, Sparky the Sun Devil, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, Stevie Wonder, Take Shelter, Tales form the Gimli Hospital, The A-Team, the Appaloosa, The B-Film Extras, the Egyptian Theatre, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Lion in Winter, The Lone Gunmen, The O.C., The Peace Fund, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, They Might Be Giants, Valerie Plame, Vertigo, water, weddings, writing | No Comments »
