Posts Tagged ‘Pixar’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #542
October 2, 2017 | 
Author Everyone loves a good sequel, right? This week is part 2 of a theme show where Dean and Phil examine the British Film Institute list of “The 50 Films you should see by the age of 14.” The list was created in 2005 to inspire parents and educators to take movies as seriously as other forms of art and included the opinions of more than 70 experts including film producers, teachers, authors and critics. Of course, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour was not around back then, so the BFI had to make do without input from your friends in podcasting. Until now. There are times Dean and Phil strongly agree with the list, other times they realize they have holes in their own cinematic educations, and times when they disagree with the list and/or note its particular European and British slant on the subject. All in all, a fascinating discussion of the art form, of education, of parenting and more. Part 2 picks up where Part 1 left off – 1971 (and Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout) – and goes through the final entry, 2003′s Finding Nemo.
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Tags: acting, animated movies, Au revoir les enfants, Back to the Future, Beauty and the Beast, BFI, Billy Elliot, British Film Institute, Chaplin, children, coming of age, Dean Haglund, directing, Disney, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrail, Edward Scissorhands, filmmaking, films, Finding Nemo, foreign language film, Francois Truffaut, Fucking Amal, gangster films, independent film, Kirikou and the Sorceress, movies, musicals, My Life as a Dog, My Neighbor Totoro, Neorealism, parents, Phil Leirness, Pixar, producing, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Romeo + Juliet, Show Me Love, silent films, Spirited Away, Star Wars, teachers, The Lone Gunmen, The Outsiders, The Princess Bride, The Secret Garden, The Spirit of the Beehive, The White Balloon, The X-Files, To Be and To Have, Toy Story, Walkabout, Whale Rider, Where is the Friend's Home?, writing | 
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #321
The 4th of July is past, but here at YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, the fireworks are just getting started.
Dean Haglund talks about a wedding celebration he attended in Canada and a mayoral swearing in ceremony he attended in Los Angeles.
Phil Leirness ruminates on Independence Day, health care and the future of the USA.
Then, your friends in podcasting discuss Russell Brand, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”, This is the End, The Lone Ranger, Monster’s University, subversive cinema, runaway production, the best plays of the last 100 years, the creator of “Family Ties” and “Spin City”, a martial arts legend, a classic Look Magazine photographer and a science-fiction legend.
All in all, it’s action-packed. And if you’re going to be in San Diego on Sunday 21 July, why not come see Dean and Phil (and their film The Truth Is Out There) at ParanoiaCon?
Right now, it’s episode 3-2-1 … Blastoff!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alec Baldwin, August: Osage County, Barbara Werner, Bert Stern, Black Belt Jones, Broadway, Bruce Lee, Buster Keaton, Circle Mirror Transformation, Comic-Con, Dean Haglund, Death of a Salesman, directing, Disney, Duel, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Albee, Enter the Dragon, Enterainment Weekly, Eric Garcetti, Evan Goldberg, Family Ties, film, filmmaking, Gary David Goldber, Golden Gate Bridge, Harold Pinter, health, independence day, independent film, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jim Kelly, Jimmy Lawlor, John Carter, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Lebron James, Lolita, Look Magazine, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Marc Hershon, Marilyn Monroe, Michael J. Fox, Monsters University, Morning Joe, movies, MSNBC, Must Love Dogs, Nike, Our Town, Paranoia Con, Paula Deen, Phil Leirness, Pixar, PopCon LA, Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, runaway production, Russell Brand, San Diego, San Francisco, senior tennis, Seth Rogen, show business, Spin City, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Succotash, Talk Superstation, television, The Lone Gunmen, The Lone Ranger, The Piano Lesson, The Twilight Zone, The Weir, The Women, The X-Files, This is the End, Tonto, Topdog/Underdog, USA, USTA, Waiting for Godot, westerns, writing, Zoo Story | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #279
Fires in Los Angeles, triathlons in Long Beach, weddings in Virginia, award ceremonies in Washington, D.C., anti-Islamic YouTube videos, the mysterious Toynbee tiles, the fluoridation of our water supply …
What AREN’T your friends in podcasting talking about on this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour?!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001, acting, Akira Kurosawa, Alex Jones, animation, Anthony Lane, Battlefield Earth, Blade Runner, Blu Ray, Bob Lambert, Buddy Guy, Casablanca, Centreville, CGI, Charles Chaplin, City Lights, Combat Radio, David Letterman, Dean Haglund, digial projection, directing, Disney, distribution, Dr. Stanley Montieth, Dustin Hoffman, E.T., Elevator, Empire State Gas, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, fires, fluoride, Fuji, Geoffrey Ammer, Harvard, I Hate People, independent film, Iron Man, Jay Leno, Jo Nesbo, John Travolta, Johnny Carson, Jon Foy, Jon Lawlor, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Littman, Kennedy Center Honors, L. Ron Hubbard, Led Zeppelin, Lejon Johnson, Long Beach, marathons, Marc Hershon, marketing, Mercola, movies, Natalia Makarova, National Institute of Health, Nobody's Perfect, Phil Leirness, Pixar, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ressurect Dead: They Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, Sam Bacile, Sam Stone, Spider-man, Stig Svendsen, Tehmina Sunny, television, The Bad Sleep Well, The Godfather, The Godfather II, The Lone Gunmen, The Lord of the Rings, The Snowman, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Total Recall, Toy Story, triathlons, Venerable Pooh, Virginia, Walt Disney, writing, Zombies at Tiffany's | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #253
From artists and actors who have committed crimes to movie studios and authors’ estates suing each other, this installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour is full of show people behaving badly. Not YOUR friends in podcasting, of course. Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are on their best behavior, discussing such a wide range of topics as …
The inspiration that can be drawn from a man like John Adams when dealing with issues like the proposed SAG-Aftra merger …
The storytelling AND marketing failures of John Carter …
More on the state of romantic comedies …
The lack of demand for any new books, movies or television shows and what that lack of demand might mean to storytellers and conglomerates …
And after all that, if you still haven’t had enough of your friends in podcasting, please enjoy their appearance on 16 March’s Combat Radio (you’ll learn why Dean is on “double-secret probation”).
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Better Life, acting, AFTRA, All My Sons, Andrew Stanton, animation, Arthur Miller, Bicycle Thief, books, Brandon Routh, Bryan Singer, Caravaggio, Chris Weitz, Combat Radio, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Declaration of Independence, Demian Bichir, Donald Margulies, Eiko Ishioka, Emily Blunt, Ethan Dettenmaier, Ewan McGregor, filmmaking, Finding Nemo, John Adams, John Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lasse Hallstrom, Linda Park, Mario Puzo, Matrix Theatre, Mirror Mirror, movies, Neorealism, Paramount Pictures, Phil Leirness, Pixar, SAG, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, show business, Sight/Unseen, Siren FM, South Coast Rep, Tarsem Singh, television, the American Dream Team, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Midweek Drive, The X-Files, theatre, Titian, unions, voice acting, voice-overs, Wall-E, Wallace Stevens | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #218
This week’s installment starts out like a Michael Bay film (CARMAGEDDON!) and quickly becomes a legal thriller thanks to a VERY intriguing adventure recounted by Phil. Dean tells of his weekend travels (both recent past and near future) and explains to Phil the difference between Veterans and veterinarians before he and Phil share once again the strange, sad tale of the Chillpak, this show’s former sponsor …
Then, it’s all about the movies as your friends in podcasting count down the Top 14 summer box office hits, analyzing their quality and what their success or failure says about the industry (and the culture at large).
You know it’s a strange, wonderful show when PHIL cites “Robot Chicken” AND compares the DC and Marvel universes!
And for those of you in Southern California, don’t miss the cinematic event of the year! Okay, of the week … It the Los Angeles Premiere of THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! There’s two nights to choose from: Wednesday and Thursday of THIS week. Full event details and tickets are available: HERE.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Adult Swim, art, Bad Teacher, Bill Pullman, Billy Bob Thornton, box office, Bridesmaids, Cars 2, chillpak, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, David Mamet, DC, Dean Haglund, directing, Downtown Independent, Due Date, federal court, filmmaking, Four Christmases, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Horrible Bossess, independent film, inventions, Jake Kasdan, Jim Carrey, JJ Abrams, Jon Heder, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Spacey, Kick Ass, Kung Fu Panda 2, Layer Cake, Mark S. Waters, Martin Campbell, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, Mean Girls, Michael Bay, movies, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Natalie Portman, Old School, Owen Wilson, painting, Paul Feig, Phil Leirness, Pixar, Robot Chick, Ryan Reynolds, San Francisco, School for Scoundrels, Seth Gordon, St. Louis, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, Super 8, televsion, The Hangover II, The Truth Is Out There, Thor, Tina Fey, Todd Phillips, Toy Story 4, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, veterinarians, Watchmen, Woody Allen, writing, X-Men First Class, Zero Effect, Zombieland, Zookeeper | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #109
For the rest of us, “no” means “no”, but for Kobe Bryant, there isn’t any “no” in “M-V-P” and he certainly played like one in leading the Los Angeles Lakers to another NBA Championship. And how do you celebrate when your team has won it all? You set fire to downtown! No puny riots can prevent Dean and Phil from bringing you a hilarious, action-packed hour of conversation and entertainment, however. Join them as they discuss attending fundraisers for Tippi Hedren’s Shambala Preserve and Los Angeles’ own Luminario Ballet. Also, Phil witness eight of the most dangerous minds in Los Angeles performing spoken word pieces on the theme of “shelter” at Rogue Machine’s “Rant and Rave.” One of those pieces is by former Chillpak Hollywood Hour guest Tucker Smallwood and it’s a great read. Another performer at the show was the absolutely brilliant, two-time poetry slam national champ Steven Connell.
Now that the Screen Actors Guild has finally and overwhelmingly ratified a new labor agreement with the producers, Dean and Phil do a final post-mortem on the labor strife that was and where the hell we go from here. From labor battles to late night comedy wars, Dean and Phil survey the radically altered landscape of late night television to see who will remain standing. Then it’s off to the multiplexes, where Dean discusses a truly horrible premiere he attended, and Phil discusses a wide array of films, from Pixar’s Up to Angels and Demons, from Edward Zwick’s Defiance to Baz Luhrmann’s Australia.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Angels and Demons, Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Dean Haglund, Defiance, directing, Edward Zwick, filmmaking, films, independent film, late night television, Luminario Ballet, movies, Phil Leirness, Pixar, Poetry, producing, Rant and Rave, Rogue Machine, SAG, Shambala Preserve, show business, spoken word, Steve Connell, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Tippi Hedren, Tucker Smallwood, Up, writing | No Comments »
